Brian Harman is used to being the hunter.
“When I go out turkey hunting,” Harman says, “I can spend all day out there.”
On Sunday at Royal Liverpool, Harman was the hunted. But none of Harman’s pursuers, the closest a whopping five shots back entering the final round of this 151st Open Championship, could catch him. Harman, wielding quite the weapon of his own (his putter), spent a long, cool, and rainy day on England’s west coast dodging bullets and sinking putts.
He didn’t just escape, though. By the time he holed out for par on Hoylake’s par-5 18th hole, Harman had turned back into the hunter – a big-game hunter – and a major champion for the first time.