Postpublished at 18:37 British Summer Time 21 July 2019
Alex Bysouth
BBC Sport at Royal Portrush
This has been a wonderful Open Championship. A spectacular venue, the excitement and the buzz in the build up. The brilliant fans and the arrival of the wild weather to throw up a real links test.
Rory McIlroy’s charge for the cut was remarkable, Shane Lowry’s Saturday 63 just sensational.
But to get a winner from the island and for the whole of Royal Portrush to embrace and delight in seeing their triumph was truly great.