Brian Harman shot a 1-under-par 70 Sunday to win his first main title at The 151st Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Membership in Hoylake, England.
Harman, 36, lifted the Claret Jug with a last rating of 13-under 271, successful by six strokes after sustaining the five-shot lead he’s protected since Friday.
Harman jumped 5 pictures forward by opening the week with rounds of 67 and 65, then refused to fall again to the chasing pack. With Sunday the rainiest day of the championship, no one within the discipline shot higher than a 67, leaving Harman to shut out the career-changing victory with ease.
Tom Kim of South Korea (67), Australia’s Jason Day (69), Sepp Straka of Austria (69) and Jon Rahm of Spain (70) tied for second at 7 underneath par. Rory McIlroy of Northern Eire and Emiliano Grillo of Argentina every shot 68 to tie for sixth at 6 underneath.
Harman entered the week ranked a decent No. 26 on this planet however had not gained on the PGA Tour since 2017. He joined Rahm (Masters), Brooks Koepka (PGA Championship) and Wyndham Clark (U.S. Open) because the 4 males to win main championships in 2023.
In related vogue to his rocky begin on Saturday, Harman was 2 over by means of 5 holes Sunday. His drive on the par-5 fifth gap — the simplest on the course — discovered a gorse bush, main him to take an unplayable lie penalty. That narrowed his result in three pictures over Rahm on the time.
Harman responded by birdieing the par-3 sixth and par-4 seventh, sinking putts from 14 and 24 toes, to return to 12 underneath. And after bogeying the par-3 thirteenth gap, Harman drilled a 40-foot birdie putt center-cup on the par-4 14th.
On a course with 82 bunkers, Harman landed in simply two all week — the second coming at his 72nd gap. He led the sphere in strokes gained placing, and of the mere six bogeys he made this week, he adopted 4 with a birdie on the very subsequent gap.
McIlroy completed within the prime 10 for the seventh time in his previous eight majors. August will mark a full 9 years since he gained his final main title.
Cameron Younger, who started the day 5 off the tempo and performed within the last pairing with Harman, pale to a 2-over 73. He completed tied for eighth at 5 underneath with India’s Shubhankar Sharma (70).