British Open: Collin Morikawa triumphs in debut at Royal St George’s
- The American golfer became the first player to capture two different majors on the first attempt
- Morikawa’s victory 11 months ago in his first PGA Championship came in the first major with no spectators amid the coronavirus pandemic
Collin Morikawa received the claret jug, thrust it into the air and gave it a kiss, a two-time major champion at the age of 24.
The American closed with a bogey-free, 4-under 66 and won the British Open in his debut on Sunday, becoming the first player to capture two different majors on the first attempt.
His victory 11 months ago in his first PGA Championship came in the first major with no spectators amid the coronavirus pandemic.
So it was a very different scenario for Morikawa, a mature-beyond-his-years Californian, as he made one of the greatest walks in golf down the 18th fairway at Royal St George’s, first to applause and then to a standing ovation.
After tapping in for par to win by two shots over Jordan Spieth, he gave a fist pump before applauding the spectators in the huge grandstand around the 18th green, part of a crowd of 32,000 people who enjoyed immaculate weather around the links off Sandwich Bay.
