Xander Schauffele claimed victory on the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon on Sunday, incomes his second main championship of the yr.
Schauffele, who had entered the yr by no means claiming a victory at any main till the PGA Championship, turned the primary participant to even two in the identical yr with closing rounds of 65. Jack Nicklaus is the one different participant to do it in his profession.
“It was laborious. It was very troublesome,” Schauffele mentioned with a smile after the ultimate spherical. “I believe successful the primary one helped me quite a bit at the moment on the again 9. I had some feeling of calmness come by way of, and it was very useful and what has been the again 9’s I’ve ever performed in a event.”
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Climate circumstances at Royal Troon eased up some on the ultimate day, however didn’t make for a better go on the ultimate 9 holes, which gamers have lamented all weekend lengthy.
Billy Horschel entered the day because the chief with a slim one-stroke lead, however the small margin for error allowed Shauffele to come back from behind. He performed bogey-free and pulled away with three birdies in a four-hole stretch early on the again 9 to go from two photographs behind to main by as many as three.
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“Finest spherical I’ve performed,” Schauffele mentioned with a smile.
Regardless of being in rivalry earlier on, Horschel and Justin Rose tied for second with simply two strokes behind.
Schauffele’s win in Scotland on Sunday additionally set a report for the Individuals. For the primary time since 1982, U.S. golfers swept all 4 majors in the identical yr. Scottie Scheffler received the Masters for the second time in his profession, Bryson DeChambeau received the U.S. Open for the second time in his profession, and, in fact, Schauffele took care of the remainder.
“It’s a dream come true to win two majors in a single yr,” Schauffele mentioned. “It took me ceaselessly to win only one and to have two now could be simply one thing else.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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