The American golf pro Brian Harman won the 151st British Open in a superior manner and celebrated the greatest success of his career. The 36-year-old, from Georgia, played a solid round of 70 in the torrential rain in Hoylake, England on Sunday to clinch his first major tournament win with a total of 13 under par and an impressive six shots ahead. Tom Kim from South Korea, Sepp Straka from Austria, Jason Day from Australia and Jon Rahm from Spain shared second place on the par 71 course. The quartet finished the $16.5 million event seven shots short of the course standard.
For his triumph at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Harman pocketed a prize money of three million US dollars (2.7 million euros) and received the famous Claret Jug, a silver wine carafe, as a trophy. “This golf course was a real test. I couldn’t be happier,” he said at the award ceremony. Harman, who is only left-handed when he golfs, has also earned the title of Champion Golfer of the Year after his first win in six years.
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Brian Harman celebrates his victory.
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The two remaining Germans Marcel Siem and Hurly Long came in the fourth and final major tournament of the year, each two strokes above the standard, and shared 41st place. The 43-year-old Siem from Ratingen played a round of 70 on the west coast of England, like the winner Harman. Heidelberg major newcomer Hurly Long ended the world’s oldest golf tournament with a par of 71. Yannik Paul from Mannheim and the Hamburg amateur Tiger Christensen failed at the Open at the cut and were eliminated early after two of the four rounds.
