Another Scottie Sunday!

03/18/2024

By: Jeff Yoder

Scottie Scheffler (-20) Cards 8-Under Sunday Comeback to Become 1st Back-to-Back Champion at The Players Championship

The World No. 1… for a reason! Scottie Scheffler pulled up to TPC Sawgrass on Sunday morning trailing the leader, Xander Schauffele, by five strokes. There was a gang of names above him on the leaderboard, too, but the best golfer in the world was unbothered before going scorched Earth on a Sunday to remember. Scheffler buried an eagle from 90 yards on the 4th to get things moving. He reeled off six birdies and no bogeys for a final-round 64 (-20). Scheffler took that scorecard to the clubhouse, but he had to watch while Schauffele (-19), Wyndham Clark (-19) and Brian Harman (-19) all came up one stroke short. Scheffler — the 2023 winner of The Players Championship — became the first golfer to repeat at TPC Sawgrass in the tournament’s 50-year history. Simply stunning.

Another Spring of Scottie? Scheffler not only defended his TPC title Sunday, but he won last weekend’s Arnold Palmer Invitational, too. It’s starting to feel a lot like Spring 2022 when Scheffler won four events in six starts, including The Masters.

The Players (Final Leaderboard)

1. S. Scheffler (-20)

T2. X. Schauffele (-19)

T2. B. Harman (-19)

T2. W. Clark (-19)

5. M. Fitzpatrick (-16)

T6. S.W. Kim (-15)

T6. H. Matsuyama (-15)

Other Notable Scorecards: L. Aberg (-14), S. Theegala (-13), C. Conners (-11), R. McIlroy (-9), C. Morikawa (-4), T. Finau (-4), V. Hovland (-1), R. Fowler (+2), J. Spieth (+2) | Full Leaderboard

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