Scottie Scheffler secured his third PGA Tour win of the season, in his final 4 begins, with a profitable title defence on the Memorial Event, catapulting his identify as soon as once more among the many sport’s all-time greats.
Fittingly, event host Jack Nicklaus – the file 18-time main winner – was in attendance for Scheffler’s victory on Sunday, which additionally noticed him turn out to be the primary participant since Tiger Woods (three straight, 1999-2001) to win back-to-back editions of the occasion.
Scheffler’s sixteenth PGA Tour triumph, 10 of these coming for the reason that begin of 2024, has additionally added to the hypothesis that the three-time main winner might someday match Nicklaus’ tally, rival Woods’ 15 or perhaps overhaul the latter’s PGA Tour-record 82 victories.
Scottie Scheffler shared in his Memorial Event triumph with host and {golfing} nice Jack Nicklaus
Nicklaus can see the comparisons. “He reminds me so much of the way I like to play,” he stated after watching Scheffler’s four-shot victory.
“I don’t think I played nearly as well as he played. He’s playing better than I played and more consistent. He’s just been playing fantastic, and I love watching him.”
Nicklaus added on Scheffler: “He has the power to carry his stage to no matter stage it must be.
“That’s what good players do. And he’s not a good player, he’s a great player. Look at the record that he has had the last few years, it’s unbelievable.”
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Scottie Scheffler displays on his Memorial Event victory and the way essential his household help was in direction of the win.
Scheffler took a one-shot lead into the ultimate day at Muirfield Village and by no means relinquished prime spot in his final-round tussle with Ben Griffin, the world No 1 carding a two-under 70 to shut out victory.
Griffin performed alongside Scheffler and was inside a shot for giant sections of the ultimate spherical, solely to double-bogey his penultimate gap and end 4 strokes again, with Sepp Straka in third and Nick Taylor fourth.
Ben Griffin was on the lookout for a 3rd PGA Tour victory in six weeks
“Great players are ones who rise to the occasion and ones who know how to play coming down the stretch in important events,” Nicklaus stated
“Ben Griffin’s a nice player, Sepp Straka is a nice player, Nick Taylor is a nice player. Those were all the guys that were there basically coming down the stretch, but he [Scheffler] knows that those guys are not in his league.”
Davies: Scheffler’s greatness is indeniable
Sky Sports activities’ Dame Laura Davies – a four-time main winner within the girls’s sport – was additionally filled with reward for Scheffler, including weight to the Nicklaus comparisons.
Requested whether or not Rory McIlroy – having clinched a profession Grand Slam at The Masters earlier this 12 months – was extra paying homage to Tiger and Scheffler of Nicklaus, she stated: “That is an important analogy. That is precisely the way it appears.
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Scottie Scheffler admitted he felt privileged to have the ability to share Rory McIlroy’s Masters pleasure together with his pal.
“It’s more fun watching Rory win, and obviously it was more fun watching Tiger win, but the greatness is indisputable.
“I do know he [Scheffler] has to do that for lots extra years to get into the realms of that, however you need to begin someplace.
“Whether he wants to sustain it for 18, 19 more years, we’ll have to wait and see, but what a story is unfolding.
“Rory threw down the gauntlet, did not he, when he received the Grand Slam, however Scottie has simply kicked on and received extra tournaments. It is superb stuff.
“We tried to talk people up this week, but in the back of your mind you’re thinking, ‘there’s only one winner here.'”
What’s subsequent?
The PGA Tour heads to Ontario for the RBC Canadian Open, the place Robert MacIntyre returns as defending champion and Rory McIlroy is again in motion for the primary time for the reason that PGA Championship. Early protection begins on Thursday from 11.45am on Sky Sports activities+ forward of full protection from 8pm on Sky Sports activities Golf.
Scheffler takes every week off earlier than heading to the US Open at Oakmont, reside on Thursday June 12 from 12.30pm on Sky Sports activities Golf. Get Sky Sports activities or stream with NOW.
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