Brilliant Brian Harman WINS The Open by six shots as McIlroy’s challenge falls short in brutal conditions at Hoylake

BRIAN HARMAN has won The Open after overcoming brutal weather at Hoylake to pocket the $3million prize money.

The American star, 36, is celebrating after clinching his first-ever Major.

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Brian Harman has clinched his first-ever Major[/caption]

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The American produced a stunning display to win The Open at Hoylake in awful conditions[/caption]

Harman went into the day with a five-shot lead, despite falling back to the pack with a couple of early bogeys he came up clutch.

Rory McIlroy had fans dreaming of a first major in nine years with three birdies on the bounce on holes 3, 4 and 5 but bogeyed 10 and missed key chances to close the gap.

Jon Rahm and Tommy Fleetwood started -6 and -5 respectively, but neither could mount a challenge to Harman claiming The Open.

There were also good rounds from Tom Kim, Sepp Straka, Jason Day and Emilliano Grillo but none could get close enough.

And the closest player to him before the day began, Cameron Young, struggled as he finished +2 for the day and finished -5 overall.

Harman is only the third left-handed player to win a Claret Jug, joining Bob Charles (1963) and Phil Mickelson (2013).

And he made par at the last despite finding the greenside bunker to seal it by six shots.

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