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Today’s final round of the 2025 Open Championship is rolling along at Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland.
Scottie Scheffler is chasing his fourth major title and has built a big lead. Rory McIlroy is the group chasing the World No. 1.
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Can Scottie Scheffler lose this Open Championship?
1: Scheffler -15 (8)
Land in the first cut of rough off the tee? No issue for Scottie Scheffler.
The world No. 1 hits his 97-yard iron approach to four feet from the pin for birdie. No golfer is better on the PGA Tour statistically at bouncing back from a mistake than Scheffler.
Can he do it again?
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T7: Conners -9 (17)
A couple of moments from elsewhere to bring you here.
Corey Conners is running hot at 5-under for the day and 9-under for The Open.
All of that is owing to five birdies in the back nine. Just the 18th awaits…
Fitzpatrick -10, McIlroy -10 (9)
With a birdie chance in his grasp, it's a horrible chipped approach from McIlroy, and he will need to hole out from nearly 23 feet to secure a birdie. A likely par.
Yep, he misreads, his putt is always high and doesn't deviate.
Fitzpatrick, meanwhile, has a huge 45-footer for birdie, nice line, missed. Easy par.
McIlroy could have been within four shots of leader Scottie Scheffler if he hadn't messed up that chip!
McIlroy two under through the front nine, Fitzpatrick one under, both -10 for the tournament. They will need to improve on the traditionally tougher back nine to trouble Scottie, though, almost certainly!
And what about Bryson DeChambeau’s view on Scottie Scheffler’s efforts out in front?
Even if DeChambeau had parred his first round instead of hitting a 78, he still would’ve been behind Scheffler…
💬 “I’ll tell you, in college he was a good player — not that good! I beat him quite a bit.
“He’s stepped up his game for sure, and it’s impressive to watch. He’s setting a benchmark we all want to aspire to be at, and I’ve got to work a lot harder on my game.”
You’ll find plenty below on the journey of Bryson DeChambeau — both today and over the course of his week at Royal Portrush.
Here’s his reaction to Sky Sports, at a wonderful 64 today to finish 9-under for The Open:
💬 “It was a very emotional week, feeling like my game was right there and all of a sudden, not being there. It was nice I was able to hold myself under the pressure.
“I’m super proud of the way I played today. I
left a couple shots out there but I’m not begging for more. I just wish I would’ve had that first day back.”
I think for now, Scottie Scheffler is suffering from this all being too easy for him.
It’s true that in plenty of sports, it is so much easier to lose momentum than regain it.
He’ll need to be careful that one scratchy hole doesn’t become two.
But he’s just as likely to throw out a champion’s response too. Let’s see…
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1: Scheffler -15 (8)
Scottie Scheffler records his first double bogey of the Open Championship. He finally misses a putt, a 17 footer, resulting in two dropped shots at the eighth hole.
Taking two shots out of the bunker proved costly for Scheffler. He walks to the ninth tee with a four-shot lead on Chris Gotterup.
Fitzpatrick -10, McIlroy -10 (8)
On the last hole of the front nine, Matt Fitzpatrick is in some penal rough to the left.
Rory McIlroy, big club out his bag, and he wallops it more than 350 yards down the middle. An absolute beauty.
He should sweep up a birdie…
I tell you what… If Scottie Scheffler bogeys just half of his remaining 11 holes today, that’s six shots lost and…
Oh, he’s leading by seven.
Never mind.
BUT WAIT…
Birthday boy Chris Gotterup sneaks to 11-under.
It. Is. On. People.
1: Scheffler -17 (7)
Finally! The invincible Scottie Scheffler makes a mistake.
After finding the bunker off the tee from a 272-yard drive, the world No. 1 hits the lip of the bunker on the second shot. The ball rolled back into the bunker.
Scheffler just chipped it out of the sand to the fairway, 121 yards from the pin. He's now fighting for his first bogey on the weekend at Royal Portrush.
Fitzpatrick -10, McIlroy -10 (8)
Lovely from Fitzpatrick, his second shot on the eighth putting him within five feet for birdie. Beautifully judged. He should make that. And does.
