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Golf-Morikawa closing in on British Open triumph

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&copy; Reuters/PAUL CHILDS The 149th Open Championship SANDWICH, England (Reuters) -American debutant Collin Morikawa produced an ice-cool ultimate circular to win the British Open through two strokes on a blazing scorching afternoon at Royal St George's on Sunday. &copy; Reuters/PAUL CHILDS The 149th Open Championship The 24-yr-old started the day a stroke behind Louis Oosthuizen however performed picture-ultimate golf in a four-below circular of sixty six to overtake the South African and resist resurgent fellow American Jordan Spieth in a 3-manner battle. &copy; Reuters/PAUL CHILDS The 149th Open Championship Morikawa barely missed a fairway all day as he made four birdies and dropped no pictures, showing magnificent composure late on as Spieth applied force down the stretch. He on no account looked like cracking though and his fourth sub-par round of the week noticed him finish on 15-beneath 265 -- his surprising consistency born out with the aid of the astonishing statistic of handiest four bogeys all week. Spieth, who changed into bidding to win his fourth important and first considering the fact that the 2017 Open, started his remaining circular badly with two bogeys in his first six holes however an eagle at the seventh launched a gallant chase of Morikawa. The packed galleries, having fun with a memorable finale after closing 12 months's cancellation, roared on Spieth but despite a return to his top of the line, he become unable to capture Morikawa, completing 13 beneath, left to rue his bogey-bogey conclude the evening earlier than. &copy; Reuters/LEE SMITH The 149th Open Championship Oosthuizen resulted in a tie for third with Spain's U.S. Open champion Jon Rahm, 4 shots back after a storming finish. He led from round one and posted the bottom-ever Open total for 36 holes however wilted and comprehensive with a one-over seventy one. Morikawa had the luxury of a two-shot lead as he teed off from the 18th tee earlier than striding down the green and two-inserting for a victory that not ever looked in doubt to turn into the first player to win two majors on debut, having additionally claimed the 2020 PGA Championship. &copy; Reuters/LEE SMITH The 149th Open Championship &quot;here's by way of a long way some of the surest moments of my existence. look at all these fanatics, let's hear it for you guys,&quot; Morikawa pointed out after receiving the Claret Jug. to look some of the most advantageous crowds I actually have ever considered i'm eager for making my go back and forth every year.&quot; The ultimate debutant to win the Open changed into American Ben Curtis in 2003, youngsters whereas Curtis changed into ranked 396th on the time, Morikawa is the area number four. He only became pro in 2019 however the university of California graduate has now gained two of his first eight majors. &quot;I've had perception in myself on the grounds that day one which I grew to become professional. I do my homework Monday to Wednesday to make certain i do know what I deserve to do,&quot; he talked about. perfect circumstances The finale to a riveting 149th Open was superbly poised as clear blue skies and lightweight winds supplied the ultimate conditions for a duel beneath the solar. Morikawa gathered six successive pars to climb into a share of the lead after Oosthuisen bogeyed the fourth. Spieth bunkered his tee shot on the par-three sixth and dropped his 2nd shot of the round before an eagle at the seventh flicked the switch. Morikawa tapped in a birdie on the seventh, but for taking part in partner Oosthuizen that turned into the place every thing went incorrect. His 2d shot went right into a greenside bunker, his third into an extra bunker, earlier than flying his break out across the green, ultimately limiting the damage with a bogey six. That put Morikawa two photographs clear and he grew to become the screws with birdies at eight and nine to briefly go 4 clear. Spieth became now not giving up the chase but Morikawa turned into nerveless, saving par on the tenth with a protracted putt. Oosthuizen in short got here alive with a birdie on the 11 after well-nigh holing his tee shot, but Morikawa was relentless. His poor pictures were as infrequent as trees on the coastal hyperlinks, and even when he did play one, as he did together with his 2nd to the 15th, nothing could knock him out of his stride. With Spieth just two in the back of, Morikawa changed into in situation in the rough next to the downward sloping eco-friendly, but the Californian made a sensational up-and-all the way down to store par and he kept Spieth at arm's size thereafter. &quot;I crucial a ruin, and that i did not get it from (Collin),&quot; Spieth referred to. &quot;I did all I might. So i'm upset as a result of I truly felt like I played smartly enough to win and made a couple of in fact dumb errors that might be, if I had probably performed the week earlier than, would not have made.&quot; American four-time essential winner Brooks Koepka carded the day's joint most reliable ranking, a 65 taking him to a tie for fifth whereas his arch-rival Bryson DeChambeau ended an eventful week with a 65 also, besides the fact that children he was by no means in competition. Shane Lowry's admirable defence of the trophy he won in 2019 saw him conclude in a tie for 12th after a closing circular sixty nine. (Reporting by using Ed Osmond, enhancing by means of Christian Radnedge, Pritha Sarkar and Toby Davis)

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