MIAMI (REUTERS) – Scottie Scheffler is beginning to get the dangle of what it takes to win on the PGA Tour, incomes a one-stroke victory on Sunday (March 6) on the Arnold Palmer Invitational for his second title in lower than a month.
The PGA Tour Rookie of the Year in 2020 lastly broke via final month to win the primary match of his profession, the Waste Management Phoenix Open.
After a seventh-place end at Los Angeles per week later, Scheffler pushed to the highest once more on Sunday with an even-par 72 closing spherical to complete at five-under-par 283 at Bay Hill in Orlando, Florida.
Scheffler surged into rivalry on Saturday, utilizing a four-under 68 to maneuver 16 locations up the leaderboard into fourth place. He fought his means via windy circumstances on Sunday and was on the driving vary making ready for a possible play-off when Billy Horschel missed a birdie putt that may have given him a tie for the lead.
“I mean I did not swing the club well today off the tee,” Scheffler mentioned on the NBC broadcast.
“I was hitting into a lot of bad spots, but I just kept grinding. I made some key putts there towards the end and then two great lag puts to finish off the round.”
Horschel (75), who began the day tied for the lead with Talor Gooch, completed in a three-way tie for second place at 4 below together with Tyrrell Hatton (69) of England and Viktor Hovland (74) of Norway. Hovland performed his remaining two rounds at 5 over to overlook out on the victory.
“Obviously, I’m playing some great golf, but this one stings,” Hovland mentioned.
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“My last couple wins, I felt like it kind of came out of nowhere. This one was more like I felt like I should have won. Those sting a little bit.”
Scheffler’s up-and-down entrance 9 started with an ominous bogey 5 on the first gap. He adopted that with a birdie on the par-three second gap earlier than one other bogey 5 at No. 3. He additionally had a birdie at No. 5 with a bogey at No. 9.
Scheffler’s final birdie got here on the par-five twelfth gap when he put his second shot to inside 19 toes of the pin and completed off a two-putt. He closed out the spherical with six-consecutive pars then waited to study his destiny.
Hovland had an opportunity however was unable to make a 17-footer from the perimeter on the 18th inexperienced to forge a tie. Horschel’s potential tying putt was from 29 toes however slipped previous the cup.
“I just did a really good job of trying to execute the golf shots and stay patient,” Horschel mentioned.
“I felt like I did a good enough job. Unfortunately, I just came up a shot short today.”
The victory moved Scheffler into the highest spot of the FedEx Cup standings.
