Xander Schauffele defeated Justin Rose to win the 152nd British Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club on Sunday.
For Schauffele, that meant winning the British Open and PGA Championship in the same year, a feat last achieved by Rory McIlroy in 2014.
On the final day of play, Schauffele shot a six-under 65 to finish at nine under, two shots ahead of Rose and overnight leader Billy Horschel.
Rose and his partner shot 67 in a tense final, capping a tough week for both players.
Rose birdied three of the first seven holes to give the 43-year-old Englishman a brief lead at six under, but Schauffele responded with five birdies on the front nine.
Horschel finished tied for second with Rose at three-under 68.
“Oh my god,” Schauffele said. “To hear your name called 'Open Champion,' that's something I've dreamed of for a long time.”
“I actually watched a great match between Phil and Henrik [when Henrik Stenson defeated Phil Mickelson at Troon in 2016] to get me through the week, and I think that’s paid off pretty well.”
Ross said he was proud of the “excellent job” he had done throughout the week.
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He said: “When I walked out on the track it dawned on me. This dream had been going on for a whole week and I felt like I was doing really well and really into the dream from the start.
“I got off to a good start and felt like I was in a position to compete.
“I’ve seen my name at the top of the leaderboard at times and it’s been some hard work on the back nine, but Xander has got that momentum.”
He heaped praise on Schauffele, adding: “He’s a calm opponent and one of the best players in the world, it’s very difficult to keep up with him.
“It's going to be a tough tournament, but a great tournament. I played in the worst weather all week. I played my best golf, but in the end I didn't win the trophy.”
Schauffele is the only player to finish in the top 10 at the 2024 Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open and British Open, winning the latter two events.
Shively’s victory means that, with Bryson DeChambeau lifting the U.S. Open and Scottie Scheffler claiming the Masters, all four majors will be won by an American golfer in 2024 – the last time that happened was in 1982*.
The Open champion will now turn his attention to the 2024 Paris Olympics, where he will head to the Golf National in Paris as the defending champion after winning gold in Tokyo three years ago.
(*In 2020, American players won the Masters, U.S. Open and PGA Championship, but the Open was not held due to the coronavirus pandemic).