A closer look at 2023 Open champion Brian Harman

American Brian Harman secured his first major title with a six-shot victory at Royal Liverpool.

Here, the PA news agency takes a closer look at the new Open champion.

Baseball was @HarmanBrian’s passion growing up. But after an honest conversation with his father, Harman pursued golf and never looked back. pic.twitter.com/Kd1UknSAgJ

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) July 23, 2023

Harman, now 36, made his PGA Tour bow while still an amateur at the 2004 MCI Heritage. He played on the victorious 2005 and 2009 Walker Cup teams. His first tour win arrived a decade later at the John Deere Classic, a victory which qualified him for an Open debut – at Hoylake. His second – and last up to this weekend – win was at the Wells Fargo Classic in 2017. Despite that, Harman had still won almost 29million US dollars prior to his Open victory – worth 3m USD (£2.3m).

12,500 to 1. The odds of making a hole-in-one.@HarmanBrian made two aces in the same round @FedExChamp in 2015