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The Claret Jug and $3.1 million winner's share from the 2025 Open purse are still up for grabs, and some golf left to play, anything can happen at Royal Portrush. It is a links course, after all. Be sure to stick with CBS Sports for The Open Championship leaderboard live updates and coverage throughout the final round.
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.
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.
Scottie Scheffler's second major victory of 2025 at The Open Championship essentially ensures him of being the top seed in the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
The Ryder Cup, the longtime golf team competition pitting the best in the U.S. against Europe, approaches and the standings are filling out.
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The more Scottie Scheffler keeps winning, the more comparisons there are to Tiger Woods. Scheffler thinks they're a little silly. He notes Woods has 15 majors.
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Golf Digest on MSNBritish Open 2025: Wait, did Scottie Scheffler just become an elite putter?
Scheffler not only gained strokes on Royal Portrush’s greens—more than 8.5 to be specific—he excelled. He finished four rounds ranked second in the field in SG/putting. While many will recall his dialled iron shots and pin-high approach play, there’s little doubt his improved putting was the difference this time around.
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 world No. 1 added to his mind-numbing money totals with $3.1 million of the $17 million purse at Royal Portrush. He is now just shy of $100 million in official career earnings and over $19 million for the season. Here’s a breakdown of the total purse from the men’s final major of the season: