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20 minutes ago
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Scottie Scheffler wins 4th Major at British Open and is just getting started
Yahoo Sports senior writer Jay Busbee recaps Sunday's action at Royal Portrush - where Scottie Scheffler won the British Open in dominant fashion. View more Video Transcript There are tournaments that begin on the back nine on Sunday. There are tournaments that come down to the final putt, and then there's the 2025 British Open, which was pretty much over the moment Scotty Scheffler's plane touched down in Northern Ireland. Scheffler won the Open at Royal Portrush on Sunday in a thoroughly dominating 170 performance. Now this technically wasn't a wire to wire win. Scheffler was one whole stroke off the lead after the first round, but it sure felt that way. Sunday in particular wasn't even a fair fight. Scheffler entered the day 4 strokes ahead of the field and stretched it to as much as a touchdown. Runners up Harris English and Chris Godterup finished 4 and 5 strokes back, but neither they nor anyone else in the field seriously threatened Scheffler. So now, with 4 major trophies, all right, 2 trophies and 2 green jackets, Scheffler has entered the conversation of all-time greats. No, he's nowhere near Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus. Golf's pantheon rewards not just numerical excellence, but sustained greatness. And for all of Scheffler's achievements, he only won his first tournament barely 3 years ago. Perspective, he won that first tournament on the same day as the Rams beat the Bengals in Super Bowl 56, that's how recent it was. Still, there are only 21 men in golf history who have won more majors than Scheffler's 4. He's 29 years old and playing golf at both an elite level and a sustainable one. Given the depth and breadth of talent in the world today, it's unlikely that Scheffler is going to be able to get to Woods' 15 and Nicklaus's 18 majors, but could he pass Arnold Palmer's 7, Tom Watson's 8, Gary Player's 9. It's always treacherous to speak in absolutes when it comes to golf, but in this case, absolutely. The Scotty Scheffler Express is rolling at full speed now, and there's a long way yet to go. For Yahoo Sports, wrapping up the major season, I'm Jay Busby. Close
Yahoo
35 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Gerard holds off Van Rooyen to win PGA Barracuda title
Ryan Gerard held off South African Erik van Rooyen down the back nine on Sunday to win the Barracuda Championship for his first US PGA Tour title. The 25-year-old American, whose best career finish had been a runner-up effort at this year's Texas Open, eagled twice in the final round for the victory. "It's just like a culmination of a lifetime of work," Gerard said. "I can't tell you how many hours I've spent hitting golf balls dreaming of winning on the PGA Tour. It's really special." Gerard edged Van Rooyen 47-44 under the Modified Stableford scoring system to capture the event at Tahoe Mountain Club in Truckee, California. Under the unique scoring format, an albatross is worth eight points, an eagle five and a birdie two. Pars are no points while a bogey is minus-one point and any worse score is minus-three points. The tournament was played opposite the British Open, where top-ranked Scottie Scheffler won his fourth career major title and second major crown of the year. Gerard, who shared the 54-hole lead on 34 points, added 13 points in the last round with two eagles, four birdies and five bogeys. "I've been playing a lot of really good golf," Gerard said. "I've felt like I haven't been getting the scores out of the shots that I've hit and it has been a long time, a long grind. Yeah, it's pretty cool that I end up on top." Van Rooyen, whose first PGA victory was at the 2021 Barracuda, settled for his second runner-up finish of the year after the CJ Cup Byron Nelson in May. Filipino standout Rico Hoey and Gerard shared the 54-hole lead, but Hoey stumbled back with a double bogey-bogey start. Gerard birdied the second hole and eagled the third, and answered bogeys at the fourth and fifth with a birdie at the seventh to stand on 41 with his nearest rival on the course, Van Rooyen, seven adrift. After both birdied the 10th, Van Rooyen chipped in for birdie at 11. Gerard, however, answered at 11 when, after getting relief from a sprinkler head in his stance that let him move his ball to the fringe, he curled in a long eagle putt to reach 48 points, 10 ahead of Van Rooyen. Gerard made bogeys at 12 and 13 but responded with a birdie at 14 while Van Rooyen made bogey at 14 but eagled the par-five 15th to pull within six. When Gerard made a three-putt bogey at the par-three 16th, his lead was down to 47-42. Van Rooyen sank a birdie from the fringe at the 18 to climb within 47-44, but Gerard tapped in at 18 for par and the victory. js/jgc
New York Post
an hour ago
- New York Post
Rory McIlroy won this British Open almost as much as Scottie Scheffler did
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Rory McIlroy didn't leave Portrush with the Claret Jug under his arm Sunday night, but he was a winner nonetheless at the 153rd British Open. There are times by the end of some sporting events when there's more than one winner, even though there's only one trophy awarded. Scottie Scheffler put the tournament to sleep with his utter dominance, winning his fourth career major championship and leaving no doubt for at least the final 36 holes. We've seen this before. You may remember Tiger Woods, in his height of dominance, coldly closing events down long before official closing time arrived.
