Xander Schauffele wins Open Championship after final-round 65
TROON, Scotland -- Xander Schauffele's critics used to say he didn't have the nerves or backbone to win one of golf's major championships.Now, the 30-year-old PGA Tour star from San Diego can't stop winning them.
Two months after Schauffele captured his first major championship victory at the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, he added a second one Sunday at the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club.
On a day when seven golfers started the final round within one shot of leader Billy Horschel, Schauffele was the man holding the Claret Jug at the iconic links course on Scotland's west coast. He posted a 6-under 65 on Sunday, just like he did in the final round of the PGA Championship, and his 72-hole total of 9-under 275 put him two strokes ahead of Horschel and England's Justin Rose.
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