The Players Championship has its first back-to-back winner in Scheffler.
What many called a sleepy first nine weeks to the season got a stiff cup of coffee last week in Orlando. Then it went to Ponte Vedra Beach and chugged three energy drinks. Three of the world’s best players — the reigning U.S. Open champion, reigning Open champion, and reigning Olympic gold medalist — all had birdie opportunities on the final hole to force a playoff. But all three missed, falling a single shot behind golf’s great inevitability, world number one Scottie Scheffler.
In March of 1960, Arnold Palmer won the Baton Rouge Open Invitational and the Pensacola Open Invitational in back-to-back weeks. Doug Sanders finished runner-up in each. 5. Xander Schauffele also finished one behind, his 16th top-10 finish in the last two seasons on Tour, the most of any player without a win in that span. Schauffele, who had just one bogey or worse through 57 holes this week, carded three in the last 15, including two critical blemishes Sunday at 14 and 15.
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