The 146th Open Championship - Royal Birkdale - Southport, Britain - July 18, 2017 England’s Justin Rose plays out of a bunker during a practice round REUTERS/Andrew Boyers
(Reuters) - It was at Royal Birkdale, scene of this week's British Open Championship, that in 1998 Englishman Justin Rose first grabbed the attention of the golfing public in astonishing fashion.
On the 18th hole, in the final round, the then 17-year-old amateur, playing in his first major championship, chipped his wedge shot, from thick rough, into the hole for a birdie, producing what was described as one of the loudest roars ever heard on a course.
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