Scottie Scheffler: He’s spent the last three-and-a-half years as the best player on the planet, but now he’s officially the CHAMPION GOLFER OF THE YEAR for the first time. The World No. 1 won major No. 4 by four shots —and it didn’t feel that close.

Scheffler and Woods are the only players in the last 50 years to win two majors in the same year by at least four shots.

As Scottie was celebrating his newfound win, son Bennett—born last year to Scheffler and his high school sweetheart, Meredith—tried to make his way to Dad across the 18th green at Royal Portrush. And, well, the one-year-old struggled a bit.

Scheffler not only gained strokes on Royal Portrush’s greens—more than 8.5 to be specific—he excelled. He finished four rounds ranked second in the field in SG/putting. While many will recall his dialled iron shots and pin-high approach play, there’s little doubt his improved putting was the difference this time around.

Scottie Scheffler’s odds of winning the British Open got better and better until he finally secured the claret jug at Royal Portrush.

Scottie Scheffler shot a 4-under 67 at Royal Portrush Golf Club to improve to 14-under 199 – his lowest 54-hole total at a major

Scottie Scheffler took control of the 2025 Open Championship with a seven-under 64 on Friday. Scheffler owns a one-shot lead over Matt Fitzpatrick and a two-shot edge over Brian Harman and Haotong Li.

The somewhat contradictory answer was that golf does fulfill Scheffler, along with his family, but that if the game ever affected his role as a husband and father he'd quit on the spot. Family matters the most to him, so he ends up asking himself the same question at tournament after tournament: