Justin Ray
@JustinRayGolf
Head of Content, @TwentyFirstGrp. Lead Analyst, @KPMGSports Performance Insights. @TheAthletic @TGL @SkySports IG: @justinraygolf
Just karaoke-rapped Hypnotize by Biggie in the US team room, dreams do come true
We're heading back to Spain for the first time since 1997 🇪🇺
This is great. Loved my first ever trip to Portrush. Hope I am fortunate enough to return.
Links golf hits differently. Official photographers have taken more than 20,000 photos at @TheOpen so far this week. I scanned through them all to pick the 25 best. Enjoy 🧵
Players to beat field scoring average in all 16 major rounds of a season, last 30 years: 1999 Colin Montgomerie 2000 Tiger Woods 2007 Tiger Woods 2015 Jordan Spieth 2015 Justin Rose 2025 Scottie Scheffler 2025 Xander Schauffele
Players to win multiple majors by 4 shots or more in the same season, since first Masters held in 1934 Ben Hogan, 1953 Tiger Woods, 2000 Scottie Scheffler, 2025
This year is the first time Americans finished solo 1-2-3 at The Open since 1998 (Mark O'Meara, Brian Watts, Tiger Woods).
Now at @TheAthletic - the top numbers to know from the final round of the 153rd Open. A sincere thank you to everyone who read and followed along all week. nytimes.com/athletic/65053…
Scottie Scheffler: 111-under-par in majors since beginning of 2020, 46 shots better than anyone else in that span
Players to win 4 majors by 3 strokes or more since first Masters held in 1934: Tiger Woods, 7 Jack Nicklaus, 6 Scottie Scheffler, 4
3rd straight top-10 finish for Matt Fitzpatrick, the first time he has done that since the summer of 2022 Was a stretch that included his win at the U.S. Open
A fun wrinkle to the Grand Slam discourse next year at Shinnecock Hills? U.S. Open Sunday, June 21st, is also Scottie Scheffler's 30th birthday.
Harris English (currently solo 2nd) also finished T-2 at the PGA Championship. The last player to finish runner-up in 2 different majors in the same season - with the same man winning those 2 majors - was Ernie Els in 2000 (Tiger Woods; U.S. Open and The Open).
Chris Gotterup: 13-under on the par 5s this week, best of any player in an Open in 19 years
If Scottie Scheffler wins by 3 or more, he will be the first player to win his first four professional majors (as they are now defined), each by at least 3 shots, since John Henry Taylor Taylor was born in 1871
Scottie Scheffler's double bogey at 8 is his first score worse than par in about 45 and a half hours
Scottie Scheffler leads by 8 Largest margin of victory at The Open last 100 years: Tiger Woods in 2000 Last to win by more than 8 was Young Tom Morris in 1870
Last major where #1 and 2 in the OWGR finished 1-2 on the leaderboard: 2002 U.S. Open (Woods won, Mickelson 2nd)
If Bryson DeChambeau finishes in the top-5, he will be the first player since 1928 to shoot 78 or higher in round one of the Open and finish top-5 (Fred Robson, 79, T-4)
Scottie is 3-for-3 converting 54-hole leads in majors entering today Players to convert their 1st four opportunities (since first Masters in 1934): Tiger Woods (won first 14 times) Peter Thomson (5) Jack Nicklaus (4) Brooks Koepka (4)