Scottie Scheffler once again affirmed his position as the world’s number one golfer with a convincing victory at The Open Championship 2025. The American golfer closed the final round with a 3-under 68, bringing his total score to 17-under-par after four rounds, finishing four strokes ahead of Harris English to claim his fourth career major title.
Round 4 Highlights of The Open 2025. Source: The R&A
Right from the first few holes of the final round, Scheffler set the tone with a nearly one-sided performance. Within just two holes, the momentum shifted completely in favor of the 29-year-old. After five holes, he had already made three birdies and established a four-shot lead over the chasing pack. Despite a minor stumble with a double bogey at hole 8, Scheffler quickly regained his rhythm with a birdie on the following hole and didn’t allow any competitors to close the gap to fewer than four shots for the rest of the round.
Specifically, although most of the round went smoothly, Scheffler had to show composure during some challenging moments. At holes 6 and 7, he successfully saved par with putts from 16 and 15 feet, respectively, before making a double bogey at hole 8 due to a mistake from the fairway bunker. However, his steadiness afterward helped him maintain the lead until the very end.
With a total score of 267 (-17), Scheffler became the seventh Open champion in history to finish all four rounds under 70 strokes. This is also his second major win of the year, following a six-stroke victory at the PGA Championship. He is now the fourth golfer in history – after Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, and Tiger Woods – to win the Masters, PGA, and The Open before turning 30.
Scheffler also became the 12th consecutive first-time winner of the prestigious Claret Jug, and only the second golfer in Open history – after Seve Ballesteros – to have his first four major victories come by margins of three strokes or more. He has won all 10 events where he led after 54 holes in his career and is the second golfer after Tiger Woods to be world number one while winning The Open.
Finishing right behind Scheffler was Harris English with a total score of −13 (271 strokes), thanks to two birdies in the final three holes, wrapping up his round with a 66. This was the second time this season that English finished runner-up to Scheffler. Twenty-six-year-old Chris Gotterup, the newly crowned Scottish Open champion, shot a 67 to finish at −12, securing third place in his debut at The Open.
Tied for fourth (−11) were Wyndham Clark (65), Haotong Li (70), and Matt Fitzpatrick (69). Bryson DeChambeau also made headlines by closing the tournament with a final round of 64, tying Scheffler’s best round of the event, and finishing T10 at −9.
Meanwhile, Rory McIlroy – the biggest hometown hope from Northern Ireland – failed to deliver a surprise. Despite starting in the penultimate group, McIlroy shot a 69 and finished tied for 7th at −10, alongside last year’s champion Xander Schauffele and Robert MacIntyre.
Source: Vietnam Golf Magazine
