Highlights from the final round of the Open Championship – Part 11
Justin Rose and KJ Choi smashed a score of 11-over-par to take a joint 44th
spot on the leaderboard. The Englishman teed off from the front in the final round and smashed three birdies and one eagle in the day. He did drop five shots however, resulting in him wrapping the day up at par.
The 30-year-old from Hampshire was satisfied with his performance and said while speaking to reporters, “I’d only made three birdies all week. You're not going to compete like that, but I holed a few today."
Rose’s highlight of the day was a 35-foot eagle on the par-5, seventh. The veteran drove the ball to the fairway and hit a six-iron approach shot towards the green, which rolled into the cup, much to the delight of Rose.
Commenting on the ace, the player said, “It was lovely to see a putt disappear. I did some work on Saturday evening with [former British member of the European Tour] Mark Roe over at Royal Cinque Ports, shortened my stroke in the wind and it seemed to work.
I've just not been holing putts and began to make some today. And, as soon as I start making putts regularly, then I'll win, as I'm hitting the ball better than ever (from) tee to green.”
Meanwhile, Choi wrapped the day with the same score after posting a score of 73 in the final round. The South Korean wasn’t a treat to watch in the tournament. He reeled two birdies in the day against a loss of five bogeys. Choi failed to understand the
link-styled course and struggled on the fairways, that were extremely windy.
Winner of the 2010 FedEx rankings, Jim Furyk, whose best finish in the Open Championship was a Top 4, finished in 48th place. The American started the day in terrible colours. He bogeyed four of the last six holes, which eventually broke his morale.
He dropped two more shots on the back against two birdies and sealed the day with a score of 74.
Furyk’s best score of the tournament was even par in the second round, in which he picked three birdies.
Paul Casey stepped into the tournament with a bid to win, however, the player would want to forget that now. The Englishman reeled two birdies and two bogeys in the front to wrap it at par. His nightmare came at the back though, where the player bogeyed
three holes after catching a birdie on the 11th hole, but crossed the realms of par.
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