XANDER SCHAUFFELE WINS SECOND MAJOR

It was only a few months ago that he was being called the best player to haven’t ever won a major championship.

All of a sudden, Xander Schauffele is now a two-time major championship winner and the 2024 Champion Golfer of the Year.

Schauffele fired a masterful, bogey-free, final round 65 at Royal Troon to win The 152nd Open. He entered the day tied with five other players at 3-under par, one shot off the lead held by Billy Horschel and was actually the overnight favorite.

Schauffele entered the week He left, carrying the claret jug after recording a winning score of 9-under par over 72 holes.

For quite a while it looked like Schauffele's playing partner, Justin Rose, might be the one to win his second major championship. While Horschel had played his first three holes of the day at Even, Rose birdied the par-5 fourth hole to get to 5 under and grab sole possession of the lead. Horschel and his playing partner, Thriston Lawrence, then followed up with birdies of their own at No. 4 and we had a three-way tie for the lead with Schauffele sitting two shots off the pace.