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Sunday 20 July 2025PGA Tour · DP World TourYear in Review
Scheffler wins the Open
Royal Portrush Golf Club, Portrush, Northern Ireland · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 July 2025 · Scottie Scheffler’s win no. 17 on the PGA Tour · purse $17,000,000 USD · 153rd Open Championship; also on the Japan Golf Tour calendar
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 22 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/14°C · wind 21 km/h SSE, gusts 39 · 10 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/15°C · wind 18 km/h S, gusts 35 · 5.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/15°C · wind 15 km/h ESE, gusts 32 · 3.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/14°C · wind 16 km/h NNE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Open
1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Harris English USA · 271Closing 66 (eagle at 12, birdies at 16 and 17) but never got closer than four; his second runner-up finish to Scheffler in a major that year 2025 Open Championship (Wikipedia)
156 started · cut +1, 70 made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Royal Portrush Golf Club (Dunluce Links), Portrush
5 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Harris English
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 July 2025
The crowd, I think, wanted somebody else to win this week, and I kind of got to play spoiler a little bit, which was fun as well.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 July 2025
I grew up wearing pants to the golf course because that's what I wanted to do.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 July 2025
I still think they're a bit silly. Tiger won, what, 15 majors? This is my fourth. I just got one-fourth of the way there.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | 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 | Haotong Li | 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 | Russell Henley | 72 · 70 · 65 · 68 | 275 | −9 |
| T10 | Brian Harman | 69 · 65 · 73 · 68 | 275 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1996-06-21, Ridgewood, New Jersey; USA; turned pro 2018; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 17; majors to date: 4; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore = 1 for 'The 153rd OPEN' (week 29), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
- Driver TaylorMade Qi10 8°, Fujikura Ventus Black 7 X
- Fairway Wood TaylorMade Qi10 3-wood, Fujikara Ventus Black 8 X
- Utility Iron Srixon Z U85 3-4, Nippon N.S. Pro Modus 3 Hybrid
- Irons TaylorMade P7TW 5-PW, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
- Wedge Titleist Vokey SM8 50° (12 bounce, F grind), 56° (14 bounce, F grind), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
- Wedge Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks 60° (T grind), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
- Putter TaylorMade Spider Tour X
- Ball Titleist ProV1
standard bag, not confirmed for this week