Xander Schauffele is the 2024 Open Championship winner. Having won his first major title just a few months ago, the PGA Tour star fired up a bogey-free six under par 65 final round score to claim the Claret Jug and take home a massive cheque worth $3.1 million along with 750 FedEx Cup points.
The Champion Golfer of the Year dominated the Royal Troon par 71 course this week. Despite Scotland's weather posing a challenge upon the world's best players, Schauffele was unfazed by the conditions and made wise shot decisions over the past four days.
As the 30-year-old collected the Claret Jug ahead of his trip to Paris for the 2024 Olympic Games, golf fans worldwide have taken to social media to commend the two-time major championship winner on his latest victory. X user @nickysmokess said:
"From glorified choker to certified gangster. You love to see it."
With world number one Scottie Scheffler having a hard time on the links this week, Xander Schauffele had his eyes dead set on winning The Open. Following multiple bogeys and double bogeys, the Ryder Cup star carded in a bogey free round comprised of six birdies to take home the title. A fan hailed Schauffele via X, saying:
"What an incredible final round performance."
Another fan took to the X platform to applaud Schauffele on his wise decision making over the last four days. Impressed by his course management skills, the fan said:
"A very, very worthy champion - won not because of other people's mistakes, but because he took his chances. Many congratulations to Xander."
Here are a few other fans' reactions to Xander Schauffele's incredible win at The 2024 Open Championship.
"I am not a fan but I see he was -6 today. That is an excellent score for a major championship. 2 major wins this year is outstanding. Yay to Mr. Schauffele," said an X user.
A fan wrote, "Talk about Mr Consistent ... Great tournament overall!!"
"Glad that a huge weight has been lifted from his shoulders. He is every bit as good as Scottie on tour. Took him a little longer but he is better than Thomas and Spieth," said a fan via X.
Xander Schauffele's 2024 Open Championship stats
Xander Schauffele won The 2024 Open Championship by a one stroke margin ahead of Justin Rose and Billy Horschel. The two-time major winner was third in the least number of bogeys made, with only six over the last four days.
He ranked sixth in the field with a total of 15 birdies made alongside 51 pars. Here's a look into Xander Schauffele's stats over the past week at the Royal Troon's par 71 course along with his rankings on the field mentioned in parenthesis.
- Average Driving Distance : 304.6 yards (70th place)
- Longest Drive : 384.7 yards (32nd place)
- Driving Accuracy : 66.1 percent [37/56] (T19)
- Driver Usage : 33.9 percent [19/56] (T115)
- Par 3 Scoring : -4 (1st place)
- Par 4 Scoring : -4 (1st place)
- Par 5 Scoring : -1 (T39)
- Birdies or Better : 15 (T6)
- Bogeys or Worse : 6 (3rd place)
- Greens In Regulation : 69.4 percent [50/72] (T2)
- Total Strokes Gained : +16.329 (1st place)
- Strokes Gained - Driving : +3.402 (15th place)`
- Strokes Gained - Approach : +10.061 (2nd place)
- Strokes Gained - Scrambling : +2.866 (15th place)
- Strokes Gained - Putting : +3.084 (19th place).