Former Delivery Driver Joe Dean Secures Final Open Spot
Former Morrisons delivery driver Joe Dean earned the final spot at The Open Championship after a shootout. His unexpected qualification marks a significant achievement in his golfing career.
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Shootout delivers final spot at the Open for ex-Morrisons driver Joe Dean
32-year-old, who admitted feeling ‘the stress’ with six holes to go, won by one shot with his fiancee as his caddie A greenside bunker shot that landed like a butterfly with sore feet. A knee-knocker of a 4ft putt, thumped into the back of the hole. Joe Dean did not win the Open Championship on Monday – and inevitably will not on Sunday, either – but the drama delivered by the former delivery driver from Sheffield fully justified R&A innovation. It has long seemed unsatisfactory that focus sh...
By Ewan Murray at Royal Birkdale
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Dean was clinging to a one-shot lead when he hit into a pot bunker on the 18th hole and splashed out to 3 feet. The massive grandstands on both sides of the green were about two-thirds full, and they offered applause for the winning putt that Dean would love to hear on the weekend. At least the 32-year-old Dean, who once delivered groceries to pay the bills, now has a chance.
By DOUG FERGUSON
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