Inside Rory McIlroy's Open prize money as Portrush hero earns GIGANTIC sum for seventh place while Scheffler wins
The world number one continues to establish himself as the best golfer since Tiger Woods' prime as
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Home favourite McIlroy shot a two under par round of 69 on Sunday
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He can join McIlroy as a career Grand Slam winner if he takes next year's US Open
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A full breakdown of the $17million tournament purse
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The result
McIlroy wound up on 10 under which was good enough for a share of seventh place alongside Bob MacIntyre and
Since the trio ended up in a tie, each will go home with $451,833. Scheffler, meanwhile earned a cool $3,100,000 of the overall $17 million purse.
Scarily for golfers from this side of the Atlantic Ocean, the 29-year-old swept aside the rest of the field and blew away Portrush as he proved he can master links golf.
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And after tapping in his par putt to seal the win, he roared with delight then embraced his family on the 18th green in emotional scenes.
Scheffler started the final round at -14 with a four-shot lead over playing partner
And barring a rogue double bogey when he failed to get out of a bunker on the eighth, in the end, this was merely a Sunday afternoon stroll in the park for
He doffed his cap to mark the win, after holing a putt on 18 for a round of 68 to finish -17.
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He was then
And at Shinnecock Hills for the US Open next June, Scheffler will be
Scottie Scheffler wins The Open and kisses wife Meredith in emotional celebrations
His victory was done and dusted long before he rolled in his putt on the 72nd hole. Scheffler's closest challenger was English who shot 66 to finish on -13.
Chris Gotterup made it a USA 1-2-3 while McIlroy ended up in T7 on -10 with a closing round of 69.
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But
The big-hitting Californian carded rounds of 65 on Friday, 68 on Saturday and 64 on Sunday - a total of 16 under par over the last three rounds.
However, the LIV Golf man - used to playing three rounds on the Saudi breakaway tour -
That ruled him out of contention of the Claret Jug - and he looked set to miss the cut before his delayed surge.
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Speaking of nightmares,
The head then fell off and tumbled away, leaving Garcia unable to use his longest club for the remaining 16 holes.
Ironically, the 2017 Masters champ birdied all three par 5s, including the hole when he broke the driver, and carded a 68 to finish at -3.
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