South African Ernie Els clinched his second Open Championship after an epic collapse from Australia&aposs Adam Scott handed him a one-shot victory on Sunday. Scott, aiming to become the first Australian winner at The Open since Greg Norman in 1993, began Sunday&aposs final round at Royal Lytham and St Annes with a four-shot lead but sensationally bogeyed his last four holes to hand Els his fourth major. Despite Scott&aposs comfortable lead for much of the final round, Els refused to give up and sunk a birdie on the 18th hole to card an impressive two-under-par 68 for the day that saw him finish on seven under overall. After birdying the 14th to extend his lead to four shots, Scott bogeyed holes 15, 16 and 17 to be level with Els heading to the final hole. Els, the 2002 Open winner, watched on as Scott, needing par to force a playoff, sent his final tee shot into a fairway bunker. Scott then chipped out and pitched to within eight feet of the hole, but missed his par putt to hand Els the title. The 32-year-old Scott, whose previous best result at The Open was a tie for eighth in 2006, was left to rue his final-round 75 that saw him finish on six under overall and fall agonisingly close of winning a maiden major. Three-time Open champion Tiger Woods shot a three-over 73 on Sunday to finish in a tie for third alongside fellow American Brandt Snedeker on three under. Like most of the field, Woods struggled to negotiate the windy conditions and posted a triple-bogey on the par-four sixth, along with three consecutive bogeys on the back nine. World number one Luke Donald hit three birdies on the final day to claim a share of fifth place with Northern Irishman Graeme McDowell on two under. South African Thomas Aiken was a shot further back to finish in a tie for seventh alongside Belgian Nicholas Colsaerts, who shot the round of the day with a 65. Australia&aposs Geoff Ogvily fired a final-day 67 to finish alongside nine others in a tie for ninth. John Senden (four over, T34) was the next best Australian, followed by Greg Chalmers (six over, T45), Aaron Baddeley (10 over,T69) and Brendan Jones (11 over, T72). Scott Stallings, meanwhile, posted late back-to-back birdies to clinch victory at the True South Classic with a course-record 24-under-par, while Australia&aposs Stuart Appleby finished in a tie for 31st place. The American sunk putts for birdies on the 16th and 17th holes at Annandale to finish two strokes clear of Jason Bohn with a four-under 68 final round. It was Stallings&apos first title this year and second of his career after consecutive eight-under rounds of 64 in the second and third rounds. Bohn shot a five-under 67 on Sunday to finish second, well clear of Billy Horschel, who was outright third, four strokes back. Horschel started the day just one shot behind Stallings but could only manage one under on the final day. American Bud Cauley carded a 66 to finish outright fourth on 19 under while three players – Scott Brown, Will Claxton and William McGirt – were tied at 18 under. Appleby was the best of the Australians at 11 under, while compatriots Matthew Goggin and Steve Bowditch finished at 10 under, one shot clear of Gavin Coles on nine under.