Scotty Sheffler, less than an hour after leaving on Sunday afternoon, effectively won his first open championship title.
World number one was running only fourth green but the game was already above. An initial four-shot benefit on the ground was seven in the royal image in a sun-crown royal picture in Northern Ireland.
A third round at the fifth outlined its dominance and the remaining question was whether he would cross the modern record of Tiger Woods’ eight-shot win, achieved in St. Andrews in 2000.
Finally, he fell short of it, but a 68 saw him winning 17 undergraduate, four shots fellow American Harris English, which closed with 66, which closed with 66.
Last week’s surprise Scottish Open winner Chris Gotorup was another behind after a 67, while England’s Matt Fitzpatric, who looked at the top of the leaderboard throughout the week, did two of the previous three to join the Vinham Clarke (65) in 11 under 11 under 11 undergraduate.
Rory McLaroy looked emotional as he was welcomed by thousands of people in the last green color.
He tapped for an equal equivalent that finished him with 10 under -under Scotland’s Robert McIntire and last year’s winner Xander Schauffele.
However, the new champion of the year is a sheffer and the comparison with Woods is going to be strong only due to its recent dominance.
This state connects that feeling. A total of 1,197 days passed between Woods’ first major win and their fourth (1997 Masters and 2000 Open). A total of 1,197 days have passed between Skafler’s first major win and their fourth (2022 Masters and 2025 Open).
After winning the US PGA Championship of May, and in a total of one fourth, it is the second major title of the year for Skeffler, which connects two of its masters. Now they only need a US Open to become a seventh player to complete a career Grand Slam.
Vijay on the Entrim coast is the second title of American outside its home country, as well as after claiming gold at the last year’s Olympics in Paris, France.
This is not bad for a person who spoke at the beginning of the week how the professional golf was “not fulfilling life” and questioned the “point” of chasing victory with such enthusiasm.
More to follow.
