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Wall Street Journal
21-07-2025
- Sport
- Wall Street Journal
Scottie Scheffler Is the Most Dominant Golfer Since Tiger—and These Numbers Prove It
Rory McIlroy entered the final round of the British Open near the top of the leaderboard, but even the five-time major champion seemed to understand that the tournament was all but over. 'Scottie Scheffler,' McIlroy said, 'it's inevitable.'
Yahoo
21-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
2025 British Open prize money payouts for each player at Royal Portrush
As if there was any doubt. Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 golfer in the world, is now a four-time major champion after winning the 2025 British Open on Sunday at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. He claimed the Claret Jug in dominating fashion, leading by as many as eight strokes at one point during the final round and winning by four, finishing at 17 under for the week. With the win, Scheffler is now over $90 million in career earnings, $90,996,470 to be exact, after pocketing the $3.1 million winner's share at the Open. Here's the breakdown of how much money each player earned at the Open Championship, where there was a purse of $17 million. British Open 2025 prize money payouts Position Player Score Earnings 1 Scottie Scheffler -17 $3,100,000 2 Harris English -13 $1,759,000 3 Chris Gotterup -12 $1,128,000 T4 Wyndham Clark -11 $730,667 T4 Matt Fitzpatrick -11 $730,667 T4 Haotong Li -11 $730,667 T7 Robert MacIntyre -10 $451,834 T7 Xander Schauffele -10 $451,834 T7 Rory McIlroy -10 $451,834 T10 Bryson DeChambeau -9 $304,650 T10 Corey Conners -9 $304,650 T10 Brian Harman -9 $304,650 T10 Russell Henley -9 $304,650 T14 Rickie Fowler -8 $240,000 T14 Nicolai Hojgaard -8 $240,000 T16 Jesper Svensson -7 $185,258 T16 Hideki Matsuyama -7 $185,258 T16 Tommy Fleetwood -7 $185,258 T16 John Parry -7 $185,258 T16 Justin Rose -7 $185,258 T16 Rasmus Hojgaard -7 $185,258 T16 Tyrrell Hatton -7 $185,258 T23 Maverick McNealy -6 $138,040 T23 J.J. Spaun -6 $138,040 T23 Lucas Glover -6 $138,040 T23 Dustin Johnson -6 $138,040 T23 Ludvig Aberg -6 $138,040 T28 Harry Hall -5 $119,950 T28 Oliver Lindell -5 $119,950 T30 Daniel Berger -4 $104,850 T30 Akshay Bhatia -4 $104,850 T30 Keegan Bradley -4 $104,850 T30 Kristoffer Reitan -4 $104,850 T34 Sergio Garcia -3 $86,517 T34 Aaron Rai -3 $86,517 T34 Jon Rahm -3 $86,517 T34 Justin Thomas -3 $86,517 T34 Christiaan Bezuidenhout -3 $86,517 T34 Lee Westwood -3 $86,517 T40 Shane Lowry -2 $68,340 T40 Jordan Spieth -2 $68,340 T40 Jason Kokrak -2 $68,340 T40 Takumi Kanaya -2 $68,340 T40 Nathan Kimsey -2 $68,340 T45 Matt Wallace -1 $51,186 T45 Matthew Jordan -1 $51,186 T45 Thomas Detry -1 $51,186 T45 Henrik Stenson -1 $51,186 T45 Jordan Smith -1 $51,186 T45 Sam Burns -1 $51,186 T45 Thriston Lawrence -1 $51,186 T52 Adrien Saddier E $44,350 T52 Sepp Straka E $44,350 T52 Marc Leishman E $44,350 T52 Sungjae Im E $44,350 T56 Phil Mickelson 1 $42,334 T56 Jhonattan Vegas 1 $42,334 T56 Tony Finau 1 $42,334 T59 Antoine Rozner 2 $41,550 T59 Justin Leonard 2 $41,550 T61 Dean Burmester 3 $41,100 T61 Romaine Langasque 3 $41,100 T63 Riki Kawamoto 4 $40,280 T63 Andrew Novak 4 $40,280 T63 Viktor Hovland 4 $40,280 T63 Ryggs Johnston 4 $40,280 T63 Francesco Molinari 4 $40,280 68 Jacob Skov Olesen 6 $39,400 69 Matti Schmid 8 $39,100 70 Sebastian Soderberg 11 $38,900 This article originally appeared on Golfweek: British Open 2025 payouts, prize money for each player in Ireland
CNA
18-07-2025
- Sport
- CNA
Cut made, now McIlroy excited for weekend charge at Open
