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2025 British Open purse, payouts: How much did Scottie Scheffler earn for his win at Royal Portrush?
The top-ranked golfer in the world cruised to a four-shot win at the British Open at Royal Portrush to claim his first ever Claret Jug and a fourth career major championship. As a result, that sent him back to the United States with a $3.1 million check.
A champion will be crowned. Follow along for leaderboard updates, scores, highlights and more from the final round of the 2025 British Open.
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Golf Digest on MSNBritish Open 2025: Scottie Scheffler wins in a walk at Royal Portrush
After just two swings in the Sunday’s final round of the British Open, it already seemed close to over. After two holes, it definitely felt over. After four holes, engraver Garry Harvey could start etching the name of Scottie Scheffler into the claret jug,
Adding to the many cool sights at Royal Portrush’s historic links this week was the British Open leaderboard showing Danish twins Rasmus and Nicolai Hojgaard in the top 10.
He shot 78 in the opening round at Royal Portrush and looked well on the way to missing the cut in his second straight major. Instead, he flipped a switch and instead shot under par the next three days and earned himself a top-10 finish with a stellar closing 54 holes, finishing as the lowest LIV golfer on the leaderboard.
Shane Lowry unleashing F-bomb rants during golf tournaments is certainly nothing new. He did it at this year's PGA Championship. He did it at last year's British Open. He, well, you get the point. But what happened on Friday was still a bit shocking from the Irishman.
There will be 156 golfers teeing it up in the 153rd Open Championship. Among them will be 16 past champions of the oldest major in men's golf.