British Open 2025: The clubs Scottie Scheffler used to win at Royal Portrush

There really wasn’t much suspense in the final round of the 153rd British Open (or Open Championship, take your pick). With Scottie Scheffler having converted his last nine 54-hole leads and starting the day with a four-shot cushion over Haotong Li, the final round was more likely to be a coronation than a competition.

And that’s just how it turned out.

From the moment Scheffler chipped a 9-iron from 146 yards to a foot at the first for birdie, it was evident the game’s best player wasn’t going to let major championship No. 4 slip away. An uncharacteristic double bogey at the eighth notwithstanding, Scheffler was in command of his golf ball and the tournament, cruising to the claret jug.

After the opening birdie, Scheffler kept the good times rolling, birdieing the par-4 fourth with an approach from 172 yards to seven feet then followed it up with a 15-footer for birdie at the fifth. Par save putts of 16 and 15 feet on the sixth and seventh holes followed and proved highly useful after Scheffler’s hiccup at the eighth that would be the lone blemish on Scheffler’s card.

If the performance was reminiscent of Tiger Woods, consider that Scheffler became the first to win the PGA and British Open in the same year since Woods did it in 2005 and became just the second reigning top-ranked player in the world to win the Open as well, which Woods did three times.

Then again, what would you expect from a man who’s TaylorMade P7TW irons are based off Woods’ muscleback blades. “I grew up playing Nike clubs like Tiger, so these had a special appeal to me,” Scheffler told Golf Digest in 2022. “I figured if he was using the irons they had to be pretty good.” Scheffler’s irons have True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts and Golf Pride Tour Velvet grips. For the week Scheffler topped the field in strokes gained/approach, gaining 9.065 strokes.

Scheffler was equally impressive on the greens, ranking second in strokes gained/putting for the week at 8.516. Scheffler’s TaylorMade Spider Tour X X1 mallet is a half-inch longer than his previous gamer and has an L-Neck hosel and TaylorMade’s True Path alignment aid on top with a full line sightline on top. The putter has 3 degrees of loft with a lie angle of 72 degrees. The insert is an 80/20 TaylorMade Pure Roll insert and the grip is a Golf Pride pistol.

Showing an affinity for lofty numbers extends to his Titleist Pro V1 golf balls as well. “I use high numbers 5 through 8 instead of 1 through 4 because it’s easier to identify,” he said. “I’ve just hit the wrong ball a few too many times.”

Scheffler managed to avoid that at Royal Portrush, allowing him to emerge as the “Champion Golfer of the Year.” And is anyone going to argue that is a fitting title?

What Scottie Scheffler had in the bag at the 2025 British Open

Ball: Titleist Pro V1

Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (Fujikura Ventus Black 7X), 8 degrees

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10, 15 degrees

Irons (3-4): Srixon ZU85; (5-PW): TaylorMade P7TW

Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM8 (50, 56 degrees); Titleist Vokey SM10 WedgeWorks (60 degrees)

Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X X1