With Scottie Scheffler holding a four-shot lead through 54 holes, the final round of the 2025 British Open seems like a foregone conclusion. Even for those competing against the World No. 1.
But at least one golf fan is confident that there will be a final-round comeback. By Haotong Li.
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We know this because stats guru Justin Ray was perusing the Chinese golfer’s Wikipedia page and noticed that someone had added a hilarious—and hopeful—nickname for him: Scheffler Slayer.
Haotong Li's nickname has been updated on Wikipedia by some ambitious fan pic.twitter.com/hi7LIQRIRR
— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGolf) July 19, 2025
Either this mystery Wiki moderator is the biggest Haotong Li fan on the planet or he got an advance copy of Sunday’s script for the final round’s final pairing.
If it does somehow happen, it would obviously be a fitting title. And it does have a nice ring to it. Just saying.
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Is it the British Open or the Open Championship? The name of the final men’s major of the golf season is a subject of continued discussion. The event’s official name, as explained in this op-ed by former R&A chairman Ian Pattinson, is the Open Championship. But since many United States golf fans continue to refer to it as the British Open, and search news around the event accordingly, Golf Digest continues to utilize both names in its coverage.
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