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PGA Championship leaderboard LIVE: Scottie Scheffler crushes field to win third major title

The world No 1 was chased by Jon Rahm among others but proved too good for the rest at Quail Hollow

Lawrence Ostlere
Sunday 18 May 2025 23:48 BST
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Scottie Scheffler drives on the 15th hole
Scottie Scheffler drives on the 15th hole (Reuters Connect)

Scottie Scheffler crushed the field to clinch his first PGA Championship and the third major title of his career.

Scheffler began the day three shots ahead of his nearest rival, Alex Noren, and the world No 1 got away with some wild tee shots as the chasing pack failed to capitalise.

Eventually Jon Rahm came to the fore, briefly sharing the lead with Scheffler, but his challenge fell apart over the final three holes as Scheffler stormed clear.

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Perhaps the most suprising thing about this final round is how not a single chaser has put together a run of birdies. We expected at least one to put the pressure on Scheffler, but so far no one’s looked like getting near his score. Jon Rahm is level so far, Matt Fitzpatrick and Bryson DeChambeau are both +1 for the day, as are Alex Noren and Davis Riley.

Lawrence Ostlere18 May 2025 20:31

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Fitzpatrick is having a rollercoaster round, with a couple of bogeys followed by a couple of birdies to start, but he’s now back at four under after missing a birdie putt on seven.

DeChambeau has got himself on trouble and dropped back a shot too, to four under.

Lawrence Ostlere18 May 2025 20:20

Scheffler birdies two

Scheffler bounces straight back from that bogey start with a birdie on two, which seemed unlikely after his terrible tee shot. Noren pars, and the world No 1 has a four-shot lead.

Leaderboard

-11 Scheffler (2)

-7 Noren (2)

-6 Riley (2), Poston (2), Rahm (3), English (65)

Lawrence Ostlere18 May 2025 20:10

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Scheffler misses the fairway on the second with a wild tee shot, but he recovers brilliantly, chipping out from the trees to the middle of the green.

Lawrence Ostlere18 May 2025 20:03

Scheffler bogeys the first

Scheffler runs his par putt just wide of the first hole and he drops back to -10. He offers a smidgen of hope to the rest of the field. Noren, though, does the same.

Davis Riley and JT Poston both bogeyed the first too, so it doesn’t do much to the leaderboard except bring Rahm, DeChambeau and company a shot closer.

Leaderboard

-10 Scheffler (1)

-7 Noren (1)

-6 Riley (1), Poston (1), Rahm (2)

Lawrence Ostlere18 May 2025 19:57

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Scheffler finds the bunker left of the first green, and his shot from the sand rolls out to perhaps eight feet from the hole. A big early test for the leader to make par.

Alex Noren is in an almost identical position.

Lawrence Ostlere18 May 2025 19:52

Scheffler begins final round

Scottie Scheffler tees off with his overnight three-shot lead still intact. The world No 1 hits a perfect tee shot down the right side of the fairway, and Alex Noren follows with his own fairway finder.

That’s the last group out on the course.

Leaderboard

-11 Scheffler

-8 Noren

-7 Riley, Poston

-6 Rahm, Griffin (8)

Lawrence Ostlere18 May 2025 19:43

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DeChambeau doesn’t hit his birdie putt at all on two, and settles for another par. His tee shot on the third is long but left, and appears to land under a spectator’s legs.

Scottie Scheffler is striding to the first tee...

Lawrence Ostlere18 May 2025 19:31

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Jonny Vegas finds the sand left of the first green.

Up ahead on two, DeChambeau hits the heart of the green with his second shot, and he’ll have a look at birdie.

Bryson DeChambeau chips onto the first green
Bryson DeChambeau chips onto the first green (Getty Images)
Lawrence Ostlere18 May 2025 19:22

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Ben Griffin is flying out there right now, four under through seven holes, and joins the chasers on -6.

Leaderboard

-11 Scheffler

-8 Noren

-7 Riley, Poston

-6 Rahm, Kim, Vegas, Griffin (7)

Lawrence Ostlere18 May 2025 19:17

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