Like it or not, a sporting event is defined by its ending, and the 2018 Open Championship was like a movie that keeps you on tenterhooks for 90 minutes and then sputters through the conclusion.
In a year in which spectators have made more headlines than ever for their hooting and hollering at tour events, we might’ve just had our most high-profile situation out of all of them at Carnoustie’s Home hole.
Molinari hit two-thirds of his greens in regulation and for the week cashed in when he needed to with his custom Bettinardi DASS BBZero with a skull and crossbones stamp in the rear cavity in an Italian flag-themed paintfill.
Factoring in the performance of the last eight winners of Open Championships played in Scotland, our man came up with his prediction for ‘Champion Golfer of the Year’.
Australian Golf Digest
