Scottie Scheffler, British Open
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The PGA Tour heads back home for the final two-week push for the top 70 players to make the postseason. Everyone else seems to have stayed behind.
Gerard was the second alternate for the British Open, but after texting Ben Griffin, decided to commit to playing in the PGA Tour's Barracuda Championship. And then he won it.
The next visit to the Emerald Isle may actually come in Ireland, not Northern Ireland. Portmarnock Golf Club has been under consideration in recent years. Set on a peninsula which juts into the Irish Sea about 8 miles northeast of Dublin, the course winds its way through rolling sand hills on crisp turf and pot bunkers abound.
The Ryder Cup, the longtime golf team competition pitting the best in the U.S. against Europe, approaches and the standings are filling out.
Scottie Scheffler and Tiger Woods are the only players in the last 50 years to win two majors in the same year by at least four shots.
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Scheffler recorded a pair of birdies and an eagle at the seventh hole to create the separation going into Sunday. The impressive round gave him the 54-hole lead. He is 3-for-3 in majors when he owns the lead after the third round. The latest win came at the 2025 PGA Championship.
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Golf Digest on MSNBritish Open 2025: There are two stories that matter on Sunday at Royal Portrush—the best vs. the favoriteThere are 18 holes left at Royal Portrush and a half dozen players who have a realistic chance, yet on Sunday at the 2025 British Open only two will truly matter, as Rory McIlroy attempts to chase down Scottie Scheffler to become Champion Golfer of the Year.
Harris English arrived in Britain two weeks ago without his caddie while Chris Gotterup flew over without a plane ticket for Ireland.