After surviving the 36-hole final qualifying tournament at the start of the week, Lawrie created major history by storming through from 10 strokes behind on the final day, eventually winning a four-hole play-off also involving 1997 winner Justin Leonard and Jean Van de Velde – who had taken seven on the 72nd hole when a double bogey six would have given him the Claret Jug.
Steve King
Steve King is a UK based golf blogger, who shares online golf coaching that he created with his good friend Richard Lawless (PGA Professional)
Steve plays most of his golf in his home county of Wiltshire, in the UK. Read more about Steve
