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| Stacy Lewis - 2013 Ricoh British Open Champion |
So history was made at the Home of Golf. It was not quite of the monumental variety, as Inbee Park was not able to win a fourth consecutive major.
But to win an Open at St Andrews is always special and means the champion is a part of history. World No 2 Stacy Lewis won the Ricoh Women’s British Open with two magnificent birdies at the final two holes and will go down as one of the great Old Course specialists.
In the 2008 Curtis Cup, the American won all five of her matches and now in her first Open on these ancient links she came from three behind with two to play to claim a two-stroke victory.
This was a girl who grew up in Texas wearing a back brace for seven and a half years and then at the age of 18 had a steel rod inserted in her back to overcome scoliosis. To return to the game she loved was something of a miracle. To be piped off the Old Course holding the Open trophy on a sunny Sunday evening was a fairy tale.
