Xander Schauffele has emerged victorious at the final Major of the year, Open Championship 2024. Schauffele raced to victory on the final day at Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland.
This was his second Major victory in the year as well as in his career, the first one came in May this year at the 2024 PGA Championship at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. With the end of the Open Championship, all four Majors of the 2024 golf calendar year have been concluded.
Let's take a look at the winners of all four majors of the 2024 season:
Exploring the winners of all four majors of the 2024 season
#1 Scottie Scheffler- 2024 Masters tournament
In April, Scottie Scheffler won his second Major tournament and second Masters tournament at the iconic Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, USA. Scheffler started strong in the first round and carded 66. He scored 72 in the second round to make the Friday cut.
He scored 71 and 68 and won the tournament by a margin of four shots over Ludvig Aberg. Scheffler won $3.6 million of the $20 million prize purse for the tournament.
The top 5 players on the leaderboard of the 2024 Masters are as follows:
- 1 Scottie Scheffler: -11
- 2 Ludvig Åberg: -7
- T3 Tommy Fleetwood: -4
- T3 Collin Morikawa: -4
- T3 Max Homa: -4
#2 Xander Schauffele- 2024 PGA Championship
The second Major of the year, the 2024 PGA Championship was won by Xander Schauffele at Valhalla Golf Club. It was his first Major win of his career after he turned professional in 2015.
Schauffele started strongly with a low score of 62 in the first round. He scored 68 and 68 in the second and third rounds. He scored 65 in the final round and finished with an aggregate score of 21-under 263.
Scheffler won by one shot over Bryson DeChambeau and won $3.33 million of the $18.5 million prize purse for the tournament.
The top 5 players on the leaderboard of the 2024 PGA Championship are as follows:
- 1 Xander Schauffele: -21
- 2 Bryson DeChambeau: -20
- 3 Viktor Hovland: -18
- T4 Thomas Detry: -15
- T4 Collin Morikawa: -15
#3 Bryson DeChambeau- US Open 2024
Bryson DeChambeau won the US Open 2024 at Pinehurst No.2 in Pinehurst, North Carolina. The LIV Golfer won by one shot over Rory Mcllroy. Mcllroy lost the lead after missing two putts under three feet in the last three holes of the tournament.
He scored 67, 69, 67, and 71 in 72 holes to win the tournament. DeChambeau won a prize money of $4.3 million of the $21.5 million.
The top 5 players on the leaderboard of the US Open 2024 are as follows:
- 1 Bryson DeChambeau: -6
- 2 Rory McIlroy: -5
- T3 Tony Finau: -4
- T3 Patrick Cantlay: -4
- 5 Matthieu Pavon: -3
#4 Xander Schauffele- Open Championship 2024
Xander Schauffele carded 69, 72, and 69 in the first three rounds to remain in contention. He scored a splendid 65 in the final round and won the final Major of the year and his second Major by two strokes over Justin Rose.
Schauffele won $3.1 million of the total prize money of $17 million at Royal Troon. The top 5 players on the leaderboard of the Open Championship 2024 are as follows:
- 1 Xander Schauffele: -9
- T2 Justin Rose: -7
- T2 Billy Horschel: -7
- 4 Thriston Lawrence: -6
- 5 Russell Henley: -5