Highlights from the final round of the Open Championship – Part 8
Miguel Angel Jimenez wrapped the tournament in the 25th place after carding a score of seven-over-par. The Spaniard, who earned a major applause in the start of the tournament, owing to the bogey-free scorecard that he produced, slummed as the
tournament proceeded further.
The 18-time European Tour winner teed off from the front and shaded his scorecard brown. Brown symbolizes bogeys in golf. Jimenez sandwiched a single birdie between two bogeys in the three opening holes and moved forward to fade the tee shot into a huge
fairway bunker on the fourth hole. The miscalculated effort took a shot to get to the fairway, which eventually became the reason behind the double-bogey on the par-4 hole.
The 47-year-old veteran dropped one more shot and capped the first half with a score of 40. Similar encounters with the bogeyman were seen on the back nine, proving that it just wasn’t his day. Jimenez left the course with a score of 78.
Ryan Moore and Charl Howell III occupied the 28th spot on the leaderboard after compiling an aggregate of eight-over-par.
Moore was one of the few players to cap the tournament with a score in the 60s. The American, who stepped into the final round with a 76, pulled his reigns back and managed to reel four birdies against three bogeys in the day. This score lowered the overall
aggregate and helped the player jump 27 spots upwards on the leaderboard.
An eight-way tie was seen at the 30th spot on the leaderboard, which included Stewart Cink, Ryan Palmer, Noh Seung-yul, Jason Day, Bubba Watson, Tom Lewis, Gary Woodland and Pablo Larrazabal.
The lowest score of the group was made by Cink, who is famously known for turning his Claret Jug into a barbeque sauce container in 2008. The American tried not to repeat the blunders he made in the third round, when he carded eight bogeys against a single
birdie. Instead, he decided to play safe and managed to save par on fifteen holes. He reeled a single birdie in the front and two bogeys at the back to card a score of 71.
Meanwhile, the highest score was composed by Palmer. American by origin, the player failed to conquer the link-styled course and carded five bogeys, two double-bogeys and one birdie in the closing holes.
Article continued in Part 9….
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