Henrik Stenson has crowned one of golf's great comebacks with a thrilling and breathtaking British Open triumph at Royal Troon. Stenson's success was also sweet revenge after Mickelson overturned a one-shot deficit to deny him the Claret Jug at Muirfield in 2013. Mickelson started Sunday's two-man shootout one behind but wasted no time nudging back in front after kissing the glass cabinet containing the Claret Jug on the opening tee. "Wow, this will take a little while to sink in," Stenson said after kissing the Claret Jug and dedicating his victory to a "dear friend" he'd lost last week to cancer. But Stenson replied to birdie and regain a share of the lead before taking sole ownership of it with another at the third.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 17, 2016 17:26 UTC