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The Open Championship: Chinese Taipei's C T Pan earned one of two coveted tickets to The Open Championship after finishing runner-up at the John Deere Classic.

The 32-year-old Pan shot a brilliant 7-under 64 in the final round at TPC Deere Run in Illinois to enjoy his best finish of the season even as American Davis Thompson sealed his maiden PGA Tour title by four strokes following a 64.

England's Aaron Rai, whose roots go back to India, and contended earlier in the week finished T-7 with rounds of 65-63-66-69 and was 21-under and three behind the winner, Thompson.