Who is Scottie Scheffler? 2025 Open Champion and Texas Rangers fan on track to hit $100 million in PGA Tour earnings
ADVERTISEMENT Scheffler carded a final-round 68 to finish at 17-under 267. The win adds to his dominant year, having already secured the 2025 PGA Championship by five shots. With victories at The Masters (2022, 2024), the PGA, and now The Open, he only lacks the US Open to complete the coveted Grand Slam.
Scheffler became only the fourth player in Open history to shoot 68 or better in all four rounds. This was also the 11th consecutive time he converted a 54-hole lead into a win.
He joins Tiger Woods and Ben Hogan as the only golfers to win multiple majors by four or more strokes in a single year. Since February 2022, Scheffler has collected 20 global victories.
ADVERTISEMENT Scheffler was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, on June 21, 1996. His family moved to Dallas after 9/11, where his golf journey began. His father, a carpenter-turned-stay-at-home dad, and his mother, a law firm executive, supported his early passion.By age nine, Scheffler was challenging pros at Royal Oaks Country Club in Dallas. He went on to dominate the Northern Texas junior circuit, winning 90 out of 136 tournaments. He also clinched the 2013 US Junior Amateur and was ranked the No. 1 junior golfer in 2014.
ADVERTISEMENT He played college golf for the Texas Longhorns and was named the 2015 Phil Mickelson Freshman of the Year. Despite battling back injuries, he qualified for the US Open twice as an amateur and finished as the low amateur in 2017.
ADVERTISEMENT Scheffler married his high school sweetheart, Meredith Scudder, in 2020. They had their first child, Bennett, in 2024 and live in Dallas. Scheffler is open about his Christian faith and attends Park Cities Presbyterian Church. He often studies the Bible with his caddie, Ted Scott.The golfer is also active in philanthropy. He supports the Triumph Over Kid Cancer Foundation, which honors a childhood friend who passed away. In 2024, he auctioned off his car to raise funds for the cause.
ADVERTISEMENT Scheffler has built a clean, disciplined public image. He made headlines in May 2024 after being briefly arrested before the PGA Championship, but all charges were later dropped. Authorities confirmed it was a misunderstanding.Away from golf, he is a fan of the Dallas Stars and Texas Rangers. He even threw the ceremonial first pitch at a Rangers game in 2022, wearing his Masters green jacket.Scheffler also appeared in the Netflix sports documentary Full Swing and made a cameo in Happy Gilmore 2. In 2023, he became a co-owner of a pickleball team, the Texas Ranchers.With three legs of the Grand Slam secured and unmatched form, Scottie Scheffler now eyes the U.S. Open to complete the rarest achievement in golf. For his peers, like Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele, the message is clear: Scheffler is the standard they are chasing.'His bad shots are really good,' said fellow golfer Shane Lowry. 'That's when you know he's special.'Scheffler's jaw-dropping 2025 haul stands at $19.2 million in prize money alone, following his Open Championship win at Royal Portrush. While that figure is shy of his record-setting $62.2 million in 2024, it still places him far ahead of most of his peers this season.
The Texan's career earnings on the PGA Tour have now soared to nearly $88 million, making him the third-highest earner of all time, behind only Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.
At his current pace, Scheffler is on track to break the $100 million mark by mid-2026, joining an elite club that speaks volumes about his consistency, dominance, and staying power in the modern era of golf.
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