The 30-year-old Xander Schauffele shot a remarkable 65 to emerge as the winner of the 152nd Open Championship held in Troon, Scotland.
Schauffele played a bogey-free round to have a final score of 9-under-par 275 and a two-shot victory over Justin Rose and Billy Horschel.
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With this title performace, Schauffele becomes the first player to win multiple majors in a calendar year after Brooks Koepka in 2018. Sine 1982, he also completed the first American sweep of the four majors since 1982.
152nd Open Championship – Top Five Leaderboard | ||||||||||
Position 1 | Players Xander Schauffele | Total -9 | Round 1 69 | Round 2 72 | Round 3 69 | Round 4 65 | Strokes 275 | |||
T2 | Justin Rose | -7 | 69 | 68 | 73 | 67 | 277 | |||
T2 | Billy Horschel | -7 | 72 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 277 | |||
4 | Thriston Lawrence | -6 | 71 | 74 | 65 | 68 | 278 | |||
5 | Russell Henley | -5 | 69 | 75 | 66 | 69 | 279 |