SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER kissed his wife Meredith and cuddled baby Bennett as he breezed to Open glory by four shots.<br /><br />The dominant world No. 1 swept aside the rest of the field and blew away Portrush as he proved he can master links golf.<br /><br />And after tapping in his par putt to seal the win, he roared with delight and then embraced his family on the 18th green in emotional scenes.<br /><br />Scheffler, 29, started the final round at -14 with a four-shot lead over playing partner Haotong Li.<br /><br />And barring a rogue double bogey when he failed to get out of a bunker on the eighth, in the end, this was merely a Sunday afternoon stroll in the park for Scheffler, who became the first man to win his first four Majors by three strokes or more.<br /><br />He doffed his cap to mark the win, after holing a putt on 18 for a round of 68 to finish -17.<br /><br />He was then joined on the 18th green by his family in emotional scenes.<br /><br />And at Shinnecock Hills for the US Open next June, Scheffler will be aiming to become just the seventh man to complete the career Grand Slam.<br /><br />His victory was done and dusted long before he rolled in his putt on the 72nd hole.<br /><br />Scheffler's closest challenger was Harris English, who shot 66 to finish on -13.<br /><br />Chris Gotterup made it a USA 1-2-3 while Rory McIlroy ended up in T7 on -10 with a closing round of 69.<br /><br />But Bryson DeChambeau was left wondering what might have been.<br /><br />The big-hitting Californian carded rounds of 65 on Friday, 68 on Saturday, and 64 on Sunday - a total of 16 under par over the last three rounds.<br /><br />However, the LIV Golf man, used to playing three rounds on the Saudi breakaway tour, had a stinker on Thursday with a seven-over 78.<br /><br />That ruled him out of contention for the Claret Jug - and he looked set to miss the cut before his delayed surge.<br /><br />He finished on -9 but would have been right in contention had he not suffered a nightmare in the opening round.<br /><br />Speaking of nightmares, Sergio Garcia certainly had one.<br /><br />The fiery Spaniard smacked his driver into the ground after a wayward tee shot on the second hole - and snapped the club in half.<br /><br />The head then fell off and tumbled away, leaving Garcia unable to use his longest club for the remaining 16 holes.<br /><br />Ironically, the 2017 Masters champ birdied all three par 5s, including the hole when he broke the driver, and carded a 68 to finish at -3.
