Darren Clarke held firm in difficult conditions to join some elite company with a win in the Senior Open at Gleneagles. The Northern Irishman played the best golf all week, but gave the rest of the field a chance due to a cold putter.
Ad/> That remained the case on Sunday, but following a rain delay late in the afternoon, he dug in and made a birdie on 18 to become only the fourth man after Gary Player, Bob Charles and Tom Watson to win both The Open and Senior Open.
The OpenOpen Championship golf 2022 – McIlroy and Hovland share lead after frantic 3rd round16/07/2022 AT 07:17 Clarke was largely excellent from tee to green on Sunday, as was the case on Saturday, but he made no putts on the outward nine.
A rare error on 10, a duck-hook from the fairway on the par five into the thick rough, led to a first bogey of the round and dropped him back into a share of the lead alongside Paul Broadhurst, Mauricio Molina and Doug Barron.