PGA TOUR Players
Scottie Scheffler
Scottie Scheffler
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Scheffler finished in a share of fourth place at the Charles Schwab Challenge following a one-under 69 in the final round.
A week after winning the PGA Championship, Scheffler was itching to get back at it and notch a third straight victory, and another win in his home state. The prospects seemed good after he opened the tournament eagle-birdie, but it was a challenge after that. He ended up just making the cut by a couple shots and was fortunate to climb the leaderboard on the weekend all the way back to the top-5. Scheffler's ball-striking for the week was strong as you might expect at first in SG: Approach and eighth in SG: Off-the-Tee. He was 49th in SG: Around and 55th in SG: Putting, however. Scheffler continued to open the gap from himself to Rory McIlroy in the FedExCup race, and will have a chance to widen it further at the Memorial Tournament next week. Scheffler is the defending winner at Muirfield Village and McIlroy is electing to skip the signature event.
Scheffler won the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow by five strokes after shooting an even-par 71 in the final round.
The final score does not come close to telling the full story of how this final round went. Scheffler came into Sunday with a three-shot lead, but that evaporated after the front-nine when Jon Rahm equaled him at nine-under-par. Scheffler was struggling badly with the pulls, but something changed when he made the turn. All the sudden the swing was much more in rhythm and he looked like the dominant No. 1 player once again. There were a number of other players besides Rahm who tried to make a run, but nobody was really able to sustain anything for more than a couple holes. In the end Scheffler has now won his third major championship and 15th PGA Tour title at age 28. This was also an incredible response by Scheffler to Rory McIlroy winning The Masters last month, proving that he is still at the very top of the game of golf. Scheffler will look to make it three wins in as many starts next week back home in Texas at the Charles Schwab Challenge.
