Nobody was going to catch Scottie Scheffler on Sunday afternoon.
The top-ranked golfer cruised to another dominant outing to claim the British Open. Scheffler, who entered the day with a massive four-shot lead, pushed it to seven at one point en route to his four-shot victory at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. Nobody even came close to catching him.
The win marked Scheffler’s first at the British Open, which earned him the iconic Claret Jug and a $3.1 million check. He’s now won four major championships in his career, and he’s won his last 10 tournaments where he’s held the solo lead after 54 holes. Sunday was 1,197 days from Scheffler’s first major championship win, which is the exact same stretch to the day that it took Tiger Woods to go that same span.
Scheffler is now just a U.S. Open victory away from becoming the seventh golfer in history to complete the career grand slam, too.
Harris English finished alone in second at 13-under on the week, which gave him his second runner-up finish at a major championship this season. Chris Gotterup came in third at 12-under. Gotterup played his way into the tournament this week with his Scottish Open win last week, marking what’s been a career-altering stretch for the 26-year-old.
Rory McIlroy, who was the local favorite this week in his home country, ended up posting a 2-under 69 on Sunday. That moved him T7. While it wasn’t a win, McIlroy’s outing was significantly better than the missed cut he had the last time the British Open was at Portrush. That’s something.
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