Ice-Cool Morikawa Wins Blazing Hot British Open

Ice-Cool Morikawa Wins Blazing Hot British Open
Collin Morikawa of the United States celebrates after holing his putt on the 18th green to win the British Open Golf Championship at Royal St George's golf course in Sandwich, England, on July 18, 2021. Paul Childs/Reuters
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SANDWICH, England—American debutant Collin Morikawa produced an ice-cool final round to win the British Open by two strokes on a blazing hot afternoon at Royal St George’s on Sunday.

The 24-year-old began the day a stroke behind Louis Oosthuizen but played picture-perfect golf in a four-under round of 66 to overhaul the South African and resist resurgent fellow American Jordan Spieth in a three-way battle.