Zach Johnson won his second major title on Monday evening, securing the 2015 Open Championship with a play-off win over Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman.
Johnson shot a final round 66, the same as Leishman, to finish level with 2010 champion Oosthuizen and set up the three-way tie at the top of the leaderboard. Two birdies on the first and second put him into the lead, and a bogey-par finish left his South African counter-part with a chance to send them back to the 18th tee. He missed a seven-foot putt, however, meaning the American's one-under was enough to win the four hole shoot-out.
"Humbled" and "blessed" to win on the Old Course
Johnson spoke to the BBC after the win and admitted he felt "blessed" to win the famous trophy. The 39-year-old said he was "honoured to be part of the history" of the famous tournament. He could only muster two words to describe the moment, it the experience was "humbling and surreal".
It is the second major championship of Johnson's career, ending an eight-year wait since his last - the 2007 Masters. Johnson kept himself in contention across the competition, which ended on the Monday for just the second time in The Open's history. He shot 66-71-70 over the first three rounds, meaning he was never more than three strokes off the respective round leader.
Johnson joins a few famous faces to win at August and St Andrews
Winning on at the famous St Andrews' greens has put Johnson into an elite group of six players to win majors at Augusta National and the Scottish venue. Only Tiger Woods, Seve Ballesteros, Sam Snead, Nick Faldo and Jack Nicklaus have managed to claim the two titles at the aforementioned courses.
The dreams of Paul Dunne were crushed, as he fell away on the final few holes to card a six-over 78 and finish on six-under for the tournament. Jordan Niebrugge claimed the illustrious Silver Medal and ended on -11. Jordan Spieth was also unable to snag the first three calendar majors on the trot, which would have equalled Ben Hogan's record from 1953.