Another major goes to Northern Ireland. The surprise was Darren Clarke’s name on the Claret Jug.
Ten years after he last contended in a major, no longer in the top 100 in the world, Clarke delivered his defining moment Sunday in the Open Championship when he held off brief challenges from Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson to win golf’s oldest championship.
The weather was so wild that heavy rain changed to sunshine, back and forth all afternoon, while the wind was relentless.
Clarke was a steady presence through it all. more