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Phil Mickelson – 142nd Open Champion – With his win. * His ninth European Tour International Schedule victory in his 123rd European Tour event. • Moves to second in the Official World Golf Ranking from fifth. • His fifth Major Championship victory in his 84th Major Championship appearance. • His first Open Championship victory in his 20th appearance. This matches the record of Darren Clarke for the most appearances before winning the event for the first time. • This victory beats ...

Phil Mickelson has come from five shots back to claim the 2013 Open Championship by three shots at Muirfield. The American claimed his fifth Major Championship and is now just one Major, the US Open, in clinching golf’s coveted Grand Slam. Mickelson was the only player to finish the 142nd Open under par posting a thrilling final day 66 for a three under par tally. He also becomes the first left hander since New Zealand’s Bob Charles in 1963 to lift the Claret Jug. Five weeks after suffering ...

Australia’s Adam Scott remains determined to achieve something that has been accomplished just once before in the history of Australian golf and that is become only the second ‘Down Under’ golfer to come out on top in two different Major Championships. The reigning Masters champion, who looks to emulate the efforts of David Graham who won a US Open and PGA Championship, heads into the final round of the 142nd Open Championship just three shots behind England’s Lee Westwood ...

If Lee Westwood captures the 142nd Open Championship to join fellow Englishman Justin Rose, and the reigning US Open winner, then it will be the first time since 1909 two England-born golfers have won two different majors in a same year. The last time two Englishman won Majors in the same season was J H Taylor who captured the fourth of his five Open victories while George Sargeant also captured the 1909 US Open at the Englewood Club and also setting a new four round low of 290 and the first time ...

Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama became one of the first players in Open Championship history for some time to be slapped with a slow play penalty. Matsuyama was put on the clock on the 15th hole as they were 15 minutes over the scheduled time and were out of position on the group ahead. His first bad time was recorded on his first putt on the 15th at 1 minute 12 seconds. The group was still out of position. His second bad time was on his second shot to the 17th hole which was 2 minutes 12 seconds. ...

Lee Westwood’s long overdue wait for Major Championship could finally be over with the Englishman to take a two shot lead into the final round of the 2013 Open. Westwood bounced back brilliantly from a near disastrous bogey at the par three, 16th to post a third round 70 to move to three under par and two clear of the American duo of Tiger Woods and Hunter Mahan. Woods, looking to end a five-year Major’s winless drought, signed for a one over par 72 while Mahan carded a equal best score ...