Supreme Scheffler a category aside as he romps to first Open title

A relentless Scottie Scheffler sealed his first British Open triumph by 4 pictures as he turned the ultimate day of the event right into a procession at Royal Portrush on Sunday (July 20, 2025).

The 29-year-old American world primary began out with a four-stroke lead and aside from one blip, by no means appeared like relinquishing his grip because the chasing pack have been lowered to scrapping for the minor locations.

Scheffler barely put a foot flawed all week on the fantastic Causeway Coast, rekindling recollections of 15-times main winner Tiger Woods in his pomp, and he rubber-stamped his fourth main title with a medical final-round 68.

Take the dominant Scheffler out of the equation and the 153rd Open would have been a thriller with the leaderboard beneath him chopping and altering all weekend.

Ultimately, Harris English was one of the best of the remainder on 13 underneath after a final-round 66 with fellow American Chris Gotterup an additional shot again.

Enormous galleries thronged the course and hundreds arrived hoping see a Rory McIlroy miracle on the ultimate day.

However Northern Eire’s favorite sporting son, who started six pictures behind Scheffler, was unable to mount a cost and ended up in a tie for seventh on 10 underneath.

Li tied fourth

Li Haotong, the primary Chinese language man to exit within the last group of a significant, completed tied fourth on 11 underneath with England’s Matt Fitzpatrick and American Wyndham Clark.

Scheffler has now accomplished three legs of his profession Grand Slam and wishes a U.S. Open crown to finish the set. He additionally turned the primary present world primary to raise the Claret Jug since Tiger Woods in 2006.

These hoping to witness a battle royal for golf’s oldest main ought to in all probability have recognized higher.

On the final 9 events Scheffler had gone into the ultimate spherical of a PGA Tour occasion main, he emerged victorious, whereas his three earlier main wins additionally arrived after a 54-hole lead.

When he birdied the primary, fourth and fifth holes to maneuver eight strokes clear the one query appeared to be whether or not he might set an Open report for a profitable margin.

Even when errors did creep in, he merely rolled in lengthy par-saving putts on the sixth and seventh holes to crush the spirit of these hoping for an unlikely collapse.

Solely when he double-bogeyed the eighth after failing to get out of a bunker did Scheffler appear like a mere mortal, his lead immediately sliced to 4 strokes.

But it surely proved false hope for these pursuing a large of golf, and a birdie on the ninth and one other on the twelfth gap steadied the ship and all that wanted deciding then was who would come second.