Morikawa captured the British Open on Sunday for his 2nd main championship in two years. It used to be his first time taking part in the British Open, simply like it was once his first time taking part in the PGA Championship when he received at Harding Park remaining year.
The 24-year-old American remarkably performed the remaining 31 holes at Royal St. George's barring a bogey. Starting the closing spherical one shot behind, he closed with a sixty six for a two-shot victory over Jordan Spieth.
For Louis Oosthuizen, it used to be extra heartbreak. The South African fell out of the lead with a bunker-to-bunker bogey on the par-5 seventh hole. He used to be 4 in the back of Morikawa at the flip and by no means may want to seize up.
Oosthuizen used to be runner-up in the remaining two majors. He tied for 0.33 with U.S. Open champion Jon Rahm.
Spieth was once left to rue his bogey-bogey end on Saturday, which include a 2-foot par putt he neglected on the 18th. Spieth shot a
66.
Morikawa completed at 15-under 265. That's the lowest rating in the 15 instances the British Open has been performed at Royal St. George's.
Morikawa now has 5 victories in his two years considering that turning pro. That consists of two majors and a World Golf Championship. He strikes to No. three in the world.
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5:55 p.m.
Collin Morikawa is closing in on the claret jug.
Morikawa used to be main through one shot when his wedge to the par-5 14h failed to continue to be on the pinnacle ledge. No problem. The 24 -year-old American rolled in a 20-foot birdie putt to lengthen his lead to two pictures over Jordan Spieth.
Still to come are the ultimate 4 holes for Morikawa. Spieth narrowly neglected lengthy birdie probabilities on the fifteenth and sixteenth holes and was once walking out of holes.
Morikawa has long past 27 consecutive holes barring making a bogey courting to the fifth gap of the 0.33 spherical at Royal St. George's.
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5:30 p.m.
Jordan Spieth has decreased Collin Morikawa's lead to one shot at the British Open.
Spieth accompanied up a 12-foot birdie putt at the thirteenth gap with the aid of hitting a wedge to 6 toes at the par-15 No. 14 and making every other putt for birdie.
He has 4 birdies in six holes and moved to thirteen under.
Morikawa has 4 straight pars on the again 9 being performed in superb late-afternoon prerequisites at the hyperlinks off Sandwich Bay.
4:45 p.m.
Collin Morikawa has made it to the flip with a three-shot lead at Royal St. George's.
He made putts from 6 toes at No. eight and round 15 ft at No. 9 to make it three straight birdies. He is at 14 under.
Louis Oosthuizen has but to make a birdie in his closing spherical and is two over for the day, 4 strokes at the back of Morikawa. He started out with a two-stroke lead.
Oosthuizen has been overtaken via Jordan Spieth, who has rolled in back-to-back birdies round the flip and is in 2d place.
Dustin Johnson birdied the ultimate gap for a sixty seven and was once 7 underneath for the tournament.
4:15 p.m.
Louis Oosthuizen is out of the lead at the British Open for the first time for the reason that the twelfth gap of the 2nd round.
He bogeyed the par-5 seventh gap after going from one greenside bunker to every other and leaving himself an awkward role to get close to the pin. He two-putted from distance and fell two pictures at the back of Collin Morikawa.
Morikawa had a tap-in birdie at a gap the place Jordan Spieth and Corey Conners had simply made eagle, and used to be 12 beneath for the tournament.
Spieth is three photographs at the back of Morikawa.
Brooks Koepka shot sixty five and has the clubhouse lead at eight under.
3:30 p.m.
Louis Oosthuizen has made his first bogey on the the front 9 all week at the British Open.
He overlooked the inexperienced brief and proper of the fourth gap and took the secure route by means of taking part in properly past the flag to use the slope. He nevertheless had 25 ft for par and missed.
Collin Morikawa additionally neglected the inexperienced however saved his par with a 10-foot putt. That left them tied at 11-under par.
Jordan Spieth spent his first hour making difficult par putts. He subsequently ignored on the fourth gap and stays three photographs behind.
The concept for Sunday at Royal St. George's is to get thru the opening 5 holes besides too a lot damage. Most of the scoring in the remaining spherical has began on the sixth.
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2:45 p.m.
Louis Oosthuizen has started out his last spherical of the British Open, his trendy bid to eventually get every other major.
No one has performed them higher this yr barring winning.
Oosthuizen has been atop the leaderboard in six of his ultimate 10 rounds in the majors — simply by no means after the last round. The 38-year-old South African has been runner-up in the final two majors. His mentor, Ernie Els, is the solely participant in records to be runner-up in three straight majors.
Oosthuizen had a one-shot lead over Collin Morikawa, who is going after his 2d most important at age 24. Both had 15-foot birdie possibilities on the opening gap and settled for pars.
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2:15 p.m.
Jon Rahm units out to strive to end up the first participant given that Tiger Woods in 2000 to win the U.S. Open and British Open in the equal year.
Recent records is no longer on his side.
Phil Mickelson in the 2013 British Open at Muirfield is the closing participant to win a primary when beginning the closing spherical extra than 4 photographs out of the lead. Rahm shot a sixty five on Saturday to get inside 5 photographs of the lead.
Mickelson had eight gamers beforehand of him when he rallied from 5 pictures in the back of at Muirfield. Rahm solely had 5 gamers in the front of him. Mickelson closed a 66, one of the top notch rounds in British Open history. Rahm may want some thing similar.
On every other ideal day, there already have been been three rounds of sixty five and two rounds of sixty six Brooks Koepka is 5 below for his spherical via 12 holes.
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1:45 p.m.
Bryson DeChambeau completed a difficult week at the British Open with a 5-under sixty five and a faith he can undertaking for the claret jug at St. Andrews subsequent year.
DeChambeau used to be bogey-free round Royal St. George’s in his ultimate round and shot in the 60s for the first time in a week in which he obtained embroiled in a row with his membership producer and noticed his red meat with Brooks Koepka continue.
DeChambeau says he “understood a little bit extra how to play Open Championship-style golf” and should have shot 9 below if he’d been higher on the greens.
He expects to play the Scottish Open subsequent year, a week earlier than the British Open at the domestic of golf. He has by no means performed the Old Course.
DeChambeau says “if I can pressure it actually well, I suppose there’ll be a lot of opportunities. I’ve heard that. Hey, perhaps subsequent 12 months is the golden ticket for me.”
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12:10 p.m.
Lee Westwood quickly will be putting the report for enjoying in the most majors barring triumphing one.
That's now not stopping the 48-year-old Englishman playing himself in the remaining spherical at the British Open.
Westwood rolled in a lengthy putt from the lower back of the inexperienced at the par-3 seventh gap for eagle and that introduced him lower back into the pink numbers at Royal St. George's.
Still, at 1 under, he is eleven pictures off the lead in his 88th main appearance.
Jay Haas until now held the men's file for most majors barring a win, at 87.
Rickie Fowler shot 5-under sixty five for the lowest spherical so far.
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10:45 a.m.
The solar is shining, the sky is blue and cloudless, and the flags are barely fluttering atop the grandstand at No. 18 that will be welcoming a British Open champion in about eight hours.
The remaining spherical is properly underway at Royal St. George's and the prerequisites could not be greater best for the world's fine golfers.
Louis Oosthuizen leads on 12-under 198 and is searching to quit a run of close to misses at the majors to win his 2d claret jug after 2010.
The South African is a shot clear of former PGA champion Collin Morikawa and they go out at 2.35 p.m. nearby time. Three-time important champion Jordan Spieth is a similarly two strokes back.
There has been some respectable scoring already. Kevin Kisner went out on his very own at eight a.m. and shot sixty eight Brendan Steele used to be four beneath and bogey-free at the turn.
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