KJ Choi turned the primary South Korean to win a Senior Main title as he claimed a two-stroke victory in The Senior Open at Carnoustie in Scotland.
The 54-year-old began slowly however ignited across the flip to place daylight between himself and the chasing pack as he signed for a closing two-under-par 70 and a profitable whole of ten below, two away from Australia’s Richard Inexperienced.
The eight-time PGA TOUR winner opened with a bogey and dropped additional pictures on the fifth and sixth because the leaderboard turned bunched, with quite a lot of gamers in competition.
Enjoying companion Inexperienced and fellow chasers Paul Broadhurst and Stephen Ames have been all going alongside steadily however Choi, not for the primary time this week, started a sizzling run and picked up a shot both aspect of the flip to get again to 1 over for the day.
He parred the eleventh after which entered a three-hole stretch which decided the end result of the 2024 Senior Open.
The previous world no.5 recorded back-to-back birdies at 12 and 13 earlier than holing a 30-footer for eagle on the par-5 14th to open a four-shot lead with solely 4 to play.
Choi used his knowhow which earned him a share of eighth in The Open at Carnoustie in 2007 to securely navigate the subsequent three, earlier than closing with a bogey to safe his maiden Main title.
Inexperienced prolonged his glorious run of type within the senior majors by securing his third top-three end of the season, whereas England’s Broadhurst completed two pictures additional again in third on six below.
Canadian Stephen Ames completed fourth on three below par, whereas no fewer than seven gamers completed in a tie for fifth on two below, together with former Ryder Cup captains Thomas Bjørn, Pádraig Harrington and Bernhard Langer.
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