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Scheffler cruises towards British Open title despite slip-up
Scottie Scheffler saw an early eight-shot lead cut to five strokes during the final round of the British Open at Royal Portrush on Sunday, but remained on the brink of a first Claret Jug. The world number one played the outward half in two-under despite a double bogey on the eighth hole, reaching 16-under for the tournament after 11 holes. Scheffler will take some catching on the back nine, having converted his last nine 54-hole leads into victories. He arrived in Northern Ireland on a run of 10 successive top-10 finishes, featuring three wins including the PGA Championship, his third major title. The American could become only the second world number one to win the British Open after Tiger Woods, which would complete the third leg of a possible career Grand Slam. Scheffler's playing partner Li Haotong was at 11-under in second place, tied with Chris Gotterup and Harris English. Home favourite Rory McIlroy reached minus 10 for the tournament through the front nine, but his challenge stalled with a sloppy double bogey on the par-four 10th. Scheffler made three birdies in his first five holes to serenely reach 17-under par for the tournament, with his closest challengers at that point nine-under. Last week's Scottish Open champion Gotterup climbed into second on minus 11, with a group of four players, including McIlroy, one shot further back. Scheffler holed long par putts on the sixth and seventh holes to stay in total control, but slipped up with a double bogey on the eighth after it took him four shots to reach the green. It was first time he had dropped shots since the 11th hole of his second-round 64 on Friday. But when leading at the 54-hole stage, Scheffler has won his last nine tournaments and he showed why on the ninth with a trademark precise iron shot setting up another birdie. Li also birdied to keep his tilt at becoming the first Chinese man to win a major alive. - McIlroy comes undone - McIlroy hung on the fringes of contention with three birdies on the way out, against a lone bogey on the par-four fourth. But he fired his approach shot from the rough on 10 through the back of the green and eventually made a six which effectively ended any hopes of a lifting second British Open title this weekend. His playing partner Matthew Fitzpatrick, bidding to become the first English winner of the tournament since Nick Faldo in 1992, was 10-under after 11 holes, six shots behind. Bryson DeChambeau soared up the leaderboard with a seven-under 64, the joint-best round of the championship, to finish on nine-under and will be left to rue a first-round 78. "What I did for the past three days, I said, every time is go time, like you've got to come back from five, six back," said the two-time US Open champion. "That's the mentality I had." Shane Lowry, who won the title when the British Open returned to Portrush after a 68-year absence in 2019, ended with a 66 to finish on two-under.
Yahoo
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Scheffler cruises towards British Open title despite slip-up
Scottie Scheffler saw an early eight-shot lead cut to five strokes during the final round of the British Open at Royal Portrush on Sunday, but remained on the brink of a first Claret Jug. The world number one played the outward half in two-under despite a double bogey on the eighth hole, reaching 16-under for the tournament after 11 holes. Scheffler will take some catching on the back nine, having converted his last nine 54-hole leads into victories. He arrived in Northern Ireland on a run of 10 successive top-10 finishes, featuring three wins including the PGA Championship, his third major title. The American could become only the second world number one to win the British Open after Tiger Woods, which would complete the third leg of a possible career Grand Slam. Scheffler's playing partner Li Haotong was at 11-under in second place, tied with Chris Gotterup and Harris English. Home favourite Rory McIlroy reached minus 10 for the tournament through the front nine, but his challenge stalled with a sloppy double bogey on the par-four 10th. Scheffler made three birdies in his first five holes to serenely reach 17-under par for the tournament, with his closest challengers at that point nine-under. Last week's Scottish Open champion Gotterup climbed into second on minus 11, with a group of four players, including McIlroy, one shot further back. Scheffler holed long par putts on the sixth and seventh holes to stay in total control, but slipped up with a double bogey on the eighth after it took him four shots to reach the green. It was first time he had dropped shots since the 11th hole of his second-round 64 on Friday. But when leading at the 54-hole stage, Scheffler has won his last nine tournaments and he showed why on the ninth with a trademark precise iron shot setting up another birdie. Li also birdied to keep his tilt at becoming the first Chinese man to win a major alive. - McIlroy comes undone - McIlroy hung on the fringes of contention with three birdies on the way out, against a lone bogey on the par-four fourth. But he fired his approach shot from the rough on 10 through the back of the green and eventually made a six which effectively ended any hopes of a lifting second British Open title this weekend. His playing partner Matthew Fitzpatrick, bidding to become the first English winner of the tournament since Nick Faldo in 1992, was 10-under after 11 holes, six shots behind. Bryson DeChambeau soared up the leaderboard with a seven-under 64, the joint-best round of the championship, to finish on nine-under and will be left to rue a first-round 78. "What I did for the past three days, I said, every time is go time, like you've got to come back from five, six back," said the two-time US Open champion. "That's the mentality I had." Shane Lowry, who won the title when the British Open returned to Portrush after a 68-year absence in 2019, ended with a 66 to finish on two-under. jc/mw
France 24
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Scheffler cruises towards British Open title despite slip-up
The world number one played the outward half in two-under despite a double bogey on the eighth hole, reaching 16-under for the tournament after 11 holes. Scheffler will take some catching on the back nine, having converted his last nine 54-hole leads into victories. He arrived in Northern Ireland on a run of 10 successive top-10 finishes, featuring three wins including the PGA Championship, his third major title. The American could become only the second world number one to win the British Open after Tiger Woods, which would complete the third leg of a possible career Grand Slam. Scheffler's playing partner Li Haotong was at 11-under in second place, tied with Chris Gotterup and Harris English. Home favourite Rory McIlroy reached minus 10 for the tournament through the front nine, but his challenge stalled with a sloppy double bogey on the par-four 10th. Scheffler made three birdies in his first five holes to serenely reach 17-under par for the tournament, with his closest challengers at that point nine-under. Last week's Scottish Open champion Gotterup climbed into second on minus 11, with a group of four players, including McIlroy, one shot further back. Scheffler holed long par putts on the sixth and seventh holes to stay in total control, but slipped up with a double bogey on the eighth after it took him four shots to reach the green. It was first time he had dropped shots since the 11th hole of his second-round 64 on Friday. But when leading at the 54-hole stage, Scheffler has won his last nine tournaments and he showed why on the ninth with a trademark precise iron shot setting up another birdie. Li also birdied to keep his tilt at becoming the first Chinese man to win a major alive. McIlroy comes undone McIlroy hung on the fringes of contention with three birdies on the way out, against a lone bogey on the par-four fourth. But he fired his approach shot from the rough on 10 through the back of the green and eventually made a six which effectively ended any hopes of a lifting second British Open title this weekend. His playing partner Matthew Fitzpatrick, bidding to become the first English winner of the tournament since Nick Faldo in 1992, was 10-under after 11 holes, six shots behind. Bryson DeChambeau soared up the leaderboard with a seven-under 64, the joint-best round of the championship, to finish on nine-under and will be left to rue a first-round 78. "What I did for the past three days, I said, every time is go time, like you've got to come back from five, six back," said the two-time US Open champion. "That's the mentality I had." Shane Lowry, who won the title when the British Open returned to Portrush after a 68-year absence in 2019, ended with a 66 to finish on two-under.
Reuters
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- Reuters
Scheffler wobbles slightly but still in command at Open
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland, July 20 (Reuters) - British Open leader Scottie Scheffler opened the door for the chasing pack with a double-bogey at the eighth hole after seemingly having the Claret Jug in his grasp but still had a five-stroke advantage midway through his final round on Sunday. The American world number one began the day at Royal Portrush with a four-shot lead over China's Li Haotong but after birdies at the first, fourth and fifth he was eight clear. On a warm day with light breezes and ample scoring chances, a few errors began to creep in but he responded in nerveless fashion by holing long par-saving puts at the sixth and seventh holes. At the par-four eighth, however, Scheffler found a bunker and failed to get out at the first attempt, running up a double- bogey six for his first dropped shot since the 11th hole on Friday, the day he seized control of the tournament with a 64. The 29-year-old did not seem at all fazed, though, as he promptly birdied the ninth to reach the turn at 16 under. Galleries in their thousands arrived on the Dunluce Links hoping to cheer Rory McIlroy to a famous Open charge. The 36-year-old local favourite, bidding for his second Open having lifted the Claret Jug at Royal Liverpool in 2014, got to 10 under by the turn with three birdies, but a double-bogey six at the 10th halted his charge. Li was Scheffler's closest pursuer on 11 under with American Chris Gotterup and England's Matt Fitzpatrick on 10 under. American Bryson DeChambeau showed what was possible as he shot a superb 64 to equal Scheffler's best of the week. DeChambeau was in the clubhouse on nine under, a remarkable feat considering he shot a first-round 78.
CTV News
3 hours ago
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Scottie Scheffler is rounding his way toward third leg of career Grand Slam at British Open
Scottie Scheffler of the United States plays s hot to the 2nd green during the final round of the British Open golf championship at the Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland, Sunday, July 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Scottie Scheffler began his bid for the third leg of the career Grand Slam on Sunday, taking a four-shot lead into the final round of the British Open at Royal Portrush. The start was ideal. From the first cut of rough, Scheffler hit his approach to the right side of the green on the slope. The ball trickled back and then rolled down to 10 inches from the cup for a tap-in birdie. Scheffler already won the PGA Championship by five shots this year. He won the Masters last year by four shots and the Masters in 2022 by three shots. No one has ever won each of their first four major titles by three shots or more. This was an extraordinary test because of the cheers, not all of them for him. There was pure adulation for Rory McIlroy playing before a home crowd in Northern Ireland. He was six shots behind, needing his greatest closing round in a major and help from Scheffler. McIlroy already is the Masters champion, the sixth player to win the career slam, and he has been in a far more relaxed mood before adoring fans. There was more admiration for Scheffler, though one fan along the first fairway got some laughs when he yelled out, 'Go Rory!' as Scheffler walked by. Scheffler was paired with Li Haotong of China, who also hit a brilliant opening shot to 4 feet for birdie but then dropped a shot on the next. Li already has the highest finish by a Chinese player in a major, tying for third at Royal Birkdale in the 2017 British Open. Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press
