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11th

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Ireland’s Shane Lowry holds
the Claret Jug trophy after
winning the British Open Golf
Championships at Royal
Portrush in Northern Ireland,
Sunday, July 21, 2019.
Associated Press
Out of the

shadows of

Irish golf,

Lowry

a major

champion

By DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
PORTRUSH, Ireland (AP) —
No longer in the shadows
of Irish golf, Shane Lowry
now has his name etched
on the base of the silver
claret jug.
It’s on there with more than
a century’s worth of the
best that have conquered
the links to win the British
Open.
Lowry gazed at the oldest
trophy in golf as he tried to
soak up his storybook finish
Sunday at Royal Portrush,
a course wet first from rain
and then from tears.
“I can’t believe this is
mine,” Lowry said after his Hoskins HR in 11th lifts
six-shot victory .
He earned his place with
a 63 in the third round that Phils over Bucs
broke the 54-hole scoring
record at the British Open
and staked him to a four- Philadelphia Phillies’ Rhys Hoskins, left, rounds
shot lead. the bases in front of Pittsburgh Pirates first
And then he handled the
nerves and expectations, baseman Josh Bell after hitting a solo home run
both in abundance, and in the 11th inning of a baseball game, Sunday,
never let anyone closer July 21, 2019, in Pittsburgh.
than three shots. Associated Press

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