Henrik Stenson’s performance will go down as one of the greatest final rounds in Open Championship history. His performance on the back nine – a stretch where everyone struggled – was unreal, nobody in the world could have responded to four birdies in the last five holes.
To call it a two horse race would ignore the stable full of horses that never turned up. The rest of the field were left chomping on gorse as Phil and Henrik played a different game. Rarely do you see a leaderboard with so much air separating the field.
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— SkratchTV (@skratchTV) July 17, 2016
The final day was a masterclass, but what about the rest of the field? What happened to leave so many of the world’s best golfers trailing in the wake of two Swedes? – apparently Phil’s paternal grandfather hails from Viking country.
The Postage Stamp happened
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The gorse happened
The club throw happened
Wow, Rory. pic.twitter.com/nLPPEIa0jO
— Beth Ann Nichols (@GolfweekNichols) July 16, 2016
…Even one of the coolest customers on Tour lost his shit
But ultimately the best man won!
Congrats to @henrikstenson on his first major! #TheOpen #championgolferoftheyear
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