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Yahoo
5 days ago
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Golf Channel Analyst: Scottie Scheffler Could Surpass Tiger Woods
Golf Channel Analyst: Scottie Scheffler Could Surpass Tiger Woods originally appeared on The Spun. Sunday marked the fourth major championship for Scottie Scheffler as he further proves why he's the best in the game right now. But one golf analyst believes there's a world that exists where he actually becomes the greatest of all-time. Few golfers, if any, have ever been as dominant as Tiger Woods was at his peak. However, Golf Channel's Paul McGinley thinks Scheffler is well on his way to surpassing Eldrick if he can keep this up. "The secret sauce for Scottie Scheffler is between the ears. That's where he's at the best. I have not seen a competitor anywhere close to Tiger Woods as good as this guy. That's how high the bar is," McGinley began. "And I think as time goes on, he might even prove to be a better one. He might even prove to have more longevity than Tiger Woods at the top. Because, at this moment in time, it's hard to see him getting derailed because he's so stable off the course as much as he's stable on the golf course." "And it looks like he's got that fine [balance] between golf being really important and loving it and loving to compete, but also that it's not the most important thing in his life," the former world No. 18 added. "That is the sweet spot there, to not be so obsessed with something that it's also still fun, and that he can leave it behind if it's not a good day." "And I really do think that this guy is going to be around for a long long time. And it's hard to see what could derail him. There's so many things he's dealt with in life, as well as in his golf career, that he's circumnavigated and got through the other side." Scottie almost feels unstoppable right now. And even if there's still a long way to go before he puts himself in the rarified air of Tiger Woods — he's certainly chipping Channel Analyst: Scottie Scheffler Could Surpass Tiger Woods first appeared on The Spun on Jul 20, 2025 This story was originally reported by The Spun on Jul 20, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
5 days ago
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- Yahoo
Former Longhorn Scottie Scheffler wins British Open
He's done it again. Former Texas Longhorns golfer Scottie Scheffler shot a 3-under, 68 to win the British Open by four strokes at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. The win gives the Dallas native his fourth overall Major Championship and a third leg of the career Grand Slam. Scheffler shot in the 60's all four rounds with a final score of -17, just the fourth player in Open Championship history to shoot 68 or better in all four rounds. After taking over the top spot in the second round on Friday, his lead was never in danger. His dominant performance gives Scheffler his second major of the year, to go with his PGA Championship win at Quail Hollow. A double bogey at No. 8 was the hiccup of the day. But the Texas Ex quickly bounced back with a birdie on the ninth hole. A birdie on No. 12 all but sealed the win. Scheffler finished his round with six straight pars in his typical machine like efficiency. 2024 was a breakout year for the former Longhorns golfer. In addition to acting as ESPN College GameDay guest picker for the Texas-Georgia game in October, he was also named the USA TODAY Sports Athlete of the Year. The former Texas golfer's 2024 is one of the most epic seasons any athlete has ever had in any sport. Follow us on X, formerly Twitter, at @LonghornsWire. This article originally appeared on Longhorns Wire: Scottie Scheffler wins British Open, former Longhorn's 4th Major title
The Sun
5 days ago
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- The Sun
Scottie Scheffler resembles peak Tiger Woods as Rory McIlroy and Co nowhere close with eerie stat ominous for his rivals
THERE is, perhaps, one glimmer of hope for every other professional golfer on the planet. And that is the possibility that Scottie Scheffler might once more encounter an overzealous traffic policeman and be led away from a Major championship in handcuffs. 6 6 6 Little else, it seems, will stop the man who cruised to the Claret Jug at Portrush. Scheffler has now won 22 tournaments in three-and-a-half years and has finished inside the top ten at ten of the last 12 Majors, winning three of his last eight big ones. That extraordinary run includes last year's PGA Championship at Valhalla, when Scheffler was arrested and charged with assaulting a police officer as well as 'third-degree criminal mischief' before his second round. The world No1 had his wrists shackled in irons, was dressed in orange for a police mugshot and yet still returned to the course and finished the tournament in eighth. Louisville's Department of Corrections eventually dropped all charges against Scheffler - a God-fearing Christian and a devoted family man with no other previous for any degree of mischief whatsoever. Save for his ability to spoil people's weekends by turning golf tournaments into processions. Scheffler is neither a charismatic man nor a thrilling golfer but he is incredibly, remorselessly good at this game - and his form over the past three years has resembled peak Tiger Woods. Woods took 1,197 days to win his fourth Major after he'd clinched his first. Scheffler did it in exactly the same timescale. Which sounds pretty damned ominous for everybody else. Next year, the two-time Masters winner and reigning USPGA champion will turn up at Shinnecock Hills in New York state for the US Open, determined to complete a career Grand Slam. Rory McIlroy, who became only the sixth man to win a Grand Slam at Augusta in April, played pretty well at Portrush - especially during his 66 on Saturday - and yet the world No2 