Golf is always searching for the next Tiger Woods. Scottie Scheffler is the next candidate. The world's No. 1 player left little doubt when he became the first back-to-back winner of The Players Championship. His lead atop the world ranking is the biggest in seven years.
Scottie Scheffler speaks to the media after winning The Players Championship golf tournament Sunday, March 17, 2024, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Scottie Scheffler holds up the trophy after winning The Players Championship golf tournament Sunday, March 17, 2024, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Scottie Scheffler celebrates after winning The Players Championship golf tournament Sunday, March 17, 2024, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
It’s easy to overlook Johnson, partly because he is with LIV Golf and is seen against a full roster of great players only at the four majors, and partly because it has been seven years since he was at his most dominant. He won three straight tournaments — Riviera and two World Golf Championships — and was the overwhelming favorite at the Masters until slipping down the stairs the day before the first round and having to withdraw.
Scheffler offered a small reminder about looking too far into the future. He felt something in his neck on the second hole of his second round, and the pain was such that it hurt to take the club too far back. He needed treatment after the 13th, 14th and 15th holes. He had reason to withdraw except that he was playing well — he was tied when he felt the pain — and his competitiveness kept him from stopping.
And then he felt better on Sunday and delivered a masterpiece — a hole-out from 92 yards for eagle on No. 4, four birdies in a five-hole stretch around the turn and a 64 to match the Players Championship record for lowest Sunday score by a winner.Statistically, he led the field from tee-to-green, just like he seems to do whenever and wherever he plays.
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