Tiger's 2005 win in pictures

While the rest of St Andrews was waking, England's Simon Dyson took the first shot of the 134th Open

Having already won once at St Andrews in 2000, Tiger Woods started his 2005 challenge in determined fashion

There was a fashion show air to Thursday's play - Darren Clarke and Ian Poulter catwalk with confidence

With 156 players in the field, Thursday's final group end up roamin' in the gloamin' on the 18th

Friday always looked like being the home of golf's chance to say farewell to the game's greatest player and so it proved

But while most watched Jack, the women in Tiger's life - mum Kultida and wife Elin - watched the heir apparent

Forty-three years and three wins after his first Open, the Golden Bear waved an emotional goodbye

While Tiger led the way, a high-quality chasing pack was gathering - Jose Maria Olazabal joined it with an eagle at 18

But it was Colin Montgomerie who earned the right to play with Tiger on Saturday, and he revelled in the spotlight

Saturday is traditionally known as "moving day" at golf tournaments but this "spectator" was going nowhere

One man who was moving on Saturday was Retief Goosen, the South African fired a 66 to climb the leaderboard

And when Monty birdied the last he was just three shots behind Tiger with 18 holes to play

With Tiger's putter refusing to cooperate early on Sunday it seemed a thrilling finale was a possiblity

Jose Maria Olazabal, however, looked unlikely to be the man to threaten him as the Spaniard's challenge faded

There was no doubt as to who the galleries were backing - Monty was roared on every step of the way

But with his early putting problems behind him, the world number one started to pound the course into submission

And while the crowd waited for Tiger's coronation, Nick Faldo provided some cheer with a birdie, eagle finish

An hour later it was all over and the remarkable Woods was celebrating his second Open win and 10th major title

For Monty all that was left was a fourth second-place at a major and the applause of an appreciative crowd

And so it was left to the famous R&A scoreboard to sum up the week and look ahead to Hoylake

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