Scottie Scheffler handled the pressure of the Stadium Course on Sunday to win The Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach.
Not the infamous island green. Not the charging list of contenders. Not the list of notable final round collapses at TPC Sawgrass. Under the glare of one of the toughest stages in golf, Scheffler didn’t flinch as he roared past the best field in golf.
Scheffler made it look easy. Five straight birdies over the end of the front nine and start of the back erased any hint of drama that usually dots the final round at TPC Sawgrass. Scheffler pocketed $4.5 million for the win. A three-shot lead on Sunday pin positions at the Stadium Course is hardly a lock. There have been too many implosions to count at TPC Sawgrass. Leader Alex Cejka’s five-stroke collapse in 2009 is memorable for the wrong reasons.
Scheffler, who was in a featured group with Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy to start the tournament, was the only one of that threesome to make it to the weekend. Rahm withdrew due to illness before his second round. McIlroy was 5 over and missed the cut.Bogey-free and surging with seven birdies in the final round, Matsuyama’s day took a turn on No. 14. He went way right on his approach, duffed his chip shot out of the deep rough and finally got it on the green for a two-putt and a double bogey.
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