Scottie Scheffler ERIK S. LESSER | EFE
The 26-year-old American swept Ponte Vedra Beach with a recital of the best golf
12 mar 2023 . Updated at 11:34 p.m.
Three weeks. That’s how long Jon Rahm’s world number 1 pedigree has lasted. A milestone for Spanish sport that he had already held before in 2021. “I have spoiled you,” he said with resignation on Thursday, before learning that the next day he would have to leave The Players Championship due to a stomach virus.
His relay at the top of world golf is Scottie Scheffler. An American from Ridgewood, only 26 years old, who is being the other dominator of this 2023. The one from the University of Texas won the tournament held in Ponte Vedra Beach (Florida) last night, after demonstrating enormous regularity throughout the competition: card of 68 on Thursday, 69 on Friday, 65 on Saturday and 69 yesterday. -17 in total. A fifth was enough to surpass the Spaniard in the ranking, but Scheffler wanted to do it in a big way. sweeping Winning with five strokes of advantage.
The Players Championship is the sixth tournament of his career on the PGA Tour. The second in this 2023 after the Phoenix Open, which a month ago had also allowed him to reach an ephemeral number 1. Last season, Scottie had also won the Phoenix Open, the Arnold Palmer, the Masters Tournament and the World Golf Championships Match Play. Yesterday, he confirmed his triumph with another exhibition. Securing par until the middle of the round, knowing that next to him the young Australian Min Woo Lee was melting like a sugar cube, to give the final thrust with five consecutive birdies between holes 8 and 12. Sublime.
