Spieth and Fowler back swift Open return to Royal Portrush

Simon Lewis Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler may not have had the outcomes they wanted

Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler may not have had the outcomes they wanted had hoped from their Open Championships this year but the American stars have both backed a swift return to Royal Portrush.

Spieth, who raised the Claret Jug at St Andrews in 2015, did not fare well in the bad weather conditions of Sunday’s final round on the Antrim coast, a six-over-par 77 sending him back 12 places on the leaderboard to a finishing position tied for 20th. Fowler claimed his third top-10 finish at the Open Championship with his three-over 74 good enough for a share of sixth place but was left smarting at finishing 10 shots behind champion Shane Lowry.