2025 PGA Championship leaderboard, winner: Scottie Scheffler seizes first Wanamaker Trophy in dominant fashion
Scheffler on Sunday won his first major championship other than the Masters, completing the second leg of the career grand slam

Converting his sixth straight 54-hole lead -- third in a row at a major tournament -- Scottie Scheffler on Sunday captured the second leg of the career grand slam in dominant fashion, winning the 2025 PGA Championship by five strokes over Bryson DeChambeau, Davis Riley and Harris English. Scheffler posted an even-par 71 in Sunday's final round but increased his lead dramatically over the course of the day as other contenders fell by the wayside.
Scheffler will hoist his first Wanamaker Trophy, adding it to his collection of two green jackets from winning the Masters in 2022 and 2024. He joins elite company in the process becoming just the third player since World War II to capture three major championships and 15 PGA Tour wins before the age of 29, per Justin Ray. The other two are the greatest to ever do it: Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods.
Any debate about Scheffler's status as the world's No. 1 golfer was put to rest this week. He stayed in the mix without his A-game across the first 36 holes and found answers to every question presented by Quail Hollow through the weekend. What stood out most was his impeccable sense of timing and killer instinct; he recognized every opportunity to seize control of the tournament and executed the necessary shots to do so.
There were multiple occasions over the weekend when the tournament felt up for grabs for any of the top stars who had surged up the leaderboard, but where DeChambeau and particularly Jon Rahm faltered in those moments, Scheffler found his best. His ability to separate and take control has been a common thread in his major wins, as he became on Sunday the first player since Seve Ballesteros in 1983 (and sixth golfer in history) to win each of his first three majors by 3+ strokes.
Despite his runaway win, Scheffler's stroll around Quail Hollow was far from perfect or comfortable Sunday. He opened with a bogey and fought a left miss with the driver throughout the front nine, struggling to find fairways and made two more bogeys on his way out to shoot a 2-over 37, bringing hope to the rest of the field.
"I just kept hitting it left," Scheffler said with a laugh while being interviewed by CBS during the trophy ceremony. "I knew it was going to be a challenging day. Finishing off a major championship is always difficult. I did a good job of staying patient on the front nine. I didn't have my best stuff, but I kept myself in it, and I stepped up on the back nine, had a good nine holes."
Rahm was the man who capitalized on Scheffler's slide, surging through the middle of his round with birdies on Nos. 8, 10 and 11 to get to 9 under and tie Scheffler as he made the turn.
However, Rahm's stint as the co-leader was brief; he spent just 13 minutes alongside Scheffler in the top spot. Whatever pep talk Scheffler gave himself at the turn worked wonders as he flushed just about every shot on the next six holes and straightened out his wayward driver. A birdie on No. 10 moved him back in front, and he stayed solid on Nos. 11 to 13 with three straight pars.
The 14th and 15th holes proved to be decisive Sunday as Rahm failed to birdie either the drivable par 4 or the final par 5 on the back nine. That opened the door for Scheffler to put two hands firmly on the Wanamaker Trophy, and he got the job done from almost the exact same places from which Rahm failed.
Scheffler and Rahm both drove it in the right greenside bunker on No. 14, but Scottie got it up-and-down for birdie. On the 15th, they both hit drives in the dead center and fired approaches into the green that rolled off just long and right, but where Scheffler was able to coax his putt from off the green to within two feet, Rahm smashed his 12 feet by and couldn't make the comeback effort.
While Scheffler was doing that, Rahm was busy imploding on the Green Mile in nearly identical fashion to DeChambeau on Saturday. Rahm made a bogey on No. 16 and then rinsed his tee shot on No. 17, leading to a double bogey from the drop zone to fully bow out of the competition. A closing double bogey on No. 18 pushed him out of second place.
By the time Scheffler arrived at the 16th, he was five shots clear of J.T. Poston, who suddenly found himself alone in second despite an even-par round. That meant Scheffler didn't need the same heroics from Saturday when he went 2 under through the Green Mile. Instead, he simply plotted his way along the tough closing stretch to a comfortable five-shot victory.
All week commentators remarked about how Scheffler seemed off his A-game, but kept managing to scratch out solid scores and keep himself in the hunt. While he seemed to find his groove on Saturday with his flurry to the finish, the struggles returned on Sunday as he fought his driver early. His ability to adjust and adapt during a round to get his swing back where it needs to be for the key moments was once again on display, and afterwards he pointed to his focus and grind throughout the week without his best as what made him particularly proud of this win.
