After taking the lead on the 14th hole, he would go on to win the GenesisScottish Open. 0: 17
The man is making up for lost time
The winless for more than two years, Schauffele picked up his fourth win in the past 12 months Sunday when he overcame a rough patch in the middle of his round with two key birdies and a par save.
The Open Championship at St. Andrew is one of the most prestigious tournaments in the world and is held in Scotland. One of the hottest players in the world is going to play at the home of golf.
The European tour event was co-sponsored by the PGA Tour.
"It's an honor to win the first one, it's something I've wanted to do since I was a kid," said the golfer.
His par save on the 17th at The Renaissance Club gave him a 2-shot lead and he played it smart from there. He missed an 8-foot par that only affected the margin after taking iron off the 18th tee.
Kurt Kitayama was the leader with a score of 6.
Kitayama had a 1-shot lead on the back nine and was still tied until he missed a 6-foot par putt on the 17th hole that would have given him the lead.
Kitayama earned a spot in the field at The Open for the third year in a row, but it was not enough to overcome his disappointment. Two of the three spots went to Brandon and Jamie.
There were many other people who had a chance to get into St. Andrew's. Rickie Fowler was in the final round of the Scottish Open, having played every Open Championship since 2010. He left with a 75 and was heading back to Europe.
Ryan Palmer missed out on a chance to win when he played the back nine with two bogeys and no birdies, and missed out on a chance to win. Alex Smalley only needed a par on the 18th to make the cut. The man made a mistake.
It wasn't easy for both of them.
He began the final round with a 2-shot lead and made two eagles. He had a four-shot lead after five holes. He was behind when he got to the back nine.
"This was a lot of work and stress," she said. I won't put makeup on the pig. I think it was the worst day of the week. It's not possible to get ahead of yourself in links golf. I was in front, behind, and behind. I didn't keep my head high.
When he made a 15-foot putt on the 14th hole to take the lead, it began to turn in his favor. He made it for par on the 17th when he putted from behind the green and it was important.
His win in the J.P. McManus Pro-Am in Ireland at the start of the week doesn't count in the final major of the season. The last player to win twice in a row before a major wasDustin Johnson who tied for ninth at the Open Championship.
He hadn't won in more than three years and it was gnawing at him.
In the Tokyo Olympics, Schauffele won the gold medal. He and Patrick Cantlay won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans in April, and now they have won two more. That puts him in the top five.
He said it was important to get over the hump and win on the tour. It was definitely a kick-start for me.
Joohyung Kim, the 20-year-old South Korean, had a brief share of the lead with a brilliant play on the 17th in which his ball rolled off the back slope to 5 feet for a hole in one. He finished third after shooting 67 and taking a bogey on the 18th. He had never been in the top 50.
He had his share of escapades.
He was within one shot of the lead until pulling his tee shot on the 14th into high grass, hacking out long and making double bogey, and then taking bogey on the 15th with a wedge in his hand from the fairway. On the back nine, he had three bogeys and a double bogey and finished with a 72 and a 10th place finish.
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