Harman has devised an entire strategy around what he can do best: win around the corners. It has led to 12-year career on the PGA Tour and wins at every level he’s played. And now, an Open championship victory.
The ice-cool left-hander, who took a five-shot lead into the final round and won by six, doesn’t plan on his life evolving too much now that he’s the Champion Golfer of the Year.
Beneath that veneer of positivity, there must surely linger some doubt. What does the Belfast boy need to do to turn things round? It is obvious: he needs to putt better.
It was a week that every professional golfer hopes to have – one where you’re in control of all facets of your game during a four-day span on the game’s biggest stage where everything seems as easy as ever.
Jason Day has joined an historic group of golfers to have finished second in all four major championships after sharing runner-up honours at the 151st Open Championship at Royal Liverpool.
Adam Scott walked into the interview area at Royal Liverpool soaking wet, over par and having missed out on winning the elusive claret jug for another year.
In the win’s afterglow Svensson eschewed all the goodies coming in his direction – invites to the Masters and PGA Championship, a trip to Hawaii, lots and lots of money – and instead focused on the past.
Henley secured his fourth career PGA Tour title with a four-stroke victory over Brian Harman by overcoming nerves and demons and loads of past disappointment while holding a 54-hole lead.
Also at various points in his career Henley was known to set his phone for a text alert to himself that read, “I am the best putter in the world.” This week, he was certainly one of the best in Mexico. And that’s all that really mattered.