could never even lay a glove on the world No1, finishing seven shots back. There had been an inevitability about Scheffler since he started sharking his way up the leaderboard as a late starter on Friday, as menacing as a dorsal fin in a paddling pool. Between the 11th hole on Friday and the eighth on Sunday afternoon, Scheffler played 32 holes without dropping a single shot. Seven strokes clear of the field after seven holes of his final round, the Texan then took two attempts to escape from a fairway bunker and double-bogeyed. For a few feverish minutes, it felt as if there might be an outside chance of something genuinely interesting happening - especially as last week's Scottish Open champion Chris Gotterup had just carded a birdie to bring him within four of the lead. But ever since he won his first pro tournament in February 2022, Scheffler has proved he is no choker. He birdied the ninth and the procession continued. They might as well have carried him shoulder-high around these Dunluce links in a sedan chair. Leading by four heading into the final round, Scheffler drove left into the rough on the opening hole but, using his wedge like some kind of a wand, he landed the ball 16 inches from the hole. Around the first green there was barely a ripple of applause. None of them were close... this fella Scheffler is simply too damned good Perhaps they were all supreme optimists still believing in the possibility of a McIlroy miracle or perhaps they have seen enough of Scheffler to simply imagine that this kind of thing was somehow normal. After tapping in for birdie, Scheffler continued on his serene way, save for his scrape in the sandpit at eight. As soon as he had smoked his tee shot up the fourth fairway, one of Scheffler's fellow Americans yelled out "what's the point, Scoddie?" It referenced the philosophical pre-tournament press conference during which Scheffler had openly pondered the meaning of his existence, given the transient nature of his joy at winning tournaments. It had felt like the late voice of darts, Sid Waddell, evoking Alexander the Great shedding tears of salt because, by the age of 33, he had no more worlds to conquer. Scheffler is only 29. This turned out to be a 26th American triumph in the last 34 Majors and an 18th in the last 30 Opens. These Yanks, they come over here, complain about our weather, try to convince us that our conditions are alien to them, and then they carry off our Claret Jug, time after time after time. This ended up as an American one-two-three with Harris English four strokes behind Scheffler on 13-under and one ahead of Gotterup. Matt Fitzpatrick - the last man to lead this tournament before Scheffler seized the lead on Friday evening - was tied for fourth place with another American, Wyndham Clark, and China's Haotong Li. But, in truth, none of them were close. This fella Scheffler is simply too damned good. They'd better call up Officer Dibble. 6 6 6
USA Today
5 days ago
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- USA Today
Former Longhorn Scottie Scheffler wins British Open
He's done it again. Former Texas Longhorns golfer Scottie Scheffler shot a 3-under, 68 to win the British Open by four strokes at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. The win gives the Dallas native his fourth overall Major Championship and a third leg of the career Grand Slam. Scheffler shot in the 60's all four rounds with a final score of -17, just the fourth player in Open Championship history to shoot 68 or better in all four rounds. After taking over the top spot in the second round on Friday, his lead was never in danger. His dominant performance gives Scheffler his second major of the year, to go with his PGA Championship win at Quail Hollow. A double bogey at No. 8 was the hiccup of the day. But the Texas Ex quickly bounced back with a birdie on the ninth hole. A birdie on No. 12 all but sealed the win. Scheffler finished his round with six straight pars in his typical machine like efficiency. 2024 was a breakout year for the former Longhorns golfer. In addition to acting as ESPN College GameDay guest picker for the Texas-Georgia game in October, he was also named the USA TODAY Sports Athlete of the Year. The former Texas golfer's 2024 is one of the most epic seasons any athlete has ever had in any sport. Follow us on X, formerly Twitter, at @LonghornsWire.
The Sun
6 days ago
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- The Sun
The Open 2025 LIVE RESULTS: Leaderboard latest with Rory McIlroy on the CHARGE, Fitzpatrick catching Scheffler
ROUND 3 of the 153rd Open is now underway at Royal Portrush with some of the world's best still in the hunt for glory. Home hero Rory McIlroy is looking to add the Claret Jug to his Green Jacket after the Northern Irishman ended his 11-year Major drought by winning the Masters in April. The local lad is on the charge to catch World No1 Scottie Scheffler, with England's Matt Fitzpatrick also in the running. The Open 2025 offers: Free bets, sign-up deals, tips and price boosts 16th Jul 2025, 22:01 By Nyle Smith Open for business! Welcome to SunSport's official coverage of The Open 2025 and we promise to keep golf lovers up to date with ALL of the drama as it unfolds. Home hero Rory McIlroy is looking to add the Claret Jug to his Green Jacket after the Northern Irishman ended his 11-year Major drought by winning the Masters in April. The 2014 Open champion is grouped with Justin Thomas and Tommy Fleetwood for the opening two rounds. Shane Lowry was victorious when golf 's oldest Major was last hosted at Royal Portrush in 2019. The Irishman will get his tournament underway alongside World No1 Scottie Scheffler and Collin Morikawa. While Bryson DeChambeau will play rounds one and two with Robert MacIntyre and Justin Rose. The 153rd Open is expected to be bigger than ever as we count down the hours until the first tee.
