2025 US PGA Championship final round
-11 Scheffler (US); -6 DeChambeau (US), English (US), Riley (US)
Selected others: ; -5 Pendrith (Can), Poston (US), Vegas (Ven); -4 Fitzpatrick (Eng), Rahm (Spa); -1 Schauffele (US); +2 Fleetwood (Eng); +3 McIlroy (NI)
An emotional Scottie Scheffler held off the rejuvenated Jon Rahm to convert his 54-hole lead into a maiden US PGA Championship title.
While the winning margin of five strokes suggests his third major was a formality, a different story threatened to unfold at Quail Hollow.
World number one Scheffler began three shots ahead and five clear of Rahm, but it became a two-way duel for the Wanamaker Trophy.
A patchy front nine from Scheffler, along with Spaniard Rahm’s flurry of birdies around the turn, meant they shared the lead midway through the final round.
However, Rahm collapsed over his final three holes and Scheffler coasted to a major title that joins his Masters victories in 2022 and 2024.
“I knew it was going to be a challenging day,” said Scheffler before collecting the trophy.
“Finishing off a major championship is always difficult and I did a good job of staying patient on the front nine.
“I didn’t play my best stuff but I kept myself in it, stepped up on the back nine and had a good nine holes.”
After opening the door for Rahm by shooting two over par for his first nine, Scheffler posted birdies on the 10th, 14th and 15th to re-establish a buffer.
As Rahm tried to catch the 28-year-old, his dreams of his own third major triumph were crushed on the tricky ‘Green Mile’ finale.
He made a bogey on 16 before sending his tee shot into the water on the par-three 17th on his way to a double-bogey five. Two more dropped shots on the last hole saw him topple to a tie of eighth.
Above him, Bryson DeChambeau continued his fine recent record in majors by finishing in a share of second alongside fellow Americans Davis Riley and Harris English, whose six-under round of 65 catapulted him up the leaderboard.
Rory McIlroy, playing his first major since completing a career Grand Slam at the Masters in April, finished with a 72 to end three over par in a tie for 47th.
Defending champion Xander Schauffele fared marginally better, shooting 68 on Sunday to finish one under for the event and sneak inside the top 30.
