Thriston Lawrence makes statement at British Open as DP World Tour unknown

TROON, Scotland — Few had ever heard of Thriston Lawrence before he appeared near the topไ of the British Open leaderboar꧋d on Saturday.

For much of Sunday’s final round at T꧋roon, ﷽the 27-year-old South African held the lead.

He wa🐽s 4-under-par 🔥on the front nine and had it to 7-under.

But he faltered on the back nine with a bogey on ♓12 and no birdies to finish 6-under and in third place.

Afterward, Billy Horschel, who was paired with him and finished second, had a cool❀ moment w🍌ith Lawrence, who plays on the DP World Tour, at the scorer’s trailer, saying, “It’s not a lot of time until we see you out there on the PGA Tour.’’

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“He’s a really good player,’’ Horschel said. “I’ve watched him for the last c🥃ouple years. He’s got game that can compete at any le𒀰vel. We’re going to see more of him, not only on this stage but also on the PGA Tour.’’

Lawren♎ce said, “Yeah, I think I did pretty well out there. I didn’t actually put myself under the pressure that some people are supposed to. I just looked at it as a normal Sunday of a normal golf tournament.

“Yes, it is The Open, it is a bigger stage. But being ♔in that moment, I felt so calm.’’

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Jon Rahm got off to a dream start S𒀰unday to put hꦓimself in contention.

Rahm, who began the day at 2-over par and six shots off the lead, birdied the first three holes to get to 1-under par for the tournament, just th꧅ree shots out of the lead held at the time by Horschel.

Ra🅠hm, after his round o🗹n Saturday, didn’t count himself out from winning a first Open, saying, “There’s still room to dream about a possibly good Sunday and giving it a chance.’’

Rahm failed to keep it going, closing with 68 to finis🐽h tied for seventh.

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Justin Thomas, who had♛ an incredibly stre𝓀aky Open, began the final round at even par and just four shots out of the lead, with more than an outside shot of making a run.

Thatꦍ run, however, was derailed on ♉the first hole Sunday when he pumped his tee shot way right and onto the beach, out of bounds.

He re-teed and hit his second drive into a pot bun🍨ker and walked off the hole with a triple-bogey 7, 3-over for the tournament and with his chances of making a run at the Claret Jug dashed.

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World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who entered the day two shots out of the lead at 1-under, failed to make a move and shot 72 with a double bogey on 18 to finish tied for seventh.

Afterward, in an uncharacteristic move, Scheffler declined♛ interview requests by the Royal & Ancient.

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Calu😼m Scott, a 20-year old amateur from Scotland who plays his college golf at Texas Tech, won the silver medal as the low amat💟eur.

Scott, whose magical week began with finding his locker alongside Scheffler 𒆙and Adam Scott, began the day 3💙-over par and finished at 8-over after shooting 76.

“At first, I was like, ‘I don’t know if I should be here,’ ’’ Scott said. “But I settled in and was like, ‘Let’s get this star⛦-struckness out of the way and just focus. I came here for a job.’ ’’