Smith completed a shot away from Cameron Younger after a outstanding bogey-free 64, whereas McIlroy claimed third as his look forward to a fifth main title continues; In a single day co-leader Viktor Hovland in a share of fourth with Tommy Fleetwood
By Ali Stafford at St Andrews
Final Up to date: 17/07/22 7:18pm
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Cameron Smith produced three beautiful pictures on the 18th gap at St Andrews to win the a hundred and fiftieth Open Championship.
Cameron Smith produced three beautiful pictures on the 18th gap at St Andrews to win the a hundred and fiftieth Open Championship.
Cameron Smith got here by an exciting final-round tussle with Rory McIlroy and Cameron Younger to say a maiden main title with a dramatic one-shot victory in The a hundred and fiftieth Open
Smith overturned a four-stroke deficit throughout a gripping remaining day on the historic Previous Course, with 5 consecutive birdies on the again 9 seeing him pull away from in a single day leaders McIlroy and Viktor Hovland.
The Australian then birdied the final to shut an unimaginable bogey-free 64, taking him to twenty below and equalling the bottom 72-hole complete in males’s main historical past, with the slim victory his third of the season and set to raise him to world No 2.
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Cameron Smith produced an unimaginable two putt on the seventeenth gap at St Andrews to make sure he stayed one shot away from rival Rory McIlroy at The Open Championship.
The brand new Champion Golfer of the 12 months completed a shot away from taking part in accomplice Younger, who eagled the final to shut a final-round 65, whereas McIlroy needed to accept third on 18 below regardless of a bogey-free 70.
Younger responded to a close-range bogey on the first by making back-to-back birdies from the third to maneuver to 13 below alongside Smith, who had birdied the second, as the ultimate pairing of McIlroy and Hovland opened with three consecutive pars.
McIlroy had squandered a five-foot birdie probability on the third however moved forward when Hovland made a three-putt bogey from 70 ft on the subsequent, with the Northern Irishman making a two-putt birdie on the par-five fifth to double his benefit.
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Rory McIroy narrowly missed an eagle putt on the fifth however nonetheless extends his remaining spherical lead at The Open Championship with a tap-in birdie.
Younger matched Smith’s birdie on the fifth and two-putted for an additional on the seventh after driving the par-four inexperienced, lifting the American to tied-second with Hovland, just for him to comply with a 10-foot par save on the eighth by bogeying the ninth after taking a penalty drop from the bushes.
McIlroy made amends from a missed birdie strive on the ninth to drive the subsequent inexperienced and nearly gap his eagle putt, leaving a tap-in to maneuver to 18 below, solely to see his lead lower to 1 when Smith began his again 9 with three consecutive birdies.
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Rory McIlroy misses one other lengthy eagle try on the tenth however sinks the birdie putt to increase his lead.
Smith added one other from 20 ft on the thirteenth to tug degree with McIlroy, who continued his run of pars, whereas Younger birdied the identical par 4 and Hovland nudged him from shut vary on the twelfth to raise the pair again to inside two of the lead.
Younger took benefit of the par-five subsequent to make additional inroads on McIlroy, who was unable to birdie the identical gap, whereas Smith received up and down from the again of the 14th inexperienced to register a fifth consecutive birdie and soar into the solo lead on 19 below.
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Cameron Smith recorded 5 successive birdies to steal the lead from Rory McIlroy within the remaining spherical of The a hundred and fiftieth Open Championship
Smith adopted back-to-back pars by holing a clutch 12-footer to save lots of par on the seventeenth, after a formidable pitch over the bunker, earlier than a shocking tee shot into the par-four final arrange a two-putt birdie for victory.
Younger eagled the ultimate gap to complete a shot behind, whereas McIlroy was unable to seek out the final-hole eagle of his personal to pressure a play-off as he ended a irritating remaining day with yet one more two-putt par.
McIlroy hit all greens in regulation however was left to rue a disappointing placing show, along with his third-place end extending his winless streak in majors, which stretches again to the 2014 PGA Championship.
Hovland’s hopes ended when he needed to come out sideways from a bunker on the thirteenth, leading to a bogey, with an additional dropped shot on the sixteenth seeing him shut with a two-over 74 that dropped him to tied-fourth alongside England’s Tommy Fleetwood.
Brian Harman and former world No 1 Dustin Johnson ended the week tied-sixth, whereas Bryson DeChambeau birdied his remaining three holes for a closing 66 to say a share of eighth with Patrick Cantlay and 2017 champion Jordan Spieth.
