‘Jeez, what a week’

Australian Cameron Smith was almost lost for words after shooting a flawless closing 64 to win the 150th British Open on Sunday.

The 28-year-old world number six overhauled a four-shot deficit to claim his maiden major title, becoming the first Australian to lift the Claret Jug since Greg Norman in 1993.

"Jeez, what a week. It's unreal to look at the names on this trophy and then see mine... I'm lost for words," he said after receiving the trophy.

"I'm going to fall apart here I know. I want to thank the team here for all their hard work, and this one makes it worth it.

"To the R&A - a fantastic week, to St Andrews Links and everyone involved - it was absolutely awesome out there.

"The course was exactly how an Open championship should be played."

A large group of Australians in the crowd celebrated wildly, a week after they had watched Nick Kyrgios lose the Wimbledon tennis final to Novak Djokovic.

"Lastly to you guys the fans - I had a lot of support out there, especially the Aussie guys," Smith said.

"You guys really kept me going. Seemed like that there was a lot of you guys and you kept me plugging away. This one's for Oz."