Scottie Scheffler accomplished one other dominant week with a 3-under-par 68 to win his first Open Championship by 4 photographs on Sunday in Portrush, Northern Eire.
One of the best golfer on the earth since 2022, Scheffler notched his seventeenth profession PGA Tour victory and his fourth since Might, a run that included the PGA Championship. Boosted by a 64 on Friday, Scheffler completed all 4 days within the 60s to publish a 17-under 267.
Scheffler, 29, gained his fourth main for the reason that 2022 Masters and joined the likes of Jordan Spieth and Phil Mickelson as gamers one leg away from the profession Grand Slam. Like Mickelson, Scheffler is simply lacking the U.S. Open.
Harris English gained the race for second place, recording an eagle and back-to-back birdies over his final seven holes to shoot 66. Chris Gotterup — who gained the Scottish Open final week simply to get into the sphere at Royal Portrush — positioned third at 12 below after a 67.
Wyndham Clark made eight birdies en path to a 65 to climb to 11 below, tied for fourth with England’s Matt Fitzpatrick (69) and China’s Haotong Li (70). Clark’s end was just like that of Bryson DeChambeau, whose bogey-free 64 early within the day boosted him to 9 below.
Rory McIlroy, in the meantime, saluted the Northern Eire crowds singing his title as he walked down the 18th fairway. A double bogey at No. 10 stymied any probability he had of pursuing Scheffler, however McIlroy shot 69 and tied Xander Schauffele (68) and Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre (67) at 10 below.
Scheffler set the tone for the day on the first gap. He missed the green, persevering with a mediocre week together with his driver, however his strategy from the tough caught a ridge on the inexperienced and trickled all the way down to the cup for a 16-inch birdie faucet.
4 holes into his spherical, Scheffler had grown the result in an insurmountable seven strokes. Taking part in associate Li had birdied No. 1 however bogeyed Nos. 2 and 4 — he’d totaled simply three bogeys Thursday by Saturday — whereas Scheffler birdied once more and the remainder of the sphere appeared caught in impartial behind them.
Scheffler’s misfire on the par-4 eighth stored him from operating away with the Claret Jug too quickly. His first try and get out of a fairway bunker caught the highest lip and stayed in. He wanted 4 photographs to achieve the inexperienced and two-putted for double bogey, dropping to fifteen below.
Round that point, Gotterup made his third birdie of the day to maneuver to 11 below. However Scheffler instantly bounced again with a 5-foot birdie putt at No. 9.
The Texan added a birdie at No. 12 and parred every little thing the remainder of the best way, lacking possibilities to increase the lead even additional. It did not matter to Scheffler as he embraced caddie Ted Scott after tapping in his final par at No. 18, earlier than elevating each fists into the air and tossing his hat in celebration.
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