TROON, Scotland (AP) -- With his family watching, cancer survivor Matthew Southgate was in tears as he approached the 18th green at Royal Troon. A traumatic 12 months for the Englishman was ending on a high.
Southgate was about to complete a final round of 2-under 69 to secure a place in the top 15 of the British Open, a year to the week that he underwent surgery after being diagnosed with testicular cancer. At that point, he thought his golfing career was over.
''Words cannot describe how that felt walking down that last hole,'' the 27-year-old Southgate said.