McIlroy’s ball spins back a little, catching on the turf, and he has two chances to hole out from 30 feet. McIlroy with the long birdie attempt… close! Marginally left.
He folds his body in two, bending at the knees in frustration. Unlucky. He takes par.
Both players now among the five-strong group in joint second, alongside Haotong Li, Chris Gotterup, and Harris English.
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Fitting that this picture is of Scottie Scheffler.
This tournament is in his hands right now.
1: Scheffler -17 (7)
This is absolutely silly, bonkers, unbelievable, all of the above right now from Scottie Scheffler.
Hits a fourth shot from the rough to 16 feet or so? No problem for the world No. 1. For the second hole in a row, Scheffler makes a lengthy par putt to remain at 17-under and seven up on second place.
Safe to say this is one of the best putting performances we’ve seen in a long time!
Considering how Tiger Woods’ historic 8-shot win at St. Andrews is fully in play for Scheffler with a 7-shot lead, there are some pretty weird similarities between these two epic performances.
Woods won at 19-under par, eight shots ahead of Ernie Els and Thomas Bjørn. Woods also thrived with primarily steady golf without epic eagles or highlights. He just didn’t mistake, never finding a single Old Course bunker all week.
Quite similar to Scheffler struggling to birdie par 5s but still putting himself in good position each hole.
Here’s a bit from Steve Rushin's Sports Illustrated story from that win, quoting 1994 Open Champion Nick Price after playing with Woods. Tell me it doesn't sound like Scheffler’s playing partners.
“He’s on cruise, man,” said Price, desperately flicking a disposable lighter in the manner of someone who had just witnessed a riveting calamity. “I’m telling you, he hasn’t even tried any shots yet… (flick!).
“I’ve seen him mishit only three shots this week…(flick!). I played like that once in my life, at the PGA…(flick!). He’s played like that four or five times now and will do it 20 more times.”
Price finally produced a flame and sparked a cigarette.
“Tiger cut a three-wood off the tee at 17 today, and I smoked a driver,” he said, exhaling. “He was a yard past me.”
1: Scheffler -17 (6)
An interesting third shot awaits for Scottie Scheffler. His third shot on the seventh, of 198 yards, missed the green to the left and fed down the slope to the rough.
Scheffler could chip the ball over the mound or do a bump and run to the green. Given the prowess with his short game, expect a stellar third shot upcoming for the world No. 1…
Rory McIlroy has just gone 330 yards with a three-wood!
That is absurd.
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T7: Hatton -8 (8)
Here’s some forward momentum for Tyrrell Hatton, finally.
He sinks from 30 feet on the eighth, and that’s his first birdie since the optimism of the opening hole — and there have been a couple of bogeys since then.
Hatton’s best Open finish came at Royal Troon in 2016, and his best at a major was the U.S. Open this year in Oakmont.
Can he chip away a few more over the back nine and beat either of those? He’s played well enough to deserve to.
Fitzpatrick -9, McIlroy -10 (7)
On the gargantuan seventh, Fitzpatrick's second shot from the fairway was really nice, catching the slope and rolling gently towards the hole.
Inside 20 feet for eagle, close! Right line, not enough pace. But it's a tap-in birdie, much needed for Fitzpatrick.
McIlroy now, drops it onto the green, a little left-to-right tester that eventually drops.
Both players take a shot back from the Portrush course.
Though it’s not like Scheffler’s irons have been slacking. Scheffler is T5 in the field in greens in regulation and second in strokes gained approach this week, elite figures that, at this point, serve as the minimal expectation for him.
Scheffler has hit 15 of 18 greens in regulation in each of the last two rounds, just the second time he has done that in back-to-back days in a major (he also did it at St. Andrews in 2022).
Scheffler was the only player in the field to birdie the difficult par-3 16th hole in both Rounds 1 and 2 — he went ahead and did it Saturday, too.
Scottie is 6 under on the par 3 holes this week, three shots better than any other player.
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