"I'm just really proud of the way we fought this week," Scheffler said. "I was battling my swing the first couple days. I didn't have as good of a prep week as I hoped to. It was a battle out there for four days. … It was a real team effort this week."
It was a perfectly Scheffler performance as he dominated by making the right decisions and hitting the right shots over and again. He took advantage of the holes that present opportunities for birdies, making solid pars on those that bring disaster into play. That was what DeChambeau and Rahm failed to do over the weekend, and the result is Scheffler becoming a three-time major champion while they continue to seek their next.
With the win, Scheffler cements himself not just as one of the very best of this generation, he keeps himself on an all-time track. Joining any list where your only two peers are Nicklaus and Woods is quite the accomplishment, and now that Scheffler has broken the seal on major wins outside of Augusta, Georgia, he can start to eye that next exclusive group: those with the career grand slam.
Scottie Scheffler takes full control with a birdie on No. 15 as Jon Rahm makes a mess of the Green Mile
Much like Saturday, Scottie Scheffler's biggest threat has gone off the rails to start the Green Mile while he steadily plots along behind. Jon Rahm was tied for the lead at 9 under not terribly long ago, but failed to birdie the 14th or 15th and then arrived at the Green Mile needing a miracle.
Just like Bryson DeChambeau in the third round, Rahm could not find that, bogeying the 16th after going from the rough off the tee to the bunker greenside on his approach and then rinsing his tee shot on the par-3 17th to lead to a double bogey.
While that was going on, Scottie Scheffler was pushing steadily ahead with back-to-back birdies on the 14th and 15th to get him to 12 under for the first time all week, extending his lead to five, with J.T. Poston suddenly the man in second place.
That has taken almost all of the pressure off of Scheffler, as he simply needs to plot his way through the Green Mile and keep his golf ball dry to capture his first PGA Championship. That's not a guarantee, but a five-shot lead with three to play feels pretty cozy for the world's No. 1.
Scottie Scheffler makes birdie on No. 14, moves two clear of Jon Rahm
Scheffler is back to -11 for the tournament and Even on his round after a birdie on the short par-4 14th. Scheffler hit his tee shot in the front of the right greenside bunker and splashed out to 7 feet away, calmly rolling that in for a birdie to give himself a bit of added breathing room.
That birdie moves him two in front of Jon Rahm, who couldn't make a birdie on either the 14th or the 15th, creating an opening for Scheffler to take full control of this tournament once again. After a strong drive on the 15th, Scheffler is in prime position to make it two in a row and get his lead back to three as he enters the Green Mile -- where Rahm is struggling after going from the rough to the bunker on the 16th.
Jon Rahm can't birdie the 14th or 15th, one back going to the Green Mile
Jon Rahm failed to birdie the two easiest holes on the back 9 at Quail Hollow, and now has to find a way to pull a shot or two back on the three most difficult holes on the course if he's going to catch Scottie Scheffler. Rahm, who was tied for the lead briefly after a birdie on No. 11 to get to 9 under, got a tough break on his tee shot on No. 14 when he landed on the front right of the green but had it kick right into the bunker rather than a straight bounce towards the pin.
From there he couldn't get up-and-down, and walked off the green with just a par, failing to capitalize on what has been a birdie hole all week. Then he hit a perfect tee shot on the par-5 15th and hit his approach to the fringe just over the green on the right, leaving an opportunity to putt it for eagle. He smashed that putt more than 12 feet past the hole and couldn't make the comeback effort, once again leaving strokes on the table at a time he can't afford to.
With Scheffler on the 14th himself (in that same right greenside bunker), there is a chance for Scottie to once again put some distance between himself and Rahm. Birdies on the next two would give him a three-shot cushion going to the Green Mile, which would certainly ease some nerves down the difficult closing stretch.
Bryson DeChambeau gets to -7 (T3) going to the Green Mile
Bryson DeChambeau has not been able to make a real charge at the lead so far on Sunday, and if he's going to factor into the mix, he is going to need to exact some revenge on the Green Mile after it derailed him on Saturday. DeChambeau was the solo leader late Saturday afternoon when he stepped on the 16th tee, but went bogey-double-par to close out his round and fall to 5 under, eventually six off Scottie Scheffler's pace.
Now, he's three back of the lead at -7 after a birdie on the 15th, but will likely need at least two birdies to feel like he has a chance. That's hard to come by on the closing stretch at Quail Hollow, and got even more difficult after driving it in the bunker on the 16th.
