Scottie Scheffler clinched the Open Championship at Royal Portrush to go a step closer to winning the career Grand Slam, with his manager making a cheeky joke afterwards

T he four major championships have come and gone in 2025 with three new winners being crowned across the biggest events of the season. Rory McIlroy won his Masters in dramatic fashion this April, completing the career grand slam and punching his ticket into golf's most exclusive club.

Scheffler won by four shots Sunday at Royal Portrush, his fourth major victory and first in an Open Championship.

Shane Lowry was full of praise for his Irish teammate Rory McIlroy - but suggested the four-time major winner may well regret calling Scottie Scheffler "inevitable"

The top-ranked golfer cruised to another dominant outing to claim the British Open. Scheffler, who entered the day with a massive four-shot lead, pushed it to seven at one point en route to his four-shot victory at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. Nobody even came close to catching him.