Scottie Scheffler wins 2025 The Open Championship, notches fouth career major

On Sunday, Scottie Scheffler secured his first win at The Open Championship, shooting -17 in the event. Scheffler finished in the Top 7 last year at The Open. This is his 22nd professional win and his fourth victory at a major championship.

Harris English finished second at The Open this year with a score of -13. Chris Gotterup trailed closely behind, posting a -12 and squeaking onto the podium.

Scheffler will receive $3.1 million for his triumph at The Open. Meanwhile, English will collect $1.76 million and Gotterup will take home $1.13 million. The remainder of the $17 million total prize money will be dispersed among the rest of the competition.

Scheffler will be elated to be back in the win column after failing to finish higher than the Top 6 at the past three events, including the U.S. Open, which he finished T7 at. Scheffler’s victory on Sunday will only reinforce his No. 1 world ranking that he’s held since March 27, 2022.

It’s been 1,197 days since Scheffler’s first major win — incredibly, the exact same amount of days between Tiger Woods’ first and fourth major wins. With the victory, Scheffler joins Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player as the only players to win a Masters, PGA Championship and The Open before age 30.

While Scottie Scheffler is undoubtedly happy to take home The Open trophy, he might not be as content as some fans would assume. Earlier this week, Scheffler made headlines when he opened up on the lack of fulfillment that comes with being the best in the world.

“ I think it’s kind of funny,” Scheffler said. “I think I said something after the Byron this year [Nelson, which he won in a playoff in May] about it feels like you work your whole life to celebrate winning a tournament for a few minutes. It only lasts a few minutes, that kind of euphoric feeling. And to win the Byron Nelson Championship at home, I literally worked my entire life to become good at golf, to have an opportunity to win that tournament. And you win it, you celebrate. You get to hug your family, my sisters there. It’s such an amazing moment. And then it’s like, ‘OK, now what are we going to eat for dinner?’

“You know, life goes on. It’s great to be able to win tournaments and to accomplish the things I have in the game of golf … it brings tears to my eyes just to think about, because I’ve literally worked my entire life to become good at the sport and to have that kind of sense of accomplishment is a pretty cool feeling. You know, to get to live out your dreams is very special.”