Final Day Sunday at the 2025 Open Championship
Posted on July 21, 2025
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Final Day Sunday at The Open
Check out the full majorpunter score's at The Open.
Sunday was a masterclass in precision and quality, just like the previous rounds. No one is able to keep up with Scottie when he is in this mood. He loved this performance too, hardly let himself breathe before Haotong cracked jokes on the 17th.
The real battle was on for 2nd place, with a queue of pretenders trying to stake their claim. Haotong had already said that was his only goal, but it was going to be a tough fight, 2nd place that is.
Windie struck early, others from the later tee times, then joined the queue. Scottish champ Gotterup charged and tripped, but Mr English finished strong, birdies on Calamity Corner and the 17th, plus the eagle on 12 to boot.
Scottie was brilliant. His putting matched his traditional iron-play which left the field toothless against his skills and mental strength. Patience when needed, ruthless in his moments too. The Champion Golfer of the Year, Scottie Scheffler who walks away with 2 majors in 2025.
Round of the Day
BDC closed with a bogey free 64 to round off a great closing 54 holes, which tied Windie as lowest 54 holes to close, which was only 1 shot off this strange record, held by Stenner from Troon in 2016.
Shot of the Day
Scottie was ready for a battle even though he had 4 shot cushion. After pulling his first drive, the whole field and course took a breath. Was there a chance that he could stumble? What followed was another pin-high dart which trundled off a back stop to a foot for birdie.
End. Of. Championship.
Performance of the Day
Haotong getting into The Open was a big deal. He’s career had plummeted. Here he was in the cauldron of immense pressure and he stood firm, making a late birdie on 17 in order to get a T4 and book his Masters ticket and continue his redemption trip!
Scottie is now on a journey to the Grand Slam. The US Open in 2026 awaits at Shinnecock Hills for the Grand Slam claim.
The Leaders
The top 10s managed to lock their tickets into next year’s Open Championship which for Haotong, Corey & Gotterup is potentially gold, whilst the others already have exemptions via various categories or would be more likely to get so later in the year.
The Open closes out the 2025 major season, which was been sensational. A Grand Slam, the world number staking a claim for a Grand Slam and of course discussions about family and celebrations.
For a full view of the scores head to The Open Leaderboard and majorpunter leaderboard.
majorpunter Leaderboard:
| Rank | Team | Punter | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Down the middle | Eric Cook | -54 |
| 2 | 9th green at 9 | Chris Pfeiffer | -53 |
| 3 | Fitzmagic | Wil Harper | -51 |
| T4 | Ben and Ella’s team | Barry Adams | -50 |
| T4 | Team GFY | Ryan Boright | -50 |
| T6 | Slice and Dice | Stuart Green | -48 |
| T6 | Port Patrol | Zirk Van der Bank | -48 |
| T8 | Klein Lepel | Milan Fourie | -46 |
| T8 | Dungeons | Duncan MacLarty | -46 |
| T8 | Salix Slayers | Keith Van Niekerk | -46 |
Final Day Sunday was filled with magic and procession. Scottie was sensational.
There were some great scores for the punters this week, the leaders went a long way under par. Check the full board here on the LEADERBOARD.
Down the middle managed to bring it home by 1-shot over 9th green at 9, leaning on the impressive closing by Tommylad who was impressive over the weekend.
Fitzmagic ran out of the tricks to finish in solo 3rd. Ben and Ella’s team & Team GFY closed out the top 4.
It was an exciting weekend at Royal Portrush and ultimately a worthy winner came to the fore.
majorpunter Bottomboard:
| Rank | Team | Punter | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| T75 | Perfect Paradox | Ethan Van Wyk | -9 |
| T75 | PokeyAU2 | Preston Barnes | -9 |
| 77 | Puttiater | Cheryl Filliater | -8 |
| 78 | Bradthig5 | Bradley Thigpen | -7 |
| 79 | Dunluce | Nick Jay | -3 |
| T80 | Bradthig4 | Bradley Thigpen | +5 |
| T80 | Burmy Army | James Bisset | +5 |
| 82 | Tomoose & Friends | Kath East | +6 |
| 83 | Quinies | Quintin Strydom | +12 |
| 84 | Fitzmagic3 | Wil Harper | +25 |
In the end, there were some big numbers for a few punters. Fitzmagic3 came stone last with Quinies a few shots better.
We are looking forward to the next major, The Masters at Augusta – back for Rory to defend. It seems like a long wait, but 2025 major-season has been sensational.
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