British Open 2025: Rory Mcilroy Loved at home as Scottie Scheffler wins the world

Portrush, Northern Ireland – Ton was set on Saturday night.

Rory Mcicrroy just turned to the oldest golf championship in the roller summer festival, an event that is delirious on the perspective of their celebrated birth son, one of the most famous athletes who have ever come from this small island, headed to the final round 153^rd Open with a shooting for lifting Claret jug at home, in front of them and for And them.

The only person who seemed unprepared for the possibility of being mcilroy. He shot 66, but only moved within six leads. He had three players in front of him and four more withdrawn by him, with a quiet Sunday forecast that would make it even harder to separate him, but his appearance knocked him down the man at the top of the plate.

“Yes, look, Scottie Scheffler is …” McIlroy said, gathering his thoughts. “It’s inevitable.”

It was a confession that, in the middle of this leasest in Rory’s city, it is ultimately still part of Scottie Scheffler’s world. McIlroy – too far to seriously oppose this week, and too far in the world ranking this year – there was to accept this reality. And so, not that this was opened by birth, it became a monument to his domination in sports, instead watched a week through a different prism: the celebration of his size. How far was he came to his nearly two decades as a professional. And everything he has achieved, even now, with a new ruler in sports.

“Many gratitude, a lot of pride,” he said. “A lot of pride I’m from these shores.”

McIlroy’s statistics and status can be under siege in this new world order, but it is difficult to imagine a crowd or tournament ever leaning in Scheffler’s direction as it did for McIlroy compared to portrush. The children followed him high along the rope line and began to cry. The cheerleaders spilled and sang his name from the high apop. The patrons gave him an ovation in the stands.

“I heard enough ‘Rorys’ to last my life, Matt Fitzpatrick said.

It was Mciclroy, after all, which is the Lobby of R & A as well, but that 2019 was opened missed during the professional crossroads. He lost some joy between ropes. His chief record has singled out. He was displaced for some time of other talented players. When he performed the first Tee, he kicked him out of the outburst of support. Unproached and flooded with admission, he melted during opening 79 and, only after his inspired rally could understand the great size and depth of the love of his people. Then check his record; She encouraged him to his game in the past semi-discus.

He reminded of these painful memories, McIlroy vowed to make this week this week, and this year differently, in 36. years, it was probably his last portrush open in his prime minister. He wanted to retaliate. Embrace the experience, not protect yourself from it. Maybe there would be more Angsta, she wasn’t overwhelmed on masters. That is still a majority of more than a decade. But he returned home legends, and now everyone, 45,000 a day, they could enjoy it.

Mciclroy was converted in 2007. year, 18 years old, and he attended his talents on a global scale, shared with the rest of the world outside the borders of northern Ireland. American Australia. Japan. South Africa. It was his way of not growing his wallet, but also his brand and his platform and, along his popularity.

That broader reach never complained about Scheffler. He was born in New Jersey and moved with his family in a young Dollas, where he still lives. Schefflers are all accurate groups, short driving while at home and now, consistent, supports and the loved attitude on the road. As a child, all Scheffler who wanted became a professional golfer, carrying long pants in summer warmth, and Harrison Frazar, and he still cannot believe that he is sufficiently blessed and talented to live his wildest dreams. Now with a young family, he did not apologize that the American Center with his schedule and that he did not want to be the Ambassador of Globetrot for Sports. As a top player, he said it was “not my priority or my responsibility” to travel the world and the letter of his trade, to grow game.

At the end of that conference for the working week, he was at the end of the early week when Scheffler went a virus. His 5-minute monologue about your inner war Between fulfillment and pleasure, they offered a rare view in what drives the most dominant golfer from tigaric forests. He frustrated that some of the social clips performed their comments from the context, with the implication that Pro golf left him to feel empty, Scheffler spent much of his victorious press conference on Sunday. To take care of the competition. Doing a job. Trusts the best. Seeing how much his talent and work ethic and commitment can be taken. Everything that accompanies his success – Status and Stardom – keeps a little interest in him.

“There are more life than playing golf,” he said. “But I’m pretty excited to go home and celebrate this one.”

Stoic and stable, simplified and stable, Scheffler does not inspire a lot of emotions. Maybe he would never become a beloved figure that passes his own legion of Fandom; 2027. PGA in Friscu, less than an hour from home, probably won’t become a lively hunfest that McIlroy’s is a new enclosure. But sports fans love size, and they are undoubtedly witnessing Scheffler’s glow.

“I think everything you can admire what he does and how it works,” McIlroy said. “He just goes about his job. He doesn’t do anything excessively flame. But he’s the best in the game execution. All you can do is to advise the cover and get in admiration.”

What a little hopes the field on Sunday is gone as Scheffler filler his approach with his foot to the open hole. Midway through Front nine, he led eight. During the final 36 holes, with a crowd on the fever, his main rival will come in the victory, Scheffler only in Blemishu came with double Bogey on the eighth hole – two moves to returned to two next four holes.

There was nothing McIlroy or any other could do to stop the attack, so during the last two hours, he tried to strain in the open as opposed to any other. Several additional clients to the crowd. Senior fist. When he inserted on the final round 69, leaving him in a common seventh, seven shots, he pulled his hat and, before entering the tunnel, last time to retreat in the fear of cheering.

The group behind him Scheffler polished the other route. Methodical, clinical, dominant – the first player in the modern era to conquer each of their first four main championships for at least three moves.

“Walking 18, I didn’t really know if I would get so much support from the crowd,” Scheffler said. “The audience, I mean, wanted someone else to win this week, and I played a spoiler a little.”

Not just this week, but also these all year round.

The best spring of Mciclroy’s career – signature on pebble games, and the master’s moment that overcame sports – since then it has brought it a virtual lock for reproduction officers for the fourth season in a row.

“I also had three victories when Scottie wasn’t exactly on his game,” McIlroy said, Chuckling. “He is at least that we all try to come.”

But now he returned to his game, just as it is largely from 2022. year, when this winning won. Scheffler was 15^th In the world before that break in the phoenix, when he was unproven closer, when he was setting up inconsistent when he was approached by the game was Star, but not impatient. It will be a week soon no. 115 in a row on top. He turned 10 consecutive guides for 54 holes. He turned into a world class Putter. (Matt Fitzpatrick: “He just didn’t miss the way.”) And he’s, statistically, the best attacker of the balls from the main forests.

Does he have to be inspiring or distribution, the journalist asked McIlroy to show up against Scheffler when he is in this form?

“No one,” McIlroy said. “All I can do is focus on myself and try to play the best golf that I will, I will have to win and hope to get married and I hope to get won and I hope to beat me and hope to win and hope I’ll win and I hope to get married and I hope to win and hope to win and hope to get married and I hope to get married and I hope to get married and I hope to be beaten and I hope to win. “

Even if the week they become less often.

After that, McIlroy signed his hat and flag, set up for two selfish, then limited the hill and early evening. Hyped Home game is completed; He was waiting for a few weeks of rest. About a hundred meters away, with the presentation of the trophy and Scheffler in the middle of the arena, thousands of fans began to expose the anti-mud and to the exit.

Their local hero did not go victorious.

They set up instead in respect of history.