it's in the claret jug when it's sitting right in front of us at st. andrews.mericans have won 11 of the last 15 open championships. daly, lehman, duval, hamilton. nick pryce won here in '94, tentatively, the prior 11 champions were not from the u.s., and that has really flipped around since then. as we said now, 11 in the last 15. as we're set now for the ceremony and presentation of claret jug and the medals as well. >> now, i will announce peter dawson to announce the winners and the captain of turnberry golf club, peter wiseman, to present them. >> the leading amateur and winner of the silver medal from verona, italy, matteo manassero. >> and the runner-up and winner of the silver is tom watson. >> we will hear from tom watson after the presentation. >> announcer: and ladies and gentlemen, with the score of 278, the winner of the gold medal and the champion golfer of the year is stewart cink. >> thank you so much. i stand here a little intimidated by this piece of hardware i have in my hands. a lot of emotions running through my mind right now and my heart.