Scottie Scheffler reclaims the solo lead with a birdie on No. 10
The bounce back king did it again on the par-5 10th. After bogeying No. 9 to drop into a tie for the lead with Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler got it right back to -10 for the tournament with a birdie on No. 10.
Scheffler finally found a fairway with a beautiful drive and then put it in the left greenside bunker with his second. While it wasn't his best bunker shot, he left himself 9 feet below the hole for birdie. Dottie Pepper relayed on the broadcast that Scheffler took a "long look" at the leaderboard while waiting to putt, meaning he was well aware he is now battling Jon Rahm for this championship.
His response was to roll in that 9-footer to move back into the solo lead.
We appear set up for a spectacular back nine between two of the world's best players -- with Rahm reasserting himself in a major for the first time in more than a year. Also lurking are Matt Fitzpatrick, who has a putt on No. 15 to get to -8 after an eagle on the 14th, and Bryson DeChambeau, who will need something special on the closing stretch at Quail Hollow at -6 thru 14.
Jon Rahm is tied for the lead at -9 after a birdie on No. 11
There is now a tie on top of the leaderboard for the first time since late in the afternoon on Saturday. Scottie Scheffler's three shot lead has evaporated as Jon Rahm has come from five back to start the day to tie for the lead.
Rahm is now 3 under on his day with birdies at Nos. 8, 10 and 11 to meet Scheffler at 9 under, as the world's No. 1 stumbled backwards on his front nine. Despite finding the bunker off the tee on the challenging 11th, Rahm hit a beautiful approach to 15 feet right of the pin and rolled that in to join the lead with Scheffler.
After a scratchy start to his round that saw him open with seven straight pars, Rahm seems to have found a little something with his irons and putter, and he's looking to ride that hot stretch just like Scheffler did late on Saturday afternoon.
Scottie is just beginning his back nine and will look to answer quickly on the par-5 10th, but what looked like it might be a romp when Scheffler was five up 90 minutes ago is suddenly a real battle between two heavy hitters.
Jon Rahm birdies No. 10, Scottie Scheffler bogeys No. 9; Lead down to one
Things are getting awfully interesting at Quail Hollow as Scottie Scheffler went out in 2-over 37 on the front nine to fall back to 9 under for the tournament. Scheffler was unable to capitalize on the two easiest holes on the front nine with pars on Nos. 7 and 8, and gave shots back at Nos. 1, 6 and 9 as he has been wayward off the tee, battling a left miss that's popped up on just about every driver swing since the 1st.
That's created an opportunity for those behind him to make a real charge, and it's Jon Rahm who has put himself in position to pounce on a lackluster Scheffler performance. Rahm has gone bogey-free through 10 holes and now has two birdies in his last three to get to -8 for the tournament, one back of Scottie as the final round shifts to the back nine.
Rahm hasn't been particularly sharp himself, but he is scrambling his way to pars and taking advantage of scoring opportunities when they present themselves. Now he will look to pounce on some gettable holes on the back before the Green Mile to see if he can't match or pass Scheffler at the top.
Jon Rahm birdies the 8th to get to into solo second at -7, three back of Scheffler
After making seven straight pars to open his final round, Jon Rahm finally put a birdie on the card at the short par-4 8th to move to 7 under for the tournament and into second alone behind Scottie Scheffler.
With Scheffler playing some scratchy golf so far, if Rahm can get hot on the first six holes of the back nine he can apply a bit of pressure to the world's No. 1. We haven't seen Rahm truly in contention for a major since 2023, and a few more birdies to start his second nine would give him a real chance once he reaches the Green Mile.
Scottie Scheffler drops back to -10 with a bogey on No. 6, still four up on the field
Scheffler had an adventurous 5th hole, finding the fairway bunker off the tee and then going long and left with his approach into the rough. After only being able to get his chip to 18 feet away, it looked like he'd drop a shot for the second time in his final round. Instead, he buried the lengthy par putt to keep himself on track while the chase group has stalled out behind him.
However, he wasn't so lucky on the long par-3 6th, as he missed the green short and left and could not get up-and-down to save his par, dropping back to -10. The good news for Scheffler is, he's still four up on the rest of the field, as there are six players -- Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, Tony Finau, Adam Scott, Davis Riley and Alex Noren -- tied for second at 6 under.
The biggest names in that group have made the turn, while Scheffler is just getting to the two best chances for birdie on the front side with the par-5 7th and drivable par-4 8th. How he navigates these next two holes could determine how much hope the rest of the field has for catching up to him later this afternoon.
