Cameron Smith rallies to win British Open at St. Andrews

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Cameron Smith charged his manner into historical past on the Outdated Course, a Sunday stunner at St. Andrews that despatched the Australian to his first main by overcoming Rory McIlroy to win the British Open.

The stage was set for McIlroy to finish his eight-year drought within the majors and cap off every week of celebration on the house of golf within the one hundred and fiftieth Open.

As a substitute, Smith stole the present by operating off 5 straight birdies to start out the again 9 and delivering extra clutch moments on the finish. His 8-under 64 was the bottom ultimate spherical by a champion within the 30 instances golf’s oldest championship has been performed at St. Andrews.

Smith received by one shot over Cameron Younger, who holed a 15-foot eagle putt on the ultimate gap to ever-so-briefly tie for the lead.

Smith, who saved par on the seventeenth with a 10-foot putt, was on the entrance of the 18th inexperienced together with his tee shot. From 80 ft away, his tempo up the slope and towards the cup was near good, leaving him a tap-in birdie to complete at 20-under 268. Smith matched the key championship file to par, final reached by Dustin Johnson within the 2020 Masters held in November.

McIlroy wanted eagle to tie him, and his chip by means of the Valley of Sin had no likelihood. He missed the birdie and wound up with a 70 to complete third.

Smith is the primary Australian to win at St. Andrews since Kel Nagle in 1960.

PGA TOUR AND EUROPEAN TOUR

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Chez Reavie received the Barracuda Championship on Sunday, holding on within the breezy ultimate spherical of the PGA Tour’s lone modified Stableford scoring occasion for his third tour title.

Six factors forward getting into the day, Reavie had a six-point spherical for a one-point victory over Alex Noren on Tahoe Mountain Membership’s Outdated Greenwood structure.

The 40-year-old Reavie turned the primary PGA Tour winner 40 or over since Lucas Glover a 12 months in the past within the 2021 John Deere Basic. The Arizona participant completed with 43 factors.

With the occasion additionally sanctioned by the European tour, Reavie earned spots on each excursions by means of the 2024 seasons. He additionally received the 2008 Canadian Open and 2019 Vacationers Championship.

Reavie had 4 birdies and two bogeys Sunday. Gamers get 5 factors for eagle and two for birdie, whereas some extent is deducted for bogey and three taken away for double bogey or worse.

Noren had a 14-point spherical. The Swede is a 10-time winner on the European tour who joined the PGA Tour in 2018.

KORN FERRY TOUR

SPRINGFIELD, Sick. (AP) — Paul Haley II received the Memorial Well being Championship to wrap up a PGA Tour spot subsequent season, capturing a 7-under 64 for a three-stroke victory.

Haley jumped from 14th to second within the Korn Ferry Tour season standings, with the ultimate high 25 getting PGA Tour playing cards. Additionally the winner of the tour’s 2012 Chile Basic, the 34-year-old Haley completed at 27-under 257 at Creek Nation Membership. He shot a 61 on Saturday.

Austin Eckroat was second after a 68.

OTHER TOURS

Anna Nordqvist received the Women European Tour’s Large Inexperienced Egg Open at Rosendaelsche Golf Membership within the Netherlands. The Swede closed with an even-par-72 for a one-stroke victory of Sarah Schober. Nordqvist completed at 7-under 281. … Ina Yoon received the Korean LPGA’s Evercollagen Queens Crown, ending with a 2-under 70 for a one-stroke victory. She completed at 20 below at Lakewood in Yangju, South Korea. … Marc Hammer received the Euram Financial institution Open in Austria for his first European Problem Tour title. The German closed with a birdie for a 4-under 66 and a two-stroke victory. He completed at 10 below at Adamstal Golf Membership. … Australia’s Richard Inexperienced beat England’s Phillip Archer with a birdie on the fifth gap of a playoff within the Legends Tour’s Winstongolf Senior Open in Germany.