21/07/2025
Scottie Does The Scoot Again!
When will this guy ever stop pulling off spectacular wins, one wonders? It looks like this is not going to happen anytime soon.
Scottie "The Scoot" Scheffler seems absolutely unbeatable! In a very understated manner, the young American golfer is without doubt the hottest professional golfer on the Planet.
He proved it again when he shunted into top gear and made mincemeat out the Royal Portrush golf course and scooted off the last hole in the final round with The Open title for 2025!
Unlike the flamboyant Tiger Woods with his trademark yells, aggressive fist-pumps and theatrical leaps, Scheffler was less demonstrative and displayed his joy by celebrating with his wife and young family on the course. It was not the adrenaline charge of Tiger, but it was nonetheless touching to watch.
He bolted from the rest of the field and seemed to tease Portrush by shooting off a final round 3-under par 68 to register a magnificent four-shot victory for his fourth major success.
The reigning world number one wrapped up the tournament with a 17-under after shooting in the 60s on all four days. What a player! The world now has a player who is a master at his game and is totally untouchable!
The win at The Open was the 10th successive time Scheffler has converted a 54-hole lead into a win.
His dominance over the past two years has been such that once he birdied the first hole, it seemed as though the chasing pack had already lost any belief of challenging.
Scheffler became only the second world number one to lift the Claret Jug after Tiger Woods, completing the third leg of a possible career Grand Slam.
Scheffler added to his mind-numbing money totals with US$3.1 million of the US$17 million purse at Royal Portrush. He is now just shy of US$100 million in official career earnings and over US$19 million for the season.
Scheffler led an American tsunami with eight of the top ten slots going to Americans. Harris English finished in a distant second place, ending the tournament on 13-under courtesy of a closing round of 66.
Chris Gotterup completed a dream fortnight after last weekend's Scottish Open triumph, carding a 67 to end a shot further behind in third.
Another glowing example of American dominance of the game.
Commenting on Scheffler's win, Phil Mickelson, a six-time major winner himself said, "Congrats to Scottie Scheffler on another impressive victory. So many irons shots were amazing and what a putting performance..... he looks good to score a career slam before his 30th birthday."
Asia did very well at The Open also. China's Li Hao-Tong was in tremendous form as he grabbed the fourth spot.
