In playing companion Matt Fitzpatrick’s view, what he witnessed of Scheffler on the greens during the third round at Royal Portrush was far different from the reputation he knew only a few years ago.
There are 18 holes left at Royal Portrush and half a dozen players who have a realistic chance, yet on Sunday at the 2025 Open Championship only two will truly matter, as Rory McIlroy attempts to chase down Scottie Scheffler to become Champion Golfer of the Year.
With two rounds to play, anything can still happen. Yet with the dominant way Scheffler is performing in almost every aspect of the game, he looks like the man to beat this weekend.
Cameras had a close-up view of Lowry’s ball in the rough as he took a practice swing at the 12th hole, and the ball visibly moved after his iron passed through the nearby grass.
Scheffler’s words earlier this week at Royal Portrush revealed not a man searching for purpose, but one who had already found it – words that could help his fellow superstar return from an existential rut.
When asked if he feels he has a better chance to win the Open Championship or the US Open – as he’s already halfway to the career Grand Slam – Scheffler answered by freestyling on what makes both tournaments so different and why he thinks he has a great chance to win both some day.
Among the things that’ve stood out to four of the PGA Tour’s brightest stars about incoming CEO Brian Rolapp has an impressive background, and he’s said all the right things.
In writing, it looks like Scottie Scheffler dunking on Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm, which he’d have every right to coming off his PGA Championship win. But with video context, it was just Scottie being Scottie.
Adam Scott may no longer be “Scotty”, but at the PGA Championship on Sunday at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, he showed he’s still part of the conversation.
Scheffler confirmed he was among the 50 players whose drivers were tested early in the week at Quail Hollow, and that the TaylorMade Qi10 driver that he planned to use in the championship did not pass testing.
When the pressure crystallised by Sunday afternoon at the PGA Championship, only Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau remained—all former major winners, all luminaries of the sport.
Jon Rahm thoughtfully and earnestly analysed a stunning late collapse that took him from possibly completing the third leg of a career Grand Slam to basically being just another guy in the pack who finished well behind PGA champion Scottie Scheffler.
Australian Golf Digest
