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Brian's hack to Open glory.


Brian Barnes Brian Barnes may refer to:
  • Brian Barnes (artist), an English artist
  • Brian Barnes (golfer), a Scottish golfer
  • Brian Barnes (baseball), an American baseball player
 emerged from the hackers yard to retain the pounds 350,000 Senior British Open Golf Championship at Royal Portrush.

The 52-year-old Scot survived a shocker shock·er  
n.
One that startles, shocks, or horrifies, as a sensational story or novel.

Noun 1. shocker - a shockingly bad person
bad person - a person who does harm to others

2.
 of a shot during the closing round on the Dunluck links to make history, the first player to win back- to-back senior Open titles.

But the colourful giant, who finished three shots clear on an 11-under- par aggregate of 277, gave his closest challengers every chance.

At the par four 13th, Brian suffered an embarrassing double bogey Verb 1. double bogey - to shoot two strokes over par
golf, golf game - a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes
 six that left American David Oakley David K. Oakley (April 27, 1945 – July 2, 2006) was an American professional golfer whose greatest success came on the European Seniors Tour. Oakley was the older brother of American professional golfer Pete Oakley.  snapping at his heels - one shot behind.

Barnes said: "It was a diabolical shot It was a hackers' effort. It was a little bit embarrassing."
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Title Annotation:Sport
Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Jul 29, 1996
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