Scottie Scheffler pulls away late, wins 2025 PGA Championship for third career major.

– One year ago, Scottie Scheffler was stuffed in the back of a squad car, charged with multiples crimes and stretched for his second-round tee time at the PGA Championship in a jail cell. Along with a mug shot in an orange jumpsuit that became a popular Halloween costume, Scheffler has two Green Jackets and a Wanamaker Trophy after owning the Green Mile at Quail Hollow Club.

On Sunday, Scheffler took no prisoners in closing in even-par 71 to win the 107th PGA Championship by five strokes over Bryson DeChambeau, Harris English and Davis Riley on Sunday and collect his third major championship. But the final result on the scoreboard belies how the 32-pound silver trophy almost slipped out of his hands – the top actually fell off when he hoisted it above his head during the trophy ceremony.

From jail to winning at Quail, the world No. 1 went from locked up to locked in, finishing with a 72-hole total of 11-under 273, and at the tender age of 28 he joined Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus as just the third player to win three career majors and 15 PGA Tour titles before age 29.

During a year in which he dominated like Woods in his heyday, Scheffler won nine times around the world in 2024 and only his arrest in Louisville – the charges were subsequently dropped – seemed to slow him down but in retrospect it only served to reveal his true character. "Nobody could've handled that better," Scheffler's college coach at University of Texas, John Fields, said. "Maybe Jesus Christ."

This week, Scheffler overcame everything from mud balls to the USGA taking away his gamer driver, which was deemed non-conforming after it failed a pre-championship test on Tuesday. Next, the PGA officials threw him a curveball when they announced on Wednesday evening that there would be no preferred lies and stuck to its guns despite more than 4 inches of rain during the week. On Thursday, Scheffler hit the fairway at 16 in the first round and got a mud ball. His second shot veered left and splashed into the water. Scheffler made double bogey and was none too happy and said as much afterwards.