HOYLAKE – Brian Harman enjoyed his third career PGA Tour win and first major championship title in his 340th career start at the age of 36 years, 6 months, 4 days.
Harman’s PGA TOUR wins:
- 2014 John Deere Classic
- 2017 Wells Fargo Championship
- 2023 Open Championship
The victory came on his 168th start since the 2017 Wells Fargo Championship which is 6 years, 2 months, 16 days (2,268 days) since the title. It was Harman’s 30th career start in a major with his previous-best result: T-2, 2017 U.S. Open.
It was his eighth career start at The Open Championship with his previous-best result: T6, 2022.
The top seven players on the British Open leaderboard represented seven different countries (United States, South Korea, Austria, Australia, Spain, Argentina, Northern Ireland).
Tom Kim and Sepp Straka (T-2) earn their first career Top-five finishes in a major.
Rory McIlroy (T-6) now has 20 Top-10s in majors since his most recent major title (2014).
The Open | Final Leaderboard
1st Brian Harman 67 65 69 70 271 (-13)
T2 Tom Kim 74 68 68 67 277 (-7)
T2 Sepp Straka 71 67 70 69 277 (-7)
T2 Jason Day 72 67 69 69 277 (-7)
T2 Jon Rahm 74 70 63 70 277 (-7)
Barracuda Championship | Recap
Final Leaderboard
1 Akshay Bhatia* +6 +8 +17 +9 +40
2 Patrick Rodgers +15 +11 +8 +6 +40
T3 Julien Guerrier +11 +4 +2 +20 +37
T3 Jens Dantorp +7 +6 +9 +15 +37
5 Ryan Gerard +16 +14 +3 +3 +36
*def. Patrick Rodgers with a par-4 at the first extra playoff hole (No. 18)
Leaderboard: (link)
*Tournament played under the Modified Stableford scoring format