Royal St. George's-Sandwich,England--Day 4

After a long hard faught four days at Royal St. George's it finally came to an end. Darren Clarke's bleary, bloodshot, Northern Irish eyes told the whole story. The party began after he walked off the 18th green at Royal St. George’s with the claret jug in hand! Beer and red wine flowed through the night, the revelry not letting up until Clarke had to return Monday morning for a few more interviews and some picture-taking at the spot where he tapped in the final putt to win the British Open.

This was Clarke's 20th appearance at the British Open. No one had ever gone more than 15 British Opens before winning! Clarke became the third golfer from Northern Ireland to win in the last six majors, following U.S. Open champions Rory Mcilroy and Graeme McDowell.

Guiness--Why Not???

As for the Americans...

The Americans haven’t won any during that span, their longest drought of the modern Grand Slam era, though they did have five of the top seven at Royal St. George’s.

As I had been saying all week it was only a matter or time for this...

Phil Mickelson played the first 10 holes Sunday at 6 under and actually claimed a share of the lead at one point, only to fade down the stretch when his putter faltered.

And Another Botch...

And then there's Dustin--always a brides maid and never a bride...

Johnson was in contention again at a major but made another huge blunder, knocking a shot out of bounds just five holes from the finish.

Congrats Darren you earned this one!

Darren with the Claret Jug