IMPERIOUS SCHAUFFELE WINS BRITISH OPEN WITH FAULTLESS 65 – Won the 152nd British Open with at 65 at Royal Troon
Over to tennis now, American Xander Schauffele emerged from a tightly-bunched leaderboard to win the 152nd British Open with a supreme blemish-free final-round 65 at Royal Troon on Sunday (July 21).
Beginning the day among a group of players one stroke behind leader Billy Horschel, world number three Schauffele was in total control as he produced an immaculate display to finish nine under par.
When Schauffele tapped in his par on the 18th green, the Claret Jug was his even if South Africa’s Thriston Lawrence, who had earlier shared the lead, was still to finish his round.
Justin Rose finished two shots back in tied second place having barely put a foot wrong over the weekend.
Horschel birdied the 18th to join Rose on seven under and Lawrence was fourth on six under with American Russell Henley fifth and Ireland’s 2019 Open champion Shane Lowry sixth.
The 30-year-old Schauffele had not won a major until dominating this year’s PGA Championship in May when he finished on a record 21-under-par to edge out Bryson DeChambeau. He took his new-found swagger to the Ayrshire coast to claim the Open in superb fashion.