It has been a pretty good week for Xander Schauffele.
On Tuesday, he captured the JP McManus Pro-Am in Ireland. Come Sunday, it was his turn to hoist yet another trophy.
Schauffele played brilliantly on the back nine at the Renaissance Club to capture the 2022 Genesis Scottish Open. He shot an even-par 70 during the final round to win his seventh PGA Tour title, finishing at 7 under for the week.
He trailed by 11 strokes after the first round.
It’s also Schauffele’s second straight professional win after he claimed the Travelers Championship two weeks ago in Connecticut. He’s the first golfer to win consecutive starts on the PGA Tour since Scottie Scheffler won the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play and the Masters.
Schauffele birdied his first two holes, but bogeys on three of the final four holes on the front nine gave others chasing him hope. Birdies on Nos. 14 and 16, however, helped Schauffele pull away from the field, though a bogey on the 18th made his winning margin only one.
Kurt Kitayama finished solo second, his second runner-up of the season, after a 4-under round of 66, one shot behind Schauffele. J.H. Kim, a 20-year-old from South Korea, finished in third, his best career result on the PGA Tour.
Now, Schauffele, searching for his first major, heads to St. Andrews for the 2022 Open Championship as the hottest golfer in the world.
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