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Scottie Scheffler cruises to major win and moves closer to career Grand Slam with big victory at Royal Portrush
Scottie Scheffler has won The Masters twice and the PGA Championship in May; Victory at The Open means he can complete the career Grand Slam at the US Open next summer; Rory McIlroy ended 10 under on home soil at Royal Portrush
Scottie Scheffler claimed a fourth major title and completed a third leg of the career Grand Slam by cruising to a dominant four-shot victory at The Open.
The world No 1 took a four-shot lead into the final day at Royal Portrush and quickly asserted further control by making three birdies in his first five holes, with Scheffler reaching the turn five ahead despite a double-bogey at the par-four eighth.
Scheffler added one more birdie to close out a three-under 68 and end the week on 17 under, with his victory – following his PGA Championship success in May – now giving him the chance to complete the career Grand Slam next June at the US Open.
The 29-year-old finished comfortably ahead of Harris English, who carded his second major runner-up finish of the season after a final-round 66, with last week’s Genesis Scottish Open winner Chris Gotterup a further shot back in third.
Wyndham Clark shared fourth place alongside Matt Fitzpatrick and Haotong Li, as Rory McIlroy’s bid for a historic victory on home soil ended in a share of seventh with defending champion Xander Schauffele and Robert MacIntyre.
How Scheffler closed out another dominant major victory
Scheffler fired his approach from the left rough to tap-in range and matched Li’s birdie at the par-four first, while a par at the par-five next was enough to increase his lead to five when his playing partner made bogey.
Li found a fairway bunker off the tee and bogeyed the par-four fourth, where Scheffler converted from seven feet to go seven clear, with both players picking up a shot at the next to put the chasing pack further behind.
Scheffler holed a 15-foot birdie at the fifth and converted from similar distances for par over his next two holes, keeping him six clear, only to give the field a lifeline when he took two attempts out of a fairway bunker on his way a double-bogey at the eighth.
It temporarily cut Scheffler’s lead to four after Gotterup made three birdies on his way to reach the turn in 33, but the world No 1 replied with a five-foot birdie at the ninth to reach the turn with a five-stroke buffer.
That became six when Li bogeyed the 10th, while Gotterup cancelled out a dropped shot at the 11th with back-to-back birdies to reclaim solo second, as Scheffler responded to a missed birdie chance at the 10th by making an eight-foot birdie at the 12th.
Scheffler squandered 10-foot birdie chances at the 13th and 16th but it made little impact on the result, even when English followed a long-range eagle at the 12th by birdieing two of his three holes and jumping to 13 under.
The pre-tournament favourite safely negotiated the final two holes in pars to close out another thrilling victory, where he became the first world No 1 to win The Open since Tiger Woods defended his title in 2006.
It is the 10th consecutive that Scheffler has closed out a 54-hole lead and is his 17th PGA Tour title in just over three and a half years, with Scheffler now having the chance to complete the career Grand Slam – on his 30th birthday – next June at the US Open.
“It [winning] is a pretty special feeling, it was a tough week, I battled hard,” Scheffler told Sky Sports. “I played some really good golf and am fortunate to be holding the trophy.
Express Sport brings you the latest tennis news from the Paris Masters.
We’re reaching the business end of the Paris Masters, as eight players become four in the French capital. Jannik Sinner is the overwhelming favourite to lift the trophy after Carlos Alcaraz was dumped out by Cameron Norrie in the Spaniard’s opening match. Norrie was then beaten by Valentin Vacherot, whose amazing 10-match winning streak at Masters 1000 level came to an end when he lost to Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Canadian star Auger-Aliassime will face Alexander Bublik in the semis. Bublik defeated Alex de Minaur, who is among those to have already qualified for the year-end ATP Finals. Sinner is through to his first Paris Masters semi-final after beating Ben Shelton. He’ll face defending champion Alexander Zverev, who survived a tough match against Daniil Medvedev.
Novak Djokovic is not involved in the Paris Masters, having decided to skip the event for the second year in a row, but he has learned his fate in the draw of next week’s ATP 250 in Athens. And over in Riyadh, the WTA Finals are about to get underway.
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In a recent interview, Taylor reflected on her evolution, saying:
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That message resonates deeply with fans, who flooded social media with words of admiration. One comment summed it up perfectly: “Taylor Townsend is what strength looks like — beautiful, real, and unstoppable.”
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