The Gamers: Scottie Scheffler to attain attend to world Number 1 after dominant five-shot gain at TPC Sawgrass | Golf News | Sky Sports activities

Scottie Scheffler earns $4.5million and replaces Jon Rahm as world Number 1 after victory at The Gamers; Tyrrell Hatton secures 2nd after brilliant attain at TPC Sawgrass, with Viktor Hovland tied-third alongside Tom Hoge

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Highlights from the final spherical of The Gamers Championship as Scottie Scheffler clinched a five-shot gain to attain attend to world Number 1

Scottie Scheffler secured a sixth PGA Tour title in 13 months and moved attend high of the area rankings with a dominant five-shot victory at The Gamers.

Scheffler took a two-shot lead into the final day of the PGA Tour’s flagship tournament and by no plan left high set up all over an involving Sunday at TPC Sawgrass, with five consecutive birdies around the flip seeing him pull obvious of the chasing pack.

The American – who simplest wished a high-five attain to reclaim world Number 1 from Jon Rahm – carded a final-spherical 69 to complete the week on 17 below and steady the $4.5million jackpot, with Scheffler comfortably sooner than nearest challenger Tyrrell Hatton.

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Tyrrell Hatton produced five birdies in a row to take the clubhouse lead and tie the attend-9 scoring story at TPC Sawgrass all around the final spherical

Hatton closed a sensational attend-9 29 with five consecutive birdies to attain on 12 below, while Ryder Cup crew-mate Viktor Hovland ended the week an additional two strokes attend in tied-third with Tom Hoge and sooner than Hideki Matsuyama in fifth.

Scheffler the giant name at Sawgrass

Min Woo Lee – playing within the final crew – at once reduced the in a single day serve with a six-foot birdie on the first and then benefited from a tumble strategy a sprinkler head within the rough to skedaddle a par on the next, where Scheffler also made a five after being unable to replicate the chip-in from the rough the previous day.

Scheffler slipped attend correct into a portion of the lead when he neglected from five toes to set up par on the third, where his playing accomplice obtained up and all the formulation down to set up par, although jumped three obvious when Lee had to pitch out of thick rough and then came upon water on the fourth on his technique to a triple-bogey seven.

Lee skedaddle par on his subsequent two holes and drained a 30-foot birdie on the seventh to snappy glean attend inner two, simplest for the Australian to bogey the next and came upon himself four behind when Scheffler chipped in from off the eighth green.

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Scottie Scheffler chipped in on the par-three eighth gap to lengthen his lead all around the final spherical of The Gamers Championship at TPC Sawgrass

Hatton reached the flip level-par but adopted a 20-foot birdie on the Tenth by converting from six toes on the driveable 12th, with the Englishman then responding to a neglected probability from 10 toes on the next by birdieing every of the final five holes to equal the lowest attend-9 complete in tournament historical previous.

A 10-foot birdie on the final noticed Hatton transfer to 12 below and temporarily inner two of Scheffler, simplest for the Masters champion to take serve of the par-five ninth and convert from 18 toes on the next to leap four obvious of the sphere.

Scheffler two-putted from 70 toes to proceed his speed on the par-five 11th and holed from shut vary on the driveable subsequent to glean it five consecutive birdies, taking him six ahead, although had to accept bogey on the 14th after pitching out from behind a bush.

Two-putt pars over the next three holes saved Scheffler in complete control of the tournament heading to the par-four final, where he pitched out after a wayward force hit a spectator sooner than nailing a 20-foot par-set up putt to seal an spectacular victory popular.

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Scottie Scheffler sunk a 20ft putt to gain the 2023 Gamers Championship to attain attend to the tip of the area rankings

“I did a terribly factual job of staying patient, attempting no longer to force things,” Scheffler talked about. “I obtained sizzling within the heart of the spherical and tried to position things away as early as I could per chance per chance presumably. I am elegant attempting to fortify, no longer overthink things. I am seeing results and wins and am very thankful.”

Hovland threatened a cost for victory when he made four birdies in a five-gap stretch from the ninth, simplest to par his final five holes and stay on 10 below, while Hoge – who broke the direction story on Saturday with a 10-below 62 – also had to accept tied-third after a final-gap bogey.

Matsuyama also bogeyed the final gap to card a four-below 68, while Lee carded a four-over 76 on an eventful final day to complete the week within the shining crew tied-sixth that also contained Justin Rose and Max Homa.

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Max Homa came upon the water on the 17th gap at TPC Sawgrass to successfully quit his probabilities of successful The Gamers Championship.

What’s subsequent?

The PGA Tour stays in Florida subsequent for the Valspar Championship on the Innisbrook Golf Resort, with early coverage stay to assert the story Thursday from 11.30am on Sky Sports activities Golf.

Scheffler’s subsequent two begins will perceive him strive to protect titles, beginning with the WGC-Dell Applied sciences Match Play in Austin, Texas from March 22-26 sooner than The Masters takes space at Augusta National from April 6-9.