Bjorn vows to bounce back

DENMARK’S Thomas Bjorn has vowed to bounce back from his British Open heartache at Royal St George’s by winning a major championship.

Bjorn, who competes in the Irish Open at Portmarnock this week, blew a two-shot lead with three holes to play on Sunday as unknown American rookie Ben Curtis, 396th in the world, pulled off one of the biggest sporting shocks of all time.

The Dane took three shots to escape from a green-side bunker on the par-three 16th, twice watching in horror as the ball rolled back to his feet in the sand.