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Xander Schauffele savoured the “finest spherical” of his life after sealing victory within the 152nd Open in flawless vogue at Royal Troon.
Two months after making his main breakthrough within the US PGA Championship at Valhalla, Schauffele carded a bogey-free 65 to complete 9 beneath par, two photographs forward of Billy Horschel and Justin Rose.
“On the very tip high, the very best spherical I’ve performed,” Schauffele stated when requested to charge his closing spherical.
The Olympic champion started the day a shot behind Horschel however birdied the sixth and seventh in a entrance 9 of 34 and picked up additional photographs on the eleventh, thirteenth, 14th and sixteenth to succeed compatriot Brian Harman as Open champion and full an American clear sweep of the majors this season.
“It’s an honour, I’ve all the time dreamt of doing it,” Schauffele added.
“That stroll up 18 really is the good with the yellow leaderboards and the followers and the standing ovation. It actually is without doubt one of the coolest emotions I’ve ever had in my life.
“I bought chills strolling down and shortly needed to zap myself again into focus as a result of the match wasn’t over but. I can’t wait to take pleasure in this with my household.”
It is a dream come true to win two majors in a single 12 months
Xander Schauffele
Schauffele had beforehand suffered a fame of being a participant who struggled to shut out huge tournaments, however felt his victory at Valhalla in Might stood him in good stead in South Ayrshire.
“It was exhausting. It was very troublesome,” he stated. “I believe profitable the primary one helped me so much in the present day on the again 9.
“I had some feeling of calmness come by means of. It was very useful on what has been one of many hardest again nines I’ve ever performed in a match.
“It’s a dream come true to win two majors in a single 12 months. It took me perpetually simply to win one and to have two now’s one thing else.
“It means so much, it’s one thing all of us play for. It positively hasn’t sunk in but and I can’t wait to take a seat again and have a second with this Claret Jug.”
Schauffele stated he had but to resolve what to drink out of the well-known trophy, including: “I’m simply curious to see what my dad goes to select as a primary drink to drink out of this.
“He’s going to have to determine what he desires to place in there as a result of he’s taking the primary gulp out of it.”
