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Scottie Scheffler Is Making This Look Too Easy

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Brendon Elliott | Last updated Jul 19, 2025 4:57 PM ET

Watching Scottie Scheffler play golf right now feels unfair. The rest of the field at Royal Portrush grinds through major championship chaos while Scheffler just golfs.

His bogey-free 67 on Saturday put him at 14-under with a four-shot lead heading into Sunday. The tournament is over.

Scheffler hasn't made a bogey since Friday's 11th hole. Twenty-five consecutive holes of mistake-free golf at The Open Championship. Everyone else misses putts, hits wayward drives, has mental lapses. Scheffler pars everything.

His eagle on Saturday's seventh wasn't miraculous — just good golf executed when it mattered. His par saves aren't scrambling miracles but calculated recoveries from someone who knows his game completely.

Rory McIlroy nailed it after his round: "Scottie Scheffler, he's inevitable. He's become a complete player." Coming from a four-time major champion, that's checkmate.

Scheffler's 54-hole lead record: seven straight conversions to victories. In majors: 3-for-3. He doesn't get tight under pressure — he feeds on it.

His putting transformation completes the picture. He leads the field in strokes gained putting this week. When the world's best ball-striker starts draining everything, everyone else plays for second.

The competition chasing him is elite. Haotong Li has been rock solid. Matt Fitzpatrick owns a major. McIlroy shot 66 Saturday in front of his home crowd. None of it matters.

Scheffler doesn't think about narratives or pressure or who's behind him. He thinks about his next shot. Boring golf. Methodical golf. Devastating golf.

Sunday needs magic to stop Scheffler's first Open Championship. The Northern Ireland crowd might will McIlroy to something special. Li or Fitzpatrick might catch lightning.

But this is Scheffler's tournament to lose, and he doesn't lose with the lead.