Xander Schauffele keeps making up for missing time.

Winless for more than two yrs, Schauffele picked up his fourth acquire in the very last 12 months Sunday when he overcame a rough patch in the middle of his round with two essential birdies and a par save for an even-par 70 to gain the Scottish Open.

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Xander Schauffele holds the trophy soon after winning the Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club, North Berwick, Scotland, Sunday July 10, 2022.  (Steve Welsh/PA via WHD)

Subsequent up is another take a look at on Scottish soil, this a single the purest of all, the British Open at St. Andrews. Schauffele heads to the dwelling of golfing as among the hottest gamers in the globe.

It was the first time the PGA Tour co-sanctioned a European tour function.

"It's just an honor to get the very first one," mentioned Schauffele, who now has seven vocation titles on the PGA Tour.

His 8-foot par preserve on the par-3 17th at The Renaissance Club gave him a two-shot direct, and the 28-yr-outdated from San Diego performed it smartly from there. He took iron off the 18th tee to prevent difficulty and wound up missing an 8-foot par that only affected the margin.

Schauffele finished at 7-beneath 273, a single shot in advance of Kurt Kitayama (66).

Kitayama had a one-shot guide on the back again nine and was continue to tied until lacking a 6-foot par putt on the 17th gap and then acquiring to wait to see if his score would be enough.

The consolation for Kitayama was earning of 3 spots in the field at the British Open up, his 3rd straight time at golf's oldest championship. The other two places went to Brandon Wu and Jamie Donaldson, who tied for sixth.

So numerous other people experienced a opportunity to generate a spot at St. Andrews. Rickie Fowler has played every single British Open up considering the fact that 2010 and came into the remaining round of the Scottish Open up within vary. But he closed with a 75 and was headed back again household across the Atlantic.

Ryan Palmer also was in position till actively playing the back again 9 with two bogeys and no birdies and missing out by two pictures. It was more durable for Alex Smalley, who only necessary a par on the 18th to earn a place. He built bogey.

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It wasn't uncomplicated for Schauffele, possibly.

Xander Schauffele holds the trophy soon after successful the Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club, North Berwick, Scotland, Sunday July 10, 2022.  (Steve Welsh/PA by using WHD)

He begun the last round with a two-shot lead and birdied the opening two holes. He was 4 shots in advance right after 5 holes. And when he reached the back nine, he was 1 shot guiding.

"This was tense," Schauffele stated. "I'm not heading to set make-up on the pig below. It was a extremely common day, possibly my worst stuff this 7 days. You cannot get ahead of by yourself in inbound links golf. I was forward, guiding, in advance, driving. I just retained my head down."

It started to flip in his favor when Schauffele created a 15-foot birdie putt on the 14th hole to reclaim the direct, and then attained the par-5 16th in two to established up a two-putt birdie that extended his lead to two shots. Similarly crucial was the 17th, when he putted from at the rear of the environmentally friendly some 8 feet by the gap and designed it for par to keep his cushion.

Schauffele now has won two straight PGA Tour begins — his get in the J.P. McManus Professional-Am in Eire at the commence of the 7 days would not depend — going into the final significant of the 12 months. The previous player to earn twice in a row just before a important was Dustin Johnson in 2016, and then he tied for ninth in the British Open up at Royal Troon.

He had gone extra than 3 many years without the need of a gain, dating to the Sentry Event of Champions at Kapalua to commence 2019, and it was gnawing at him.

But then Schauffele gained Olympic gold in the Tokyo Olympics very last summer. He teamed with Patrick Cantlay to earn the Zurich Typical of New Orleans in late April, and now he has included two extra of his individual. That requires him to No. 5 in the entire world.

"Just to get about the hump, truthfully, it was massive," he reported of his very first PGA Tour get this year in New Orleans. "It undoubtedly was a kick-starter for me, as you can explain to."

Joohyung Kim, the 20-12 months-old South Korean, also had a temporary share of the guide with a fantastic engage in on the 17th in which his ball rolled off the back again slope to 5 ft for birdie. But he took bogey on the 18th and shot 67 to finish 3rd. He moved to No. 39, his 1st time in the best 50.

Norway's Viktor Hovland on the 10th tee through day one particular of the Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club, North Berwick, Scotland, Thursday, July 7, 2022.  (Steve Welsh/PA by using WHD)

Jordan Spieth had his share of adventures all over again.

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He was in just one particular shot of the direct right up until pulling his tee shot on the 14th into substantial grass, hacking out very long and earning double bogey, and then taking bogey on the 15th with a wedge in his hand from the fairway. Spieth had two birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey on the back again nine and shot 72 to tie for 10th.