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Jordan Spieth, in search of the third leg of the Grand Slam, was done in by putting clean off the eighth green from what was probably the 10 green, and taking three more from there for a double bogey. Neither was meant to be this year.

Johnson outlasted Marc Leishman and his good friend Louis Oosthuizen in a four hole playoff to win the 2015 British Open at St. Andrew’s.

And now, with a final-round 66 on the Old Course, followed by a 1-under-par effort in the aggregate playoff, Johnson’s name is engraved alongside the likes of Jones, Snead, Hogan, Palmer, Nicklaus, Trevino, Watson, Woods, Mickelson and many, many more.

“Yeah, mate, I’m happy”, he said.

And like the mailman, nothing nature could throw his way could stop Johnson from his appointed rounds on Saturday.

Former UAB golfer Paul Dunne is preparing for a second run at The Open Championship.

Jason Day is tied for the lead after 54 holes of a major.

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland >> Even with 155 years of history, the British Open can still serve up some odd twists at St. Andrews.

Spieth’s bid for an unprecedented golfing grand slam ended agonisingly at the British Open on Monday after he missed joining a three-way play-off by one stroke.

The only golfer to win what’s called a Grand Slam was Jones, who in 1930 won the US and British Opens and US and British Amateurs at a time when those were considered the major championships of golf.

Open champions are about as far removed from golfing tourists as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are from Sunday league amateurs.

Danny Willett’s name at the top of the leaderboard might be a shock to many but crucially not to the man himself. She wrote: “Well done, you’ve made the cut“.

Jordan Spieth supporters brought a little bit of Austin to St. Andrews, Scotland on Sunday. He took 10 putts on the inward nine.

“I’m just going to take what it throws me”, said Dunne, who has remained calm and collected throughout.

Six-under heading out, the 1999 victor had picked up two shots in 12 holes before heading off for his supper. Johnson had a 12-foot eagle putt on the final hole to win the U.S. Open and three-putted to finish behind golf’s new golden child.