14, 15 and 16 to pull away from the field at the U.S. Open and claim his first major title. He became both a 27-year-old U.S. Open champion and the latest of golf’s enviably young headliners. [Boswell: This U.S. Open champion speaks softly and carries a big stick]“He birdied 14, 15 and 16, and that was kind of lights out,” Harman said. “He’s proven for a long time how good he is; now he’s done it in a major,” playing partner Fleetwood said. He just dead-lined all day.”As the second straight U.S. Open winner with a laconic pulse, he even talked by phone Saturday night to the first, Dustin Johnson, who had missed the cut here.

Source: Washington Post June 19, 2017 01:28 UTC