ALBANY: The Scottie Scheffler juggernaut continues to roll, and information and rivals proceed to get steamrolled.
The US world No. 1 efficiently defended his Hero World Problem title within the Bahamas. (Getty Photographs)
Like a well-made pure language processing (NLP) system, the American simply will get higher and higher. The golf machine continues to study and enhance itself at a fast tempo. His six-shot romp on Sunday within the Hero World Problem was his newest assertion of dominance.
Scheffler defended his title by taking pictures a surprising bogey-free nine-under-par 63 on a tough scoring day when the second-best spherical was Ludvig Aberg’s 67. The 25-under-par whole was one in need of Jordan Spieth’s event file in 2014, however the perfect tally within the 10 years of the championship transferring to Albany.
It was additionally his ninth title of the season, together with the Olympics. That led to eight multi-win bonuses (32 factors whole) on the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR). Solely 191 gamers throughout the globe have earned greater than 32 OWGR factors this entire yr. His whole factors haul for the yr is a jaw-dropping 727.45482, comfortably greater than double that of world No.3 Rory McIlroy (347.89398 factors).
Scheffler began the ultimate spherical one shot behind Justin Thomas at 16-under. From the second he discovered the centre of the golf green on the primary gap and drilled his second shot to seven ft for a birdie, he by no means gave the impression to be in any hassle. The one time he missed the golf green together with his deadly driver – on the par-4 sixteenth gap – he nonetheless managed to make a birdie by smashing an outstanding 211-yard second shot from native space to 10 ft.
“We did a lot of good things on the golf course this week and played some solid golf. I think only two bogeys for the week and then I made a good amount of birdies. Eliminating the mistakes and making a good amount of birdies is always helpful. Teddy (Scott, his caddie) and I felt like we did a pretty good job of keeping the golf course in front of us and staying in position,” mentioned Scheffler.
“It’s pretty surreal anytime you get in the same room with Tiger, but it’s definitely pretty surreal having him hand you a trophy at the end of the day. We’re proud to be supportive of Tiger and his foundation, love the work that they do and it’s always a fun tournament for us to come and play in and support.”
The factor about Scheffler is that he’s all the time discovering methods of bettering himself. After critics identified that his brief placing was a giant concern, he improved the stats dramatically this season. Even on the Hero World Problem, he confirmed up with one thing new – a claw grip for placing.
And he stays hungry.
“I’m not sure how many tournaments I played, but I’m sure I probably still won less than half, so that other half is something I would want to win,” mentioned the two-time Masters champion.
South Korea’s Tim Kim, who has change into an awesome buddy of Scheffler and his household in Texas, completed second at 19-under and mentioned: “We go home and he shoots even par, 1-over. And then he comes out here and wins, and he does it all the time.
“I think the biggest thing that I see is he is always trying to get better. Despite winning nine times this year, he’s always finding little ways. It’s really cool to see that and you can learn a lot from that.”
The 2 Indian Individuals making a debut at Hero World Problem this yr – Akshay Bhatia and Sahith Theegala – completed within the top-10. Bhatia was fourth at 15-under whereas Theegala dropped to eighth following a disastrous quadruple-bogey eight on the par-4 14th gap.