Jul 21, 2019; Portrush, IRL; Tommy Fleetwood tees off on the ninth hole during the final round of The Open Championship golf tournament at Royal Portrush Golf Club - Dunluce Course. Mandatory Credit: Steve Flynn-USA TODAY Sports
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - There was no disguising Tommy Fleetwood's disappointment after finishing runner-up in the British Open on Sunday, with the Englishman left conceding glumly that the mountainous task set by Irish winner Shane Lowry had been just too steep for him.
"It was an amazing atmosphere but the mountain was too high to climb. You have to stay in it, but it was not to be," said Fleetwood after he was unable to overturn Lowry's four-shot lead in wretched weather.
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