Brian Harman shot a 1-under-par 70 Sunday to win his first main title at The 151st Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England.
Harman, 36, lifted the Claret Jug with a ultimate rating of 13-under 271, profitable 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 person 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 beneath par. Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland and Emiliano Grillo of Argentina every shot 68 to tie for sixth at 6 beneath.
Harman entered the week ranked a decent No. 26 on the earth however had not received 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 comparable vogue to his rocky begin on Saturday, Harman was 2 over by 5 holes Sunday. His drive on the par-5 fifth gap — the best 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 ft, to return to 12 beneath. 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 high 10 for the seventh time in his previous eight majors. August will mark a full 9 years since he received his final main title.
Cameron Young, who started the day 5 off the tempo and performed within the ultimate pairing with Harman, pale to a 2-over 73. He completed tied for eighth at 5 beneath with India’s Shubhankar Sharma (70).