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland :Home favourite Rory McIlroy achieved the first part of his mission at Royal Portrush on Friday - making the cut. Now the 36-year-old cannot wait for the weekend's battle as he seeks a second British Open title. "I'm excited for that opportunity. I didn't have this opportunity six years ago, so to play an extra two days in this atmosphere in front of these crowds, I'm very excited, the five-time major champion said after a two-under 69 second round kept him firmly in the mix fore the Claret Jug. McIlroy arrived at Portrush this week desperate to banish the demons of 2019 when, on the course he used to play as a child and where he broke the course record aged 16, he endured a nightmare, missing the weekend after a first-round 79. His opening round 70 was a roller-coaster ride of birdies and bogeys in which he found only two fairways. Blessed with calmer conditions for his second round, McIlroy again mixed good with bad in front of the huge galleries who flocked to cheer on the local hero. Having holed a birdie on the first, he scrambled for par on the second after nearly driving out of bounds, bogeyed the par-three third following a misjudged tee shot, birdied the fourth and bogeyed the fifth before settling down. He tapped in a birdie at the 12th and triggered a huge roar as a 17-foot putt for birdie disappeared at the 14th. It was not exactly a Rory charge but at three-under the Masters champion is only a handful of shots off the lead. "Another solid day. A couple under, improved a little bit on yesterday, hit it in play a little bit more off the tee, which was nice to have some looks out of the fairway," said McIlroy, whose Augusta win this year finally completed his career slam. "It was a good day. I feel like I maybe could be a couple closer to the lead, but overall I'm in a decent position heading into the weekend." After showing flashes of his best so far, McIlroy said he will have to find another gear if he is to be challenging down the stretch on Sunday, especially off the tee where his accuracy ranks 148th out of the 156 starters. "I know what I need to do to get the best out of myself in an environment like that," he said. "I've been somewhat close to my best over the first two days in little bits here and there.
Yahoo
15-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Rahm 'confident' of ending Spain's British Open wait
Jon Rahm is hoping to win his first British Open title this week (Glyn KIRK) Jon Rahm said on Tuesday he is "feeling confident" ahead of his bid to end Spain's 37-year wait for a British Open title when the 153rd edition gets under way at Royal Portrush this week. The two-time major champion is hoping to become only the second Spaniard to lift the Claret Jug after three-time winner Seve Ballesteros. Advertisement Rahm has posted top-10 finishes at both the US Open and PGA Championship this year and arrives in Northern Ireland after coming second to Talor Gooch at the LIV Golf event in Valderrama. "I always feel close. I'm always confident that I'm there," he told reporters. "Last week, especially on Sunday, it was very nice. It was a very good round of golf... So feeling good, feeling confident. Hopefully I can give it a run again this week." Spain has not enjoyed a British Open triumph since Ballesteros' third win in 1988, but have come close several times since. Two-time Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal twice finished third, while Sergio Garcia was a runner-up in 2007 and 2014. Advertisement Rahm is currently the country's main hope of providing an Open success. He threatened a comeback victory in 2021 before finishing in a tie for third behind eventual champion Collin Morikawa, and was part of a distant four-way tie for second behind Brian Harman two years ago. "Obviously there's been a few (Spanish contenders). The main ones, Ollie and Sergio, have had their chances," the 30-year-old said. "It's never easy to win a major, and it's never easy to win an Open." Rahm is reliant on strong major performances to qualify automatically for Europe's Ryder Cup defence in New York in September, due to his status as a LIV Golf player. Advertisement He sits 20th on the points list and will likely need a wildcard from Luke Donald to make the team for the matches at Bethpage Black. "Yeah, it's been on my mind," Rahm said of the Ryder Cup, in which he has won 7.5 points from three appearances. "It's been on my mind a year ago, and it will continue on my mind as long as I play golf in my career. "So the Ryder Cup is always there. Obviously when I wake up in the morning here, I'm thinking about this (British Open), but the Ryder Cup will always be on my mind." jc/iwd
