Lowry wins The Open and is the first major to claim raw scenes in Portrush

The moment Shane Lowry won the Open

The 148th Open Championship – final-round leaderboard-15 S Lowry (Ire); -9 T. Fleetwood (Eng); -7 T Finau (US); -6 L Westwood (Eng), B Koepka (USA); -5 R MacIntyre (Sco), T Hatton (Eng), D Willett (Eng), R Fowler (USA); -4 P Reed (US) Other selected: -3 F Molinari (Ita), T Lewis (Eng), J Thomas (US), J Rahm (Spa); -1 L Oosthuizen (SA), M Fitzpatrick (Eng), J Spieth (USA), J Rose (Eng); +2 R Knox (Sco), M Kuchar (USA); +3 B Watson (US); + 4 P Casey (Eng), G McDowell (NI); +5 J Furyk (US); +6 JB Holmes (1945)

Shane Lowry from Ireland claimed a first major championship win with a dominant six-shot win at 15 under par amidst raw scenes in The Open.

Lowry started the celebrations early, raising his arms as he squeezed through the crowd that swarmed the 18th fairway in the Royal Portrush of Northern Ireland.

"This feels like an exiting experience," said the 32-year-old.

Lowry kept his guts up in the wind and rain to film a one-over-72, with Tommy Fleetwood second on nine under.

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Fleetwood in England was equally threatened, but a double bogey on the 14th effectively ended his challenge when he ended with a three-over 74.

"I can't wait to wake up to get on Monday morning and find out how it will feel then. It's just going to be incredible, "Lowry added, who was harassed before he reached the green on the last hole.

& # 39; To do it in Portrush – you couldn't write it & # 39 ;, says Open Champion Lowry

Thousands of partisan fans stood on the 18th to cheer Lowry & # 39; s victory procession and as he turned around for his caddy Brian & # 39; Bo & # 39; Embracing Martin after he made his second shot to the green, hundreds flooded the channel in front of him

Lowry and Martin were led through the crowd and led through marshals under a rope to give them safe passage.

There will also have been a sense of redemption for Lowry after his capitulation of the last round at the US Open three years ago, when, like on Sunday, he started ahead of four shots, but a 76 saw him fall away when Dustin Johnson won.

American Tony Finau played a one-over-par 71 to a third on seven under, his best finish with a major.

A round up and down for Lee Westwood of England saw him give him a two-over-73 card for part of fourth place that assures him a place for next year's Masters. He finished six under overall alongside world number one Brooks Koepka who struggled with a 74.

Lowry writes himself in Irish folklore

Drama at the first moment as Fleetwood makes a shot at Lowry

There was little doubt as to who the vast majority of fans were left from the first moment to the last, with a huge cheer that greeted Lowry & # 39; s name when it was read out over the speakers when he arrived at the first tee

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He had looked calm while looking like the practice green, but nerves seemed to hold their ground as he pulled his opening thrust into the rugged grass before hitting his second in a greenside bunker.

Lowry escaped with a bogey, but Fleetwood's nerves were also there because he missed a birdie pick that would have missed the lead to two.

The 28-year-old who wanted to be the first Englishman to win the clearing since Nick Faldo in 1992, then over-hit his par putt on the third and the bogey meant Lowry & # 39; s advantage was again four.

That seemed to give Lowry the confidence boost he needed and he holed two consecutive birdie putts from the fourth. Heavy rain and wind arrived shortly afterwards and Lowry, fighting both the elements and the nerves, struggled after the turn, playing four of the five holes from the ninth.

From then on it was about digging in and not giving Fleetwood the spark of hope to bring it to the wire. Lowry broke through a few crucial par-putts before he celebrated a birdie on the 15th with a big fist pump. It was a putt that seemed to signal the moment Fleetwood's fleeting hope to organize a comeback ended.

Lowry's name was already engraved on the Claret Jug when he approached the 18th green while admiring the thousands gathered to witness the greatest victory in his career

Shane Lowry solved the difficult circumstances better than his umbrella did

Westwoods guard continues

Westwood, second in 2010 The Open, will have arrived in Portrush on Sunday, calmly convinced of taking on a challenge like him looked to break his most important duck.

The 46-year-old Englishman made a bad start with a bogey first, but recovered with three birdies over his next four holes.

However, every time he looked like he was threatening the leading couple, the opportunity passed to close the gap. He left a birdie putt on the edge of the seventh hole before missing another opportunity on the eighth.

His challenge ended around the turn with bogeys on the ninth, eleventh and twelfth and he finished six in total after carding a two-over 73.

Westwood & # 39; s fourth place means that he has achieved a first Masters performance since 2017. April

Westwood's fellow countryman Justin Rose had an even harder day. He almost shot a shot to the side in the middle of the heavy rain while he was on the ninth and did not pick up a bird until the 12th hole. But three bogeys in his last six holes saw him return to the clubhouse with an eight-over-79 to finish one.

In contrast, the Scottish Bob MacIntyre and the English Tyrrell Hatton were the only two golfers who finished in the top six to shoot substandard laps on Sunday.

Much of that will be due to their earlier beginnings and missing the stormy weather. MacIntyre, who made his most important debut, hit a & # 39; three-under-par 68 & # 39; while Hatton finished on two under.

They shared the sixth place alongside the English Danny Willett (73) and the American Rickie Fowler (74).

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Back-to-back titles never for Molinari

Francesco Molinari, the winner of 2018, never really got his defense, although he ended up at a peak by setting the best round of the day .

The Italian, who won two shots at Carnoustie last year, shot a five-under-66, including an eagle on the 12th.

Asked if he had enjoyed his week as title defender, Molinari, who opened with a three-over-74 in the first round, said: "I can't lie – some parts of it yes, some parts of it.

"Unfortunately, I did not manage my expectations enough. On Sunday I played more freely, just enjoying the support of the crowd. "

A day to forget for Holmes

The parties in Portrush go long into the night, but one person who will not be in the mood for a JB Holmes party soon.

The American led halfway through the tournament and was third out of 10 at the start of the final day, ready to challenge the victory.

However, he endured a horror round in which six bogeys, there were four double bogeys and a triple bogey, 16 left for the day and six left for the tournament.