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$1.89 m THAT’S what the Champion Golfer of the Year took home yesterday as his share of a $10,500,000 prize fund. As Martin Slumbers, chief executive of The R&A, said: “The prize fund reflects The Open’s position as one of the world’s great sporting events.”

60 AGE of Germany’s Bernhard Langer, who rolled back the years in his inimitable style in the final round, adding a level-par 71 to rounds of 73, 71 and 68 to finish on one-under par. “Well, just as I holed my last putt, I was thinking, yeah, this could be my last Open Championship,” said Langer, who could be back if he wins the Senior Open at St Andrews this week.

25 Willie Park Sr, the first Open champion, took home the Challenge Belt in 1860, then worth £25. That would buy you one Open Championship pin flag and leave you £5 for a couple of coffees in the tented village at Carnoustie.

7,447 The tee marker to flagstick length of Carnoustie’s Championship links for yesterday’s final round. The R&A played the 7,401 yards course at 7,291 yards on day one; 7,352 yards on Friday and 7,329 yards in the third round, before taking the players right back yesterday.

2019 Royal Portrush will host the 148th Open Championship next year and Henrik Stenson can’t wait to get there. “Yeah, it will be good,” the 2016 champion said. “I never played golf in Northern Ireland, believe it or not. This will be my first time there. I’ve seen pictures. So excited for next year. This tournament is always special, and I think it’s going to be a special one at Portrush.”

5.177 Average score for the par-five sixth, Hogan’s Alley, in yesterday’s final round. The 580-yard hole made famous by Ben Hogan’s pinpoint accuracy from the tee in 1953 yielded just one eagle (Ross Fisher) and only 12 birdies from the 79 players who made the cut.

177,000 That was the record attendance at Carnoustie last week. The figure was up on the 157,000 that went to Carnoustie in 1999 when Paul Lawrie won in a play-off. Up to 200,000 are expected to head to Royal Portrush next year.