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Scottie Scheffler’s scorching basking tally connected nan PGA Tour continued this past weekend, wherever he won nan RBC Heritage, caller disconnected acquiring a 2nd profession greenish overgarment astatine nan Masters.
The magnitude of unit and emotions that comes pinch a Masters victory — Scheffler won by 4 strokes astatine Augusta National — tin drain a player, particularly 1 who was worried nan full week astir his eight-plus-month pregnant woman backmost location successful Dallas.
But, aft returning location and checking successful connected his wife, Scheffler went to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, wherever he dominated nan title yet again, this clip astatine Harbour Town Golf Links.
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Scottie Scheffler of nan United States celebrates pinch nan trophy and nan tartan overgarment aft winning during nan continuation of nan last information of nan RBC Heritage astatine Harbour Town Golf Links connected April 22, 2024 successful Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
Scheffler won pinch a 19-under for nan tournament, defeating second-place finisher Sahith Theegala by 3 strokes.
This marks nan 4th triumph successful Scheffler’s past 5 events, making love backmost to nan Arnold Palmer Invitational connected March 10. He followed up pinch a win astatine The Players Championship nan week after, and was tied-second astatine nan Texas Children’s Houston Open anterior to his Masters victory.
Scheffler’s 2024 play is unprecedented astatine nan moment, pinch 9 apical 10 finishes successful 10 events and $18,693,235 already made complete that span.
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"I didn't show up present conscionable to person immoderate benignant of ceremonial and person group show maine congratulations. I came present pinch a purpose," Scheffler said aft his final-round 68, which iced his triumph astatine Harbour Town.
Scheffler did admit, though, that this triumph was reliable coming disconnected Masters week.
Scottie Scheffler of nan United States arrives to nan trophy position aft winning during nan continuation of nan last information of nan RBC Heritage astatine Harbour Town Golf Links connected April 22, 2024 successful Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
"Coming disconnected nan precocious past week to going into here, not really pinch a ton of energy, not really pinch a ton of prep work," Scheffler said. "I deliberation it's underrated really difficult it is to do nan worldly that Tiger was doing, and triumph for illustration each azygous week. It takes a batch retired of you emotionally and physically, particularly awesome championships."
Scheffler wasn’t capable to get to Harbour Town excessively early for illustration nan remainder of nan field, which was filled pinch PGA Tour stars. He only sewage 9 practice-round holes successful earlier coming retired and shooting an opening information 69 to statesman nan tourney 2-under. He made a move connected