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Carnoustie – Francesco Molinari said that it would take time for the success of The Open to sink while he was seizing the Claret Judge Sunday after his remarkable victory at Carnoustie.
The Italian also admitted that he would probably need to change his flight back so that he could celebrate his victory by becoming the first player in the country to win a major
Molinari dominated defending champion Jordan Spieth, a revived Tiger Woods and the rest of On the field, he managed a flawless round of 69 to finish at eight points in the Scottish jersey and win the title by two strokes
" I had an easyJet flight at 9am to get home, so I think it's gone. "I have a holiday plan for next week somewhere nice with the family," says to the London-based golfer, so I hope we can still make the holidays and relax for a few days. "
When asked to summarize his feelings, he adds," Just Disbelief, to be honest.It's amazing to stay here with the Claret Jug. "
" I knew I was going to do good golf. My record here was terrible. That did not make me too optimistic about the week, but I just tried not to think about it and focus on the good things day after day. "
After sitting on the level-par midway, Molinari shot Saturday, six under par, he only had three shots left on goal.
Another round without fail Sunday allowed him to take advantage of his opponents, including his partner Woods.
"To go on the weekend without bogey, it's unthinkable, to be honest. So, very proud of today. "
Molinari, 35, kissed his caddy at the 18th green after finishing his round with a birdie, although at that time he still had to wait for the American Xander Schauffele to conclude his turn before his victory was confirmed
"I could not watch Xander play the last two holes, to be honest. That's why I went to the green because I'd probably get sick while watching TV, "he added after following in the footsteps of Spieth, who won last year at Royal Birkdale in 2016, but before that, the last champion of continental Europe was the late Seve Ballesteros in 1988.
"To see the names on this Claret Jug, of course, what can you say? They are the best golfers in history, and to be there, it's amazing, "he added.
" Someone like me from Italy , not really a golf country, it was an incredible trip.
Molinari He admitted that he has avoided playing in the Dunhill Championship here in recent years, his aversion to Carnoustie ties, but this victory confirms his incredible recent form.
He beat Rory McIlroy to win the PGA Championship at Wentworth at the end of May, winning a first victory at the PGA National Quicken Loans earlier this month when Woods finished fourth.
This experience allowed him to compete Woods in crucial games at the Ryder Cup earlier in his career with the huge crowd of fans and the media circus that follows them around Carnoustie
"You know, I've already done it. I've already played with him in Ryder Cups and on special occasions, so I knew what was coming, and I was ready for that.
"Clearly, in my group, the attention was not really on me, so if someone was waiting for a charge, they probably were not expecting me on my part, but it was the same throughout my career, I did not care too much. "
The final scores of the Sunday Open at Carnoustie (GBR & IRL unless otherwise indicated, by 71, x means amateur):
276 – Francesco Molinari (ITA) 70-72-65-69
278 – Rory McIlroy 69-69- 70-70, Xander Schauffele (United States) 71-66-67-74, Justin Rose 72-73-64-69, Kevin Kisner (USA) 66-70-68-74
279 – Tiger Woods (United States) States) 71-71-66-71, Eddie Pepperell 71-70-71-67, Kevin Chappell (United States) 70-69-67-73
280 – Tony Finau (United States) 67-71 -71-71, Matt Kuchar (United States) 70-68-70-72, Jordan Spieth (United States) 72-67-65-76
281 – Tommy Fleetwood 72-65-71-73, Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN) 70-70 -70-71, Patrick Cantlay 70-71-70-70, Webb Simpson 70-71-67-73, Ryan Moore 68-73-69-71, 1965 Jason Day (AUS) 71-71-72-68, Charley Hoffman (USA) 71-70-68-73, Pat Perez (USA) 69-68-74-71, Alex Noren (SWE) 70-71- 67-74, Zach Johnson (United States) 69-67-72-74, Adam Scott (AUS) 71-70-68-73, Erik Van Rooyen (RSA) 67-71-71-73 ]
283 – Bernhard Langer (GER) 73-71-68-71, Phil Mickelson (USA) 73-69-70-71, Danny Willett 69-71-70-73, Stewart Cink (USA) 72 -70-71-70 [19659002] 284 – Chris Wood 70-74-66-74, Julian Suri (United States) 74-69-70-71, Austin Cook (United States) 72-70-67-75 , Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 72-70 -69-73 Rickie Fowler (US) 70-69-73-72, Patrick Reed (US) 75-70-68 -71, Thomas Pieters (BEL) 70-73-70-71
285 – Satoshi Kodaira (JPN) 72-71-68-74, Michael Kim (United States) 73-69-69-74, Adam Hadwin (CAN) 73-70-71-71, Henrik Stenson (SWE) 70-75-71 -69
286 – Luke List US) 70-70-77-69, Kyle Stanley (USA) 72-69-69-76, Ross Fisher 75-70-68-73, Ryan Fox (NZL) 74-71-71-70, Cameron Davis (AUS) 71-72-73-70, Brooks Koepka (USA) 72-69-75-70, Li Haotong (CHN) 71-72-67-76, Masahiro Kawamura (JPN) 77-67-71- 71
287 – Brendan Steele (United States) 68-76-73-70, Tom Lewis 75-70-68-74, Yusaku Miyazato (JPN) 71-74-65-77, Sean Crocker (United States) ) 71-71-69-76
288 – Jason Dufner (United States) 75-70-68-75, An Byeong-hun (KOR) 73-71-66-78, Kevin Na (USA) 70- 73-73-72, Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 73-71-71-73, Lucas Herbert (AUS) 73-69-69-77, Yuta Ikeda (JPN) 70-73-71-74, Bryson DeChambeau (Es. U.) 75-70-73-70, Tyrrell Hatton 74-71-72-71, Paul Casey 73-71-72-72
289 – Marc Leishman (AUS) 72-72-69-76 [19659002290-MarcusKinhult(SWE)74-69-71-76BrettRumford(AUS)74-70-72-74 Shaun Norris (RSA) 74-68-69-79 Brandon Stone ( RSA) 68-72-73-77 Gavin Green (MAS) 72-73-71-74, Lee Westwood 72-72-69-77 [1] 9659002] 291 – Sung Kang (KOR) 69-72-72-78, Paul Dunne 71-73-73-74, Rhys Enoch 74-71-70-76, Gary Woodland (United States) 71-72-72- 76, Zander Lombard (RSA) 67-71-71-82 Matthew Southgate 69-72-73-77, Kim Si-woo (KOR) 71-72-75-73
292 – Rafael Cabrera-Bello (ESP) 74-70-76-72
293 – Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA) 74-71-74-74, Beau Hossler (United States) 73-70-77-73, Sam Locke (x ) 72-73-70-78
294 – Cameron Smith (AUS) 73-71-73-77
295 – Keegan Bradley (United States) 74-71-73-77
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