A victory for Xander Schauffele at Royal Troon made it a clear sweep of the main championships for American golfers in 2024, considerably remarkably the primary time US professionals have managed to say all 4 titles since 1982.
Following on from Scottie Scheffler’s victory on the Masters, Bryson DeChambeau taking out the US Open, and Schauffele profitable the PGA Championship, it was 4 from 4 for the pink, white and blue when the Californian blew the sphere away within the closing spherical of the Open Championship.
Not even in the course of the 12 months through which Tiger Woods received three of the massive 4 tournaments within the 12 months 2000, just for Fijian Vijay Singh to disclaim him a Grand Slam together with his victory at Augusta, had the Individuals asserted a complete main’s dominance till Schauffele’s Sunday 65 left the Open Championship area in his wake.
Xander Schauffele claimed a second main title in 2024 together with his win within the Open Championship at Royal Troon.
Beginning the ultimate day only one shot behind chief Billy Horschel, the 30-year-old Schauffele’s six-under par spherical, which included six birdies and no bogies, noticed him end three photographs away from Horschel and Englishman Justin Rose.
Following on from his first main title in Kentucky on the Valhalla course, Schauffele achieved a long-held dream by changing into the ‘Champion Golfer of the Yr’.
“I’ve at all times dreamt of doing it. That stroll up 18 actually is the good with the yellow leaderboards and the followers and the standing ovation,” Schauffele stated.
Locked in a back-nine battle with South African Thriston Lawrence, Rose and to a lesser extent Horschel, Schauffele birdied 11, 13 and the par three 14th after a subline six-iron to inside two-metres, earlier than extending his benefit with a 4 on the par 5 sixteenth.
From the time he managed to keep away from the pot bunkers off the tee, then ship a superbly struck eight-iron into the guts of the 18th inexperienced, and a second main championship victory in 2024 was confirmed.
Billy Horschel led into the ultimate spherical, solely to be run down by the eventual winner.
The 152nd Open Championship was a match which examined not solely the talents of the perfect gamers, but additionally their resilience and psychological fortitude, with extraordinarily difficult climate situations throughout Friday’s second spherical and for the leaders over the again 9 holes on Saturday.
The wind calmed down on Sunday, with Schauffele’s Sunday 65 the perfect of the ultimate day.
Of the Australians at The Open, Adam Scott led the best way, ending in a tie for tenth, Jason Day was tied for thirteenth, with the opposite Australians within the area failing to make the weekend, with Min Woo Lee (9-over), Elvis Smylie (9-over), Jasper Stubbs (10-over) and Cameron Smith (12-over) lacking the 36-hole reduce.
The Open Championship winner was set to go from Scotland to Paris, France the place Schauffele would try to defend the Olympic Gold Medal received in Tokyo 4 years in the past.
