SCHAUFFELE A STEP CLOSER TO CAREER SLAM

American world No. 2 aiming to join list of only five golfers to have won all four Majors

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Xander Schauffele is dreaming of a career Grand Slam after claiming the British Open to clinch his second Major title just two months after he broke his duck.

The 30-year-old won the PGA Championship in May and now requires the Masters and US Open to complete the hallowed quartet of golf's biggest trophies.

Only five players have won all four Majors Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods - but Schauffele hopes he can join that illustrious list.

"Yeah, I mean, before I had any Majors, it's something I've always wanted," the American said on July 21 after lifting the Claret Jug at Royal Troon on Scotland's west coast by two strokes.

"I'm one step closer and still have a long way to go. But if you don't see yourself doing it, you're never going to do it."

He was coolness personified as he put together a flawless finalround score of 65 to post a winning total of nine-under 275, two shots ahead of England's Justin Rose and American Billy Horschel. Precision golf meant he hit 16 of 18 greens in regulation and nine of 14 fairways.