Scottie Scheffler is on the cusp of his fourth major, which would bring him one step closer to golf’s career grand slam.
Scheffler, now 29 years old, is a three-time major champion with two Masters Tournament victories (2022, 2024) and a PGA Championship (2025) on his resumé. He entered the final round of The Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland on Sunday, July 20, with a four-shot lead and walked up the 18th fairway on Sunday afternoon holding the exact same advantage.
The following are five facts every golf fan should know about Scheffler after he won his second major title of the 2025 season.
1. Scottie Scheffler in Hot Pursuit of Career Grand Slam
GettyScottie Scheffler.
Golf, one of the world’s oldest games, is a sport rooted in history. And history is exactly what Scheffler was pursuing at Royal Portrush over the weekend.
By capturing the Claret Jug, he has completed the third leg of the career grand slam. To win a career grand slam, a golfer must take home the Masters Tournament, the U.S. Open Championship, the PGA Championship and The Open Championship (formerly known as the British Open) at least one time each over the course of his career.
With a victory, Scheffler becomes just the ninth player in the history of the game to win at the Masters, PGA and The Open. Only six golfers have ever captured the career grand slam: Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.
2. Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy Connected in Myriad Ways During Career-Defining Seasons in 2025
Getty Rory McIlroy.
Scheffler and McIlroy are seven years apart in age, but the two are both currently playing at the top of their respective games and share several unique connections across the 2025 campaign, which has proven career-defining for each of them in his own way.
It was Scheffler, the Masters champion in 2024, who put the green jacket of McIlroy’s back inside Butler Cabin at Augusta National Golf Club back in April. It was that elusive Masters’ win, which McIlroy had fallen short of in heartbreaking fashion on multiple occasions, that finally cinched the career grand slam for one of the greatest players to ever play the sport.
Because of how the four majors lined up and where they were located, some analysts began speculating that McIlroy could compete for, and possible even win, all four titles in 2025. However, Scheffler quickly shut that down by running away with the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club, winning by a margin of five strokes over the next-closest competitors.
Scheffler and McIlroy continued playing well throughout the summer, holding the No. 1 and No. 2 world rankings, respectively, across the entire major championship season. After holding off McIlroy, who made a charge on Saturday, along with the rest of the field at Royal Portrush, Scheffler secured the third leg of the career career grand slam in McIlroy’s home country, where he is a national hero.
Both men had won three times on the year heading into The Open Championship.
3. Scottie Scheffler Drawing Comparisons to Tiger Woods as Dominating Frontrunner in Major Tournaments
GettyTiger Woods.
Scheffler is now the 31st golfer with four or more major wins. In his three previous major victories, Scheffler held the 54-hold lead, which he owned again heading into Sunday at Royal Portrush.
Woods, arguably the best golfer of all-time, was a similarly dominant frontrunner in major tournaments. Woods captured the first 14 of his 15 career major titles after holding the outright 54-hole lead, or at least a share of it. The only time he didn’t was when he won the 2019 Masters Tournament at 43 years old.
Only Nicklaus, another career grand slam winner, has more major victories than Woods with a total of 18.
4. Scottie Scheffler Prevailed After Courageous Moment of Honesty Ahead of The Open Championship
GettyScottie Scheffler.
Schefter is already wary of what his accomplishment mean, and more importantly don’t mean, for his life in its entirety.
Scheffler turned more than a few heads and dropped more than a couple jaws with his assessment of his professional endeavors during the week leading up to The Open Championship.
“This is not a fulfilling life. It’s fulfilling from the sense of accomplishment, but it’s not fulfilling from a sense of the deepest places of your heart,” Scheffler said, per ESPN. “That’s something that I wrestle with on a daily basis. It’s like showing up at the Masters every year. It’s like, ‘Why do I want to win this golf tournament so badly? Why do I want to win the Open Championship so badly?’ I don’t know because, if I win, it’s going to be awesome for two minutes.”
Scheffler continued during one of the more honest and revealing media sessions in recent sports memory.
Is it great to be able to win tournaments and to accomplish the things I have in the game of golf? Yeah, it brings tears to my eyes just to think about it because I’ve literally worked my entire life to be good at this sport. To have that kind of sense of accomplishment, I think, is a pretty cool feeling. To get to live out your dreams is very special. But at the end of the day, I’m not out here to inspire the next generation of golfers. I’m not out here to inspire someone to be the best player in the world, because what’s the point?
You win it, you celebrate, get to hug my family, my sister’s there, it’s such an amazing moment. Then it’s like, ‘Okay, what are we going to eat for dinner?’ Life goes on. It feels like you work your whole life to celebrate winning a tournament for like a few minutes. It only lasts a few minutes.
5. Scottie Scheffler Defines Himself as Devoted Family Man
Getty Scottie Scheffler, Meredith Scheffler and Bennett Scheffler.
Scheffler’s attitude about golf and his perspective on his career didn’t change in any way his dominance or his ability to continue playing at a higher level than anyone else in the world, which he proved at The Open Championship on Sunday.
Another thing Scheffler has proven is that his family, namely his wife Meredith Scheffler and his son Bennett Scheffler, are his priorities in life — and that includes his status as the No. 1 professional golfer in the world.
“I love playing golf, I love being able to compete, I love living out my dreams, I love being a father, I love being able to take care of my son [and] I love being able to provide for my family out here playing golf,” Scheffler said prior to the tournament. “Every day when I wake up early to go put in the work, my wife thanks me for going out and working so hard. When I get home, I try and thank her every day for taking care of our son. That’s why I talk about family being my priority, because it really is.”
Like Heavy Sports’s content? Be sure to follow us.
This article was originally published on Heavy Sports
The post Scottie Scheffler: 5 Updated Facts You Need to Know After Win at The Open appeared first on Heavy Sports.