Cameron Smith charged for win the British Open on Sunday

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Australia's Cameron Smith won the 150th British Open for his most memorable significant title with a 64 on Sunday at the Old Course at St Andrews.

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In his event debut, the 28-year-old drained five consecutive birdies as he tore through the back nine of the Old Course

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carding an eight-under 64 to pip playing partner Cameron Young by a stroke at 20-under par.

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"It just unreal. To win this and win it here, at St. Andrews, is pretty special," Smith said, holding the Claret Jug.

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After starting the day four shots ahead of Smith, Rory McIlroy finished two strokes behind in third after signing off a bogey-free 70.

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The winner of the Players Championship earlier this year, Smith seemed to make putts from everywhere – and McIlroy didn’t.

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Yet while the 33-year-old subsequently birdied just once more, up ahead Smith -- having already doubled the tally by his fifth hole

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burst through the back nine with a run of five birdies before adding one more at the 18th.

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a day when he needed to go lower than the 2-under-par 70 he shot. McIlroy did not have a one-putt green.

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McIlroy’s only birdies came at the par-5 fifth hole and the par-4 10th.

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