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 the US state of Georgia was enough on Sunday (07/23/2023) in the pouring rain in Hoylake, England, to get his first win in a major tournament with a solid 70s final round with a total score of 13 under par and an impressive six shots advantage.
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.
Lucrative bounty for Harman
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 decanter, as a trophy. The first thing he’ll do is grab a few beers from that trophy, Harman jokingly said. This golf course was a real test. I couldn’t be happier,” he added at the awards ceremony.
The southerner, who is left-handed only when playing golf, can now also call himself “Champion Golfer of the Year” after his first win in six years.
Siem and Long in 41st place
The two remaining Germans Marcel Siem and Hurly Long came in the fourth and last major tournament of the year, each two strokes above the standard for a 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.