Ball Flight Data From the Champion Golfer of the Year

It isn’t every day that one of the best ball-strikers of all time takes down a Claret Jug on a true links golf course. Thanks to the good people at Toptracer, who graciously accommodated another data request, here are a few interesting datapoints on how Scottie Scheffler plodded his way to a victory around Royal Portrush at the 2025 Open Championship:

Out of 52 tee shots on par 4s and 5s fully captured by Toptracer, Scottie Scheffler hit 10 with right-to-left curve. He didn’t hit a single tee shot with right-to-left curve during Friday’s round. He hit only one tee shot with right-to-left curve during Sunday’s round, his drive on No. 7, which curved 2.5 yards to the left. Exactly half of his tee shots faded between 10 and 30 yards.

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He hit nine tee shots that stayed below a 75-foot apex height and seven tee shots that apexed over 120 feet

A few Scheffler metrics across all measured par 4s and par 5s:

• Average ball speed: 175.8 mph
• Average apex height: 97.5 ft
• Average carry distance: 275.3 yards
• Average curve: 17 feet left-to right

The best player since Tiger has slightly above-average ball speed and predominantly plays a left-to-right ball flight. He’s capable of shaping the ball both ways and changing his trajectories; he just didn’t have to do as much of that this week as he would’ve needed to in windier conditions.Nonetheless, insightful numbers to enter into the historical record!