Harris English shoots the low round of the day with a 65 to post -6 in the clubhouse
After a few players got it low early in their rounds but faded a bit down the stretch, Harris English showed that you can go low at Quail Hollow if you play fantastic golf today. English posted a 6-under 65 to go from Even on the week to -6, good for T3 and the clubhouse lead right now.
While he's five back of Scheffler on the course, it's a great finish for English and could match his best career finish in a major (third at the 2021 U.S. Open). He would need the leaderboard behind Scheffler to continue struggling all day for that to happen, but at the least he should be in line for just his fourth top 10 in a major and first somewhere other than the U.S. Open.
Scottie Scheffler takes advantage of break off the tee to make birdie on No. 2
After a scratchy bogey on the first and a wayward drive on the second, there were at least some mild signs of nerves from Scottie Scheffler to start the final round at the PGA Championship. However, after getting a break off the tee on No. 2 when he found some pine straw with a clear angle to the green, he capitalized by hitting a wedge to 15 feet.
From there, he rolled in the birdie putt to bounce right back to 11 under, now four clear of Alex Noren.
While there's still lots of golf left to be played, with no one looking like a threat to make a real charge at him in the groups in front -- Jon Rahm is E thru 3 and Bryson DeChambeau is +1 thru 5 -- if Scheffler can put a couple more birdies on the card on the front nine we might be headed for a lengthy coronation walk around the back.
Scottie Scheffler (and everyone in the last two groups) makes bogey on No. 1
The hole location at the 1st doesn't look all that challenging today, but with winds picking up at Quail Hollow and blowing in and off the left, it gave players fits in the final pairings. Nine straight players missed the green on No. 1 to close out Sunday, and all four players in the final two groups --- Scottie Scheffler, Alex Noren, J.T. Poston and Davis Riley -- made bogey after failing to get up-and-down despite drives into the fairway.
As such, Scheffler's lead remains three over Noren, but Jon Rahm has crept to four back and Bryson DeChambeau is five back, even though they have only made pars to open their final rounds. Scheffler then compounded his issues by yanking his tee shot way left on No. 2 into the trees, and we'll have to see if he comes back to the field even further or if he can scramble his way to a par save to steady a surprisingly shaky start for the best player in the world.
Scottie Scheffler is on the golf course for his final round
The world's No. 1 has teed off in his final round alongside Alex Noren. Scheffler peeled a cut around the corner off the first tee into the right side of the fairway to begin his quest for his first PGA Championship win.
To this point, no one ahead of him has applied any further pressure to his three-shot advantage at 11 under. Bryson DeChambeau has made three pars to open his round to remain six behind and needs to step on it if he's going to make any noise. Jon Rahm got up-and-down for par on the first and is five back of the lead.
Given the way scoring has gone early on Sunday, the key holes on the front nine will be Nos. 7, 8 and 9. The 7th and 8th are must-birdie holes that offer chances at eagle, while the 9th remains incredibly tough and a par there to maintain momentum is crucial.
Sam Burns posts the low round of the day with a 67 (-4)
For as gettable as the course looks in some spots, it still hasn't yielded much in the way of low scores across 18 holes on Sunday. We've seen players get it to 5 under at various points -- Corey Conners currently is -5 thru 15 on his final round -- but the low round in the clubhouse belongs to Sam Burns with a 4-under 67.
Burns was -5 thru 8 but cooled off from there, making a bogey on No. 9 and then could only manage an even par 36 on the back nine. It certainly seems like the trend from the first three days has flipped to where the front nine is where the majority of the birdies and eagles are available, as the first four holes aren't playing as difficult as they were earlier in the week and the 7th and 8th are as easy as they've played all week.
However, the back nine seems to be a bit tougher. The back right pin on No. 14 takes eagle almost completely out of play and we've seen players struggling to find that green surface with the hard left-to-right wind off the lake. The 10th is the most difficult of the three par 5s, with few players being able to get on and stay on in two, and then there is of course the Green Mile that lurks to close the round with danger looming on all three finishing holes at Quail Hollow.
As we are inside an hour away from the leaders teeing off, it seems like the chasers are going to have to get off to a hot start if they're going to have any chance to catch Scottie Scheffler. The first eight holes will be crucial, and anyone hoping to be a real threat on the back nine will need to go at least 3 or 4 under in those opening eight holes to apply some pressure.

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