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Lehman (76) emotional after finishing potential final Open appearance

Emotional Lehman wraps up likely final Open start

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PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland – Two and a half decades after playing his first Open, Tom Lehman made a tearful exit from the championship that defined his career Thursday.

Lehman was putting the finishing touches on a second-round 76 at Royal Portrush that would leave him well outside the cut and took a few emotional moments on the 18th green to savor the scene.

“There was emotion for sure,” Lehman said. “You don't really know how you're going to react to the last thing of something.