Harman reveals heckler spurred him on to Open glory

Brian Harman admitted he would not be letting the Claret Jug out of his sight after his dominant victory in the 151st Open Championship at Royal Liverpool. Harman overcame miserable weather and an early stumble in the final round to claim his first major title with a six-shot victory over Jon Rahm, Jason Day, Tom Kim and Sepp Straka. The last of the 36-year-old American's two PGA Tour victories came in 2017, the same year in which he held a one-shot lead after 54 holes of the US Open before finishing second to Brooks Koepka.

"It's pretty surreal. It really hasn't sunk in yet," Harman said as he sat next to the Claret Jug in his post-event press conference. "I'm not going to let it out of my sight for the time being.

To win what I consider the greatest prize in golf is as good as it gets. "I'm over the moon. It was a tough last three days, it really was.

Being able to get some sleep was big last night. Sleeping on a lead like that (five shots) is really difficult, so I'm proud of the way I hung in there the last couple days. "I got off to a bad start both days and turned it around, so really happy with that.

"You know, I've always had a self-belief that I could do something like this. It's just when it takes so much time it's hard not to let your mind falter, like maybe I'm not winning again. "I'm 36 years old.

Game is getting younger. All these young guys coming out hit it a mile and they're all ready to win. Like, when is it going to be my turn again? "It's been hard to deal with.