Scottie Scheffler WINS The Open by Four Shots and Kisses Wife Meredith in Emotional Celebrations

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER kissed his wife Meredith and cuddled baby Bennett as he breezed to Open glory by four shots.

The dominant world No. 1 swept aside the rest of the field and blew away Portrush as he proved he can master links golf.

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.

Scheffler, 29, started the final round at -14 with a four-shot lead over playing partner Haotong Li.

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.

He doffed his cap to mark the win, after holing a putt on 18 for a round of 68 to finish -17.

He was then joined on the 18th green by his family in emotional scenes.

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.

His victory was done and dusted long before he rolled in his putt on the 72nd hole.

Scheffler's closest challenger was Harris English, who shot 66 to finish on -13.

Chris Gotterup made it a USA 1-2-3 while Rory McIlroy ended up in T7 on -10 with a closing round of 69.

But Bryson DeChambeau was left wondering what might have been.

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.

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.

That ruled him out of contention for the Claret Jug - and he looked set to miss the cut before his delayed surge.

He finished on -9 but would have been right in contention had he not suffered a nightmare in the opening round.

Speaking of nightmares, Sergio Garcia certainly had one.

The fiery Spaniard smacked his driver into the ground after a wayward tee shot on the second hole - and snapped the club in half.

The head then fell off and tumbled away, leaving Garcia unable to use his longest club for the remaining 16 holes.

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.