Golf - The 147th Open Championship - Carnoustie, Britain - July 22, 2018 Italy's Francesco Molinari celebrates with the Claret Jug after winning the 147th Open Championship REUTERS/Andrew Yates
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (Reuters) - Francesco Molinari evoked memories of Nick Faldo's memorable British Open win at Muirfield 31 years ago as the machine-like Italian played faultless golf before administering the coup de grace on Sunday.
While the form of his title rivals was going up and down like a violinist's elbow in treacherous 25mph winds at Carnoustie, Molinari was grinding out par after relentless par -- 13 in a row, in fact.
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