Phil Mickelson hails Xander Schauffele's 2024 Open Championship win, sends heartfelt message to Champion Golfer of the Year

Xander Schauffele is the 2024 Open Championship winner. The 30-year-old not only got to hold the prestigious Claret Jug trophy, he also went home with a grand cheque worth $3.1 million and 750 FedEx Cup points.

Another feature that sets the Open Championship apart from all other Major championships is that the winner of the tournament recieves the title of 'Champion Golfer of the Year'.

Former Open Championship winner, Phil Mickelson, took to his X platform to congratulate his fellow American golfer on his second Major victory. The LIV Golf star wrote:

"What an incredible performance by @XSchauffele. A final round 65 with -4 on the difficult back 9 to win The Open and become CGOTY is simply amazing. Congratulations, what a year, keep it up in Paris too! "

The 2024 PGA Tour season marks a significant milestone in Schauffele's career. Having won his first Major championship earlier this year at the 2024 PGA Championship, the star fired up an impressive bogey free six under par 65 score today to take home yet another title.

With the world's best players struggling to play in Scotland's harsh weather, Xander Schauffele dominated the Royal Troon course this week. He appeared unfazed and made incredible shot decisions that paid off. The victory has prepped the PGA Tour star to lead USA to a victory at the 2024 Paris Olympics later this month.

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Xander Schauffele's 2024 Open Championship stats

Xander Schauffele took home the Claret Jug this week by a one stroke margin ahead of Justin Rose and Billy Horschel. The Ryder Cup star fired up a bogey free six under par final round to total nine under par for four days.

The 2024 PGA Championship winner led the field in the least number of bogeys made with only six over the last four days. He also ranked fifth in the field with a total of 15 birdies made alongside 51 pars.

Here's a look into Xander Schauffele's stats at the Royal Troon this week alomg with his rankings among the field mentioned in the 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).