Philip finally strikes gold

NEVER-SAY-DIE Philip Golding put 20 years of drought behind him in Paris yesterday by winning golf’s French Open.

The 40-year-old Englishman shot a closing 69 for a 15-under-par total of 273 to triumph by one stroke from compatriot David Howell in what turned into a two-horse race.

In his 201st tour event and after a record 16 visits to the qualifying school the 40-year-old from Luton birdied the final hole at Le Golf National for the massive 416,000 first prize.