A privilege to witness Troon duellists’ perfect moment in time

No one should underestimate the enormity of the occasion, given that last Sunday’s final round of the Open Championship was in fact Henrik Stenson’s (40) most realistic opportunity to win his first major championship and, perhaps, Phil Mickelson’s (46) last.

Opportunities to win major championships, even for players of the calibre of Stenson and Mickelson do not come around very often, so winning would have been all that mattered that day for two great players running out of time.

That both had already made the last round an almost “exclusive” two-horse race without interruption, speaks volumes for the sheer quality of their performances over the first 54 holes and given that this is a Ryder Cup year, with one of the two main protagonists coming from Europe and the other from America, it only added further spice and bragging rights to the already special occasion.