R&A can quietly exhale as American\u2019s challenge fizzles out in front of the occasional barb from Royal Birkdale crowd<\/p>\n
Deep into the final round of the Open, and Bryson DeChambeau is almost legless in the last chance saloon. He\u2019s slipped to minus five, four off the clubhouse lead, with eight holes to play. Worse still, he has not made birdie all day. But there is a sliver of hope. After all, in 2017, Jordan Spieth made up four shots on the back nine here to take the Claret Jug. History couldn\u2019t repeat itself, could it?<\/p>\n
The loyal band of Brysonites cheer as he steps on to the tricky par-four 11th, and takes out a driver. Yet they, and Royal Birkdale\u2019s infamous rough, are about to turn viciously against him.<\/p>\n
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