U.S. golfer Brian Harman won the British Open on Sunday, easily fending off four other golfers by six shots to capture his first major championship.<\/p>\n
Harman, the 26th-ranked player in the world, grabbed the lead in the year\u2019s last major championship at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England, after Friday\u2019s second round in the four-day tournament and never relinquished it.<\/p>\n
British golf fans cheered for other players in hopes they could catch the 36-year-old, left-handed player and shouted some taunts at him that Harman said were \u201cunrepeatable.\u201d<\/p>\n
But with other players unable to cut into his lead in a steady rain, Harman finally won cheers Sunday as he sank a 12-meter putt for a birdie on the par-4-14th hole and a shorter putt for another birdie on the par-5 15th.<\/p>\n
He finished the 72-hole tournament at 271, 13 under par and 6 shots ahead of South Korea’s Tom Kim, Austria’s Sepp Straka, Australia\u2019s Jason Day and Spain’s Jon Rahm.<\/p>\n
It was Harman\u2019s first victory on the professional golf circuit since 2017. He collected $3 million for the win, and the tournament\u2019s ornate Claret Jug.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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