“I knew it was going to be a difficult day,” mentioned Scheffler earlier than gathering the trophy.
“Ending off a serious championship is at all times troublesome and I did an excellent job of staying affected person on the entrance 9.
“I did not play my greatest stuff however I saved myself in it, stepped up on the again 9 and had an excellent 9 holes.”
After opening the door for Rahm by taking pictures two over par for his first 9, Scheffler posted birdies on the tenth, 14th and fifteenth to re-establish a buffer.
As Rahm tried to catch the 28-year-old, his desires of his personal third main triumph had been crushed on the tough ‘Inexperienced Mile’ finale.
He made a bogey on 16 earlier than sending his tee shot into the water on the par-three seventeenth on his option to a double-bogey 5. Two extra dropped photographs on the final gap noticed him topple to a tie of eighth.
Above him, Bryson DeChambeau continued his positive current file in majors by ending in a share of second alongside fellow Individuals Davis Riley and Harris English, whose six-under spherical of 65 catapulted him up the leaderboard.
Rory McIlroy, taking part in his first main since finishing a profession Grand Slam on the Masters in April, completed with a 72 to finish three over par in a tie for forty seventh.
Defending champion Xander Schauffele fared marginally higher, taking pictures 68 on Sunday to complete one beneath for the occasion and sneak inside the highest 30.
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