The Open Championship, ultimate leaderboard
-10 R Fox (NZ); -9 C Younger (US); -8 S Burns (US)
Chosen: -7 S Scheffler (US), T Fleetwood (Eng); -6 L Herbert (Aus); -5 L Aberg (Swe); -4 B DeChambeau (US); -3 M Penge (Eng), J Smith (Eng), D Brown (Eng); -2 R MacIntyre (Sco), S Lowry (Ire); -1 R McIlroy (NI), M Wallace (Eng)
Tommy Fleetwood says he’ll proceed to chase his dream of profitable The Open after falling brief on the finish of a “particular week” on residence soil at Royal Birkdale.
Hoping to clinch his first main and develop into the primary Englishman to carry the Claret Jug since Nick Faldo in 1992, Fleetwood began the ultimate spherical 5 photographs again of in a single day chief Sam Burns.
Roared on by enormous crowds, Fleetwood birdied three of his first eight holes to vault into competition earlier than a hat-trick of bogeys across the flip wrecked his probabilities.
“[Walking down] 18 was fairly emotional,” stated Fleetwood, who carded a final-round 68 to complete seven below and three photographs adrift of winner Ryan Fox.
“It was simply very, very particular. [There is] disappointment that I did not win or I could not get it accomplished after I was in a extremely good place.
“There’s just one individual that will get to win it, and my dream of profitable The Open will stick with it and I am going to proceed to chase it.
“However strolling down 18 and the ambiance on the market, that was past stuff that I’ve dreamt of. That was simply stuff that I by no means imagined. The crowds had been superb, and so they made it probably the most particular week ever for me, and I am unable to thank them sufficient.”
