Rahm finishes second at British Open, which is defeated by American Harman

American Brian Harmannumber 26 in the world, surprised with his game and reliability at the British Golf Open and won the victory ahead of some favorites such as the Spaniard Jon Rahm, whose irregularity, except on the third day, deprived him of the fight for victory.

Harman, 26, claimed his first A win main completing a perfect tournament at the Royal Liverpool Club from day one. He ended the first day with four under par, the second with six, and the third with two, leaving the final day with a solid six-shot lead. rahm.

The Spaniard, after two very irregular first days where he struggled to make the cut, played his best version of the game on the third day and finished with 63 shots (after eight little birds) and go from the cumulative two over par to conclude it with -6. In this way, he completed the best individual score in any British Open at the Royal Liverpool Club and, from a personal point of view, his lowest round done ua main.

On the last day, marked by heavy rain that fell on the British camp, the Spaniard did not know how to keep the winning momentum from the return on the third day. rahm He started with four par holes and got an a on the fifth birdiealthough a little before the half, in the nine, he committed a bugbear it took him out of the fight. Aware of this when he saw that Harman wasn’t missing either, he gradually pulled away, to the point that on the 14th hole, just after making birdiehe committed again bugbear.

Nevertheless, his farewell was the best possible, and birdie which earned him a standing ovation from the crowd to finish with -7, the same record as the South Korean Tom KimAustrian Sepp Straka and Australian Jason Day. with victory, Brian Harmanwinner of the John Deere in 2014 and the Wells Fargo in 2017, enters the list of British Open winners and takes the Claret Jug from the Australian Cameron Smithwinner last year and who finished 33rd in 2023 with one over.