LEADERBOARD –7 Schauffele; -6 Kitayama, Kim; -4 Cantlay, Fleetwood; -3 Donaldson, Fitzpatrick, Wu SELECTED OTHERS –2 C. Smith, Spieth, Tringale; E J. Smith, Hatton; +3 Syme, Knox
A superlative week from Xander Schauffele saw him claim the Genesis Scottish Open title – his third victory in a row.
Schauffele came to The Renaissance Club on the back of wins at the Travelers Championship and the JP McManus Pro-Am, and is surely now in the form of his life ahead of next week’s Open Championship.
Excellent rounds on Friday and Saturday laid the groundworks, while Sunday was more about hanging on on a nervy day in East Lothian.
Kurt Kitayama and Joohyung Kim reeled Schauffele in, and at one point the former held the outright lead before it tightened up once more.
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It was far from a vintage final day in truth. After starting with two birdies in a row, Schauffele then had a run of three bogeys in four holes as the swing issues which plagued the latter stages of round three returned.
But he held it together and did enough to stick it out at the top.
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