2025 Open Championship: Scottie Scheffler wins at Royal Portrush Golf Club (Dunluce Links)
Scottie Scheffler won the 2025 Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club (Dunluce Links), Northern Ireland with 267 (−17), by 4 strokes over Harris English.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 2025 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 17 July 2025 to 20 July 2025
- Course
- Royal Portrush Golf Club (Dunluce Links), Northern Ireland
- Edition
- 153rd Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Par
- 71 · 7,381 yards
- Field
- 156
- Made the cut
- 70 (cut at 143)
- Purse
- $17,000,000 · winner's share $3,100,000
- Trophy
- Claret Jug (replica to winner)
- Champion
- Scottie Scheffler · age 29 · USA · born Ridgewood, USA
- Champion's title
- 1st Open title
- World ranking entering
- No. 1
- How he got in
- exempt (top 10 at 2024 Open; 7 categories)
- Winning score
- 68-64-67-68 = 267 (−17) · won by 4 strokes
- Runner-up
- Harris English (271)
- 54-hole leader
- Scottie Scheffler (199)
- Deciding hole
- No. 9 and 12, round 4
- Final-day weather
- warm: Scheffler "marched towards the Claret Jug in front of huge crowds on warm Sunday afternoon in County Antrim".
Top 13 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottie Scheffler | 68 | 64 | 67 | 68 | 267 | −17 |
| 2 | Harris English | 67 | 70 | 68 | 66 | 271 | −13 |
| 3 | Chris Gotterup | 72 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 272 | −12 |
| T4 | Wyndham Clark | 76 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 273 | −11 |
| T4 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 67 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 273 | −11 |
| T4 | Li Haotong | 67 | 67 | 69 | 70 | 273 | −11 |
| T7 | Robert MacIntyre | 71 | 66 | 70 | 67 | 274 | −10 |
| T7 | Xander Schauffele | 71 | 69 | 66 | 68 | 274 | −10 |
| T7 | Rory McIlroy | 70 | 69 | 66 | 69 | 274 | −10 |
| T10 | Bryson DeChambeau | 78 | 65 | 68 | 64 | 275 | −9 |
| T10 | Corey Conners | 74 | 69 | 66 | 66 | 275 | −9 |
| T10 | Brian Harman | 69 | 65 | 73 | 68 | 275 | −9 |
| T10 | Russell Henley | 72 | 70 | 65 | 68 | 275 | −9 |
What happened at the 2025 Open Championship
Scheffler made double bogey at the 8th on Sunday, then birdied the 9th and 12th to restore his cushion.
John Parry made a hole-in-one at the 13th in the third round.
After a double bogey at the 8th, Scheffler birdied the 9th and 12th, which the R&A says "effectively put an end to the hopes of his challengers".
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's The Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: the-open.json (The Open room's data), with GNN's Open Championship addendum tables L (top ten by round), H (deciding hole), W (final-day weather) and D (confirmed dates).
Sources
- R&A 2025
- GC 2025
- PGA Tour course stats
- Topend Sports
- R&A dates page