| -10 D Clarke (NI); -9 P Harrington (Ire); -8 M Molina (Arg), D Barren (US), E Els (SA), S Alker (NZ), P Broadhurst (Eng) T Jaidee (Thai); -7 C Montgomerie (Sco) |
| Selected others: -5 P Lawrie (Sco), YE Yang (Kor); -4 B Langer (Ger); -3 R Goosen (SA) |
Darren Clarke clinched his first Senior Open title by one shot from Ireland’s Padraig Harrington at Gleneagles.
The 53-year-old from Northern Ireland birdied the 18th gap of Sunday’s last spherical to card a 69 and end 10 underneath.
Clubhouse chief Harrington had picked up six birdies in an excellent again 9 to shoot 67 but it surely was not sufficient to deny Clarke a first senior major.
Clarke turns into simply the fourth man to win The Open and Senior Open after Gary Player, Bob Charles and Tom Watson.
The Dungannon man, who gained The Open in 2011, was joint in a single day chief with England’s Paul Broadhurst and though he bogeyed the tenth he led outright after a birdie two holes later.
He had accomplished 13 holes when play was suspended for over two hours after a deluge on the Scottish course.
Clarke’s fellow former Ryder Cup captain Harrington dropped three pictures in a irritating entrance 9 earlier than the Dubliner hit prime type to come residence in 30, a birdie on the final seeing him be part of Clarke within the lead.
But Clarke held his nerve on the par-five 18th with a wonderfully weighted long-range putt giving him a tap-in to safe a 4 and victory.
“This one goes to sit proudly beside the opposite Claret Jug,” mentioned Clarke.
“After successful the Open in 2011 and preserving on enjoying and once I turned 50 this was the one I needed extra that another event, simply so I may say I’ve gained each of them.”
Broadhurst and Ernie Els had been amongst a bunch of six gamers to end two pictures off the tempo on eight underneath.
