The father's voice cut through the noise along the rope line at the fourth hole, pleading with strangers to let his young son glimpse the man they'd all come to see. For four days, similar requests had been met with shoulder shrugs and territorial shuffling,

IN the end the fairytale the vast majority of fans at the 153rd Open Championship wanted to see didn’t transpire, but the fact Scottie Scheffler turned the final day into the second parade Portrush had witnessed in the space of 24 hours won’t take away from what was a very special week.