Shane Lowry will give the Claret Jug pride of place on his kitchen table after his emphatic victory in the 148th Open Championship at Royal Portrush.

Roared on by a sell-out crowd undeterred by the miserable conditions, Lowry carded a closing 72 to become the fifth Irish player to lift the Claret Jug after Fred Daly, Padraig Harrington, Darren Clarke and Rory McIlroy.

The 32-year-old from Offaly finished 15 under par, six shots ahead of England's Tommy Fleetwood, with American Tony Finau two strokes further back in third.

"I had a nice healthy lead going out and I hit a ropey tee shot on the first," he said.

"Then you're standing on the first green, Tommy has a great chance of birdie and I'm putting for bogey from eight feet.

"There's a potential three-shot swing. He misses, I make, and there's only one shot difference. Then when I was struggling around the turn I had a look at a few leaderboards and saw everyone else was struggling too and that settled me a lot."

With none of the chasing pack able to mount a charge, Lowry recovered from three bogeys in the space of four holes from the eighth with a crucial birdie on the 15th and was able to savour the walk down the final hole before embracing his wife Wendy, daughter Iris and parents Bridget and Brendan on the 18th green.

Lowry fought back tears as he thanked his parents during the presentation ceremony, adding: "They sacrificed so much for me when I was younger and I'm so happy that I can hand them this trophy."