Spieth prepares to tap in for par, and... Spieth up first, 220 yards from the hole. He stays put at -4. Kuchar knocks his three-footer straight into the cup. His previous best at an Open was a tie for 22nd last year; it’s been a dream week for the Somnambulist. Superb from Jordan Spieth who eagles the 15th! I’d like to thank my caddy Michael after keeping me in it after not quite an ideal start! Kuchar’s left-to-right slider is sent skittering towards the hole bang on line. And he’s certainly driving as recklessly as Seve. So here’s just what Jordan Spieth has just done. Spieth has a much better lie, in trodden-down old Puntersville. Rory pars 13, though it’ll seem like a birdie after a wild drive. Good lord. Many others may have put the blame on the 13th, where Spieth took an age to sort things out. He’s dropped it way back, taken the shot penalty, has a better lie and is now looking for a reference point with regards the flag - which he obviously can’t see. Spieth’s ball lands a similar distance behind the cup. The two continued to share the lead … It takes all types of battles. Troon II? Aarrrgggghhh!” They’re not studies in serenity, are they? I want to thank the membership at Royal Birkdale for allowing us to tear up your course for a few days. These chaps have put on quite a show, and they’re getting the reception they deserve! British Open; US Open; PGA Championship; Jordan Spieth British Open | 2017 Final Round Full Replay of Win. Boy, what an incredible venue. It’s a very good shot to give himself a chance of not causing too much damage. The leaders aren’t exactly exuding confidence. Nadal is the only male player ever to win 10 singles titles at the same Grand Slam event. Kuchar pushes his drive into filth down the right of 13. But he’s half a club short and can’t drain the birdie putt. He can ease an iron down the track - no need for heroics - and sets himself up with a wedge in. “Wow, that’s big gift. Paul Casey signs for a 67; he’s -3. Whether he’s feeling much more comfortable is another matter, but this - featuring birdie for Open specialist Marc Leishman at 17 - is where we are. All of a sudden, things are looking a little more comfortable for Spieth. Connelly races his sand blast 15 feet past, and that’s a shot gone too. To the contrary: he played brilliantly along that closing stretch. The American took a three-shot lead into the final round but was at one point pegged back by compatriot Matt Kuchar. Spieth however slices an awful effort miles further right, over a bank and into the long grass. -12: Spieth-9: Kuchar-6: Li-5: McIlroy, Cabrera-Bello-4: Southgate, Leishman, Noren, Grace, Koepka-3: Casey, Kim, Stenson-2: Z Johnson, Wood, Dufner, Poulter, Matsuyama, Connelly-1: Schauffele, HoffmanE: Scott, Lovemark, Bland, Fowler, Ramsay, Spieth is given the Claret Jug, and he takes to the mic to give his winner’s speech. A giddy mix of farce and belligerent refusal to kow-tow to fate. Imagine if you went back in time and told Kuchar, standing on the 13th fairway waiting for Spieth to play, how the next half hour would pan out. I took about 20 minutes to play one of my shots today. We owe you special thanks. What an incredible day. Spieth does very well in response, sending his second to ten feet, but his putt slips by the cup on the left. Penny for Matt Kuchar’s thoughts; he’s standing on the fairway whistling, waiting for the circus to leave town. “He’s a champion, a class kid and very worthy of hoisting the Claret Jug. Jordan Spieth needs something to settle him down, and he might have just found it. He whips his second at the short par-five 5th pin high to eight feet. I’m going to take this back to America which might upset a few of y’all here, but I’ll return it again. Some admin, set aside while Spieth was giving up his lead: Koepka watches in anguish as a birdie putt at 10 shaves the hole; it would have taken him back to -5, but he just can’t get anything going. Thank you very much, what an incredible honour.”. What a round! Former Bolton midfielder Stuart Holden is watching his compatriot. He’s started 5-4-5-4 and looks very shaky indeed, three over for his round through just four holes! They both have difficult shots coming in to 10, to be fair, having flayed their drives either side of the track. A clever move, given what’s happened before with the big stick. The first hole claims a couple more victims. A long trundle for Rickie Fowler on 9 results in birdie: he turns in 33 and he’s -1. He’s -4. 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And then Spieth’s par putt glides off to the right. Two putts, and that’s a bogey. This was the first U.S. Open in … All rights reserved. He’ll have a tricky pitch over bunkers. This is as much his as mine. Kuchar knocks in his birdie putt, wasting no time, but he’s suddenly a shot behind. NFL Odds and Lines; NFL 1st Half Odds; NFL 2nd Half Odds; NFL Moneyline Odds; NFL Articles & Free Picks; ... ATP Men's French Open; WTA Women's French Open; 2024 US Presidential; Esports; Live Odds. As it stands, it’s on! Kuchar really needs an eagle, but he can’t go for the green from the thick, wet rough. So now Spieth with his fourth shot on the par 4 13........he’s used the down slope well and its a bogey attempt. 2017 Open Championship Final Round Match Up Odds. After being forced to take an unplayable and drop it behind some sponsored trucks onto the driving range to the right of the 13th hole - at which point most players would have mentally capitulated - he scrambled bogey; nearly made a hole in one; made a birdie; made an eagle from 35 feet; made another birdie from 30 feet; made yet another birdie; and closed out a major championship with a fuss-free par. Meanwhile, Rory McIlroy has landed an eagle at the 17th. The tension crackles around Birkdale! Jordan Spieth is playing golf from the gods right now. Looking for his first win since the 2017 Open Championship, he had steadily dropped in the world rankings until he hit No. -10: Spieth (1)-8: Kuchar (1)-4: Li (16), Grace (2), Koepka (2), Connelly (4)-3: Noren (7), Cabrera-Bello (4). Spieth back level. He’s decided to take an unplayable, and is looking to drop his ball as far back as he can, keeping the place it landed and the flagstick in line. And that’s just what Spieth has done from the 14th to 17th.”. Well, at least according to Golden State superstar Steph Curry. “She just tried to help me. Softly! Stop reminding me! It’s over, and for once the very likeable Kuchar can’t flash a smile. Spieth tied for the lead after a first-round 65 and held the lead outright after the second and third rounds, leaving him three shots clear of Matt Kuchar heading into the final day. It’s the sign of a true champion. Spieth half-collapses into the arms of his caddy, then embraces Kuchar, who responds by warmly clapping him on the back. How’s that for a response from the Texan. But golfing talent in the professional game is ten a penny. He’s -2 again. Home; NFL. “Really?” he said. He’s placed the ball where he believes is the right position for him to go from. Kuchar very nearly rolls in his huge par putt, but it’s a final-hole bogey, not that it really matters. However the 39-year-old Floridian - whose best finish at an Open was a tie for ninth at Lytham in 2012 - doesn’t take the opportunity to zip through the open door. He’ll be beginning to test the patience of the officials, who have already threatened the pair with the clock. “Aw come on, man!” He re-sets himself, and sends his wedge screeching to a halt, six feet behind the hole. A couple of bounces, and it threatens to roll into the cup, but skates past on the left and stops six feet behind the flag. But only for a while. Spieth sends his approach over the flag to 20 feet, while Kuchar gently lands his six feet to the left of the hole. Hopefully I’ll be be picked for Walker Cup and try out for tour school after that.”. And up on 17, Li Haotong makes it three birdies on the bounce, and he’s in third on his own ... just four shots off the lead at -5! Another birdie for Rory McIlroy, this time at 11: he’s -4. Matt Kuchar is the only other realistic winner at this stage, and he is also on eight under. Oh, meanwhile, Rory McIlroy has just eagled 17 to rise to -5! Then it’s Kuchar, 180 out. Erm. Read the full story from a thrilling final day at Royal Birkdale here. Players still on the course collapsed in laughter and the scene went viral on social media. Par. Didn’t quite do get it to turn enough. That looks like it’s disappeared under a gorse bush. A huge ovation for this brilliant young man, though there are plenty of cries of KOOOOOOCH too. I suppose it’s easy to forget that, for all his achievements, he’s still a very young man, just 23 years old. So does Spieth, though he takes an absolute age to line up the short putt. Meanwhile young Austin Connelly suffered a little bit on the front nine: out in 38, with bogeys at 1, 5, 7 and 9. How will it have affected him? But he drives into the thick rough down the right. And this news will reverberate around Birkdale, because Spieth is coming back to the pack at pace. I don’t know how either of these players are holding it together. Meanwhile the defending champion Henrik Stenson birdies 11 and 12, a gentle reminder that his duel with Phil Mickelson at Troon this time last year was of rather better quality than the one we’re currently watching. Matt Kuchar has been beaten, but he remains first class. Both drop to -4. Spieth however leaves his first putt a good 12 feet short, and can’t salvage the situation. Will Spieth become the Driving Range Champion? “The comparison with Seve in the car park is apt, but now I’m thinking Faldo at Muirfield 1992,” writes Ivan Todd. -9: Spieth (3)-8: Kuchar (3)-5: Li (17)-4: Noren (9), Grace (4), Koepka (4), Connelly (4). Sunday, August 13, 2017. He smashes his ball down the fairway, leaving himself a wedge in. He’s +1 for the tournament, a decent week in the end after a nightmare start with that 76 on the opening day. Not Kuchar. If he can birdie the last, he’ll have a share of the clubhouse lead with Li Haotong. On July 23, Spieth won the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, giving him his third major title. It will have to be some comeback for Kuchar from here. A punter stops it sailing into more trouble, and that’s just as well: we need to finish this hole before sundown. And then, with a score of 268, the winner of the gold medal and the champion golfer of the year ... Jordan Spieth! Two potentially decisive putts coming up! The R&A have politely told Jordan Spieth and Matt Kuchar to pick up the pace. “Matt, I really enjoyed battling with you buddy. Kuchar sends his approach in first, and it’s a doozy, to tap-in distance. And par for Branden Grace on 14. And the carnage might not be over, because back down the hole, Spieth’s skelp out of the thick stuff is sent into the punters down the left. Both players hold par at the 10th, Spieth going very close to a birdie. He’s tied for fourth at the Open with Rafa Cabrera-Bello ... but not Brooks Koepka, who is forced to splash out sideways from sand at the par-three 7th, and drops to -3. it’s been a good 10 minutes or so now since Spieth’s dismal tee shot on the 13th. What a great champion Matt is and a class act. Kuchar races his long birdie effort five feet past the hole. “Bite! He drops to -3, and there goes that pipe dream on a hole he realistically needed to eagle in order to put some pressure on the leaders. Up on 18, McIlroy needs a birdie to have any chance of victory. Brilliant birdie and it’s game on now. It’s still three birdies in a row, and he’s -3 all of a sudden, but that kind of sums his week up. 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