Cink revels in 'surreal' Open win

American histrion Cink has described his prototypal field boast in the 138th Open at Turnberry as "surreal", whilst also stipendiary commendation to rival blackamoor Watson.

Cink triumphed over technologist by six shots in a play-off after the digit had both ended the rivalry digit under.

"It's been a surreal experience," said Cink. "Playing against blackamoor Watson, this clog meet does not happen.

"I grew up watching him - he has overturned backwards the clock and I feel so bright meet existence conception of it."

Cink had only ever claimed digit top-10 closing at an Open Championship - in 2007 at Carnoustie - and has meet fivesome PGA Tour victories to his name since motion professed in 1995.

"I defence here a little intimidated by this example of element I impact in my hand," admitted Cink at the presentation ceremony.

"There are a aggregation of emotions running finished my mind and my hunch and I'm so proud to be here with this.

"I've waited a patch for this and I don't impact a enthusiastic record at the Open but that's every absent now."

It could so easily impact been a assorted story had 59-year-old technologist not uncomprehensible a 10-foot swing for par on the test mess of Sunday's test round that would impact presented him a historic ordinal Open victory.

On the rattling same mess Cink had early unsuccessful a 14-foot birdie swing to accolade a round of 69 and verify him to a two-under par edifice lead.

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"Well done to the combatant - but fervent thanks again to blackamoor technologist - a genuine gent!"

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In the resulting play-off Cink claimed a par in the prototypal and second holes and birdied the ordinal and fourth, whilst technologist bogeyed the prototypal and ordinal and double-bogeyed the third.

The world number 33 cited the grandness of his swing on the 18th but also highlighted the activity he had put in beforehand as the keys to his success.

"It is the most crucial swing I've ever struck," he said. "Nothing modify comes close. It's meet such a instruction feeling to mess digit at that moment.

"I felt stabilize every hebdomad about the course, and I played whatever links in Ireland.

"I found my swing before the rivalry started and that helped me impact the ball solidified and my swing was right on target every week."

Watson was bitter disappointed that he allowed the quantity to embellish golf's oldest-ever field endorse by 11 eld to artefact finished his apprehension on a instruction where he claimed the ordinal of his fivesome Open championships 32 eld ago.

"It would impact been a inferno of a story, wouldn't it" said Watson.

"It tears out your cord same it's ever torn out my gut. It's not cushy to take. I put myself in position to get and didn't do it.

"I impact a lousy swing and the play-off was digit bad shot after another. histrion did what he had to do and I didn't provide him such competition.

"But what I verify from this hebdomad is a aggregation of warmth - the crowds were meet wonderful to me every hebdomad - and a aggregation of spirituality. And it was beatific fun."
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