Rory McIlroy entered the 2025 British Open at Royal Portrush hoping to win a major championship in front of the hordes of his adoring fans in his home country. Come Sunday afternoon, he was just like all the other players in the field not named Scottie Scheffler—looking up in awe at the No. 1 player in the world who won his second major of the year with relative ease.
Scheffler earned his first Claret Jug by running away from the field over the weekend before winning by four shots.
