Winners, Losers & Payouts from the 2025 British Open

Scottie Scheffler doesn’t roar. He doesn’t flex. He doesn’t even really smile all that much. But once again on Sunday, he stalked his prey, pounced at just the right moment, and casually walked away with another major trophy—this time, the 2025 Open Championship at Royal Portrush, winning by four shots at 17-under-par. And for good measure, he also pocketed a cool $3.1 million and a hallowed trophy that has its own name.

It’s the fourth major title for the 29-year-old Texan, who now owns two Masters green jackets, a PGA Championship, and a Claret Jug—and is one U.S. Open away from the career Grand Slam. Not bad for a guy who says winning isn’t all that fulfilling.

“I don’t really understand the point sometimes,” Scheffler admitted earlier in the week, in the most peak-Scheffler moment imaginable. And then he went out and beat a world-class field into submission anyway, just because it’s what he does now, what he’ll be doing for the foreseeable future.

Scheffler opened the final round with a birdie and never looked back—well, except for a double bogey at the 8th hole, which he erased a few minutes later with a birdie at the 9th, like a man deleting a typo. He finished with a tidy 68 to leave runner-up, and likely Ryder Cup teammate, Harris English, and everyone else in the dust.

“Scottie just doesn’t flinch,” said Rory McIlroy, who watched the big Texan, aka the mountain lion in golf spikes, tear up another Sunday leaderboard. “Once he’s in control, it’s like trying to catch a train that already left the station.”

Scheffler’s win was as efficient as it was inevitable. He led the field in putting—yes, putting, the one thing people used to say he couldn’t do—and once again showed off the robotic consistency that’s turned him into golf’s ultimate buzzkill (for the rest of the field, anyway). At some point, we hope he begins to express himself on the course more and endear himself to fence-sitting fans. Unlike Phil, Tiger, and Rory before him, if he is this generation’s greatest talent, as things are trending, Scheffler must become a bigger personality. We all want the game to grow and the PGA TOUR to flourish. Hey Scheff – kick a club, throw up a thumb, kiss some babies, and keep on winning!

He’s now converted 10 straight 54-hole leads into wins, second only to Tiger Woods, who probably raised an eyebrow somewhere before going back to his short game drills.

Scheffler also became just the second World No. 1 in history to win The Open while holding that top spot—joining that Tiger guy. He’s won four majors in just over three years, all by at least three shots, something no one has done since… 1871. Yes, 1871. When golfers wore ties and carried clubs made from actual trees.

This run puts Scheffler in rare air. His name now floats around with legends like Ben Hogan, Gary Player, and Rory McIlroy, who needs to keep pace with Scheff before he gets bumped from consideration for ‘top 10 players of all time.’ Both are competing for spots on one of the hardest lists to join in professional sports.  

So where does he go from here?

He’s missing only the U.S. Open to complete the career Grand Slam. He’s 29. He shows no signs of slowing down. And he’s as emotionally rattled by pressure as a thermostat.

And now? The Claret Jug joins his growing trophy collection. His competitors, meanwhile, are left to figure out how to stop the guy who doesn’t even seem to care that much about stopping them.

Winners & Losers from Sunday at Royal Portrush:

Winner: Wyndham Clark. Clark’s name is in the news today for doing something good, contrary to recent Mondays when the press has hounded him for breaking lockers and generally displaying antisocial behavior traits. He fired a final-round six-under 65 to jump 10 spots on the leaderboard to finish T-4, his best finish of the year.

Winner: Rickie Fowler. Fowler got heat earlier in the week for accepting a sponsor’s exemption to play in this year’s Open Championship. After firing a final round 65, he finished T-14, which turned out to be one of the best finishes this season for Fowler, whose game has been less than stellar.

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