British Open 2011

Darren Clarke has certainly proved himself to be the most popular winner of the open for many a year, and while him winning was a story all by itself, what else did we see during this tournament? Well we have now gone 6 majors without an American winning one, and this has never happened before, but American golf is by no means dead, round of the week for me was Ricky Fowlers 2 under on Saturday in the worst of the weather, Dustin Johnson performed well, as did Anthony Kim, Phil Mickelson(30 for the front nine on the final day!!!!) and of course Tom Watson, do not be surprised if an American wins the USPGA next month. Tom Lewis performed great to be the leading amateur, but what else of the British challenge, Donald, Westwood and Poulter all had their feet up over the weekend, and Casey and Rose finished well done the field, so a slightly disappointing showing. But the course looked fair, if the weather was not, and a very deserving win for Darren.

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