ABC News
15-07-2025
- Sport
- ABC News
Australian golf great Karrie Webb credited with helping next generation of major winners
The great Karrie Webb is being credited with inspiring newly crowned major champ Grace Kim as Australia's crop of uber-talented women's golfers stand on the brink of global domination. Kim produced a round for the ages to recover from a four-shot deficit and clinch a dramatic play-off victory at the Evian Championship in France. The 24-year-old joined Webb, Minjee Lee, Hannah Green and Jan Stephenson as only Australia's fifth female major winner. Kim's epic victory also secured Australia a second-straight major after Lee won the Women's PGA Championship only three weeks ago. Major title winners * Then known as the Kraft Nabisco Championship ** No longer a major *** Then known as the LPGA Championship Former professional Karen Lunn, the WPGA Tour of Australasia chief executive, is predicting an Australian could also win the Women's British Open that gets underway at Royal Porthcawl on July 31. As well as Kim's remarkable run, world number six Lee finished in a tie for third just one shot behind, while Gabi Ruffels was co-leader heading into the final round before finishing joint ninth. Throw in 2024 Evian runner-up Steph Kyriacou, who finished 14th, and 2019 Women's PGA Championship winner Green, and Australia has five genuine contenders to win the fifth major of the year. Only the dominant South Korean contingent has been able to conjure three successive victories in a calendar year in the current five-major era; in 2020 and in 2013, when Inbee Park won three in succession. "It can get really, really windy there. But all of our girls, they've grown up in Australia playing in a lot of wind … so they're more than capable of handling the tough conditions," Lunn said. "And when the conditions are tough, you need a good short game, and you know Gracie's got one of the best and obviously Minjee is putting so much better with a long putter this year. "It's not beyond the real possibility that we could get three-straight majors." Lunn credits the golden generation coming through with all having ties to seven-time major winner Webb. Kim was a four-time winner of Webb's scholarship, which gave her the chance to learn from Australia's greatest champion, with Green, Lee and Ruffels also spending a week with the Hall of Famer as part of the prize. "She brings two players to a major championship and they all have dinner with the other Australian players who are playing," Lunn said of 50-year-old Webb. "Grace Kim was a part of that and, when Hannah won her major (in 2019), Grace was one of the scholarship holders that week and was one of the first to run on the green and congratulate Hannah. "Karrie is a mentor and they've all got her phone number and she's at the end of the line whenever they needed advice on anything. "Even though she's retired from playing she's still incredibly involved and I know she was glued to the TV and would've just been so thrilled and so proud of Grace's win." Lunn says the Australians on the LPGA Tour are like a family, often sharing lodging and meals together, and are regularly seen on the side of the green ready to celebrate or commiserate with their contending compatriots. "It's a little bit infectious — they're feeding off each other's success," Lunn said. "Hannah missed the cut this week but she was one of the ones there celebrating with Grace. "Hannah, she's not playing her best golf, but she'll get a big boost seeing Grace win." And with all but Lee and Green aged under 25 and a number of other young rising stars, the glory days could continue for some time. "This next generation are coming into the prime of their golfing career so those names are going to be there for a long, long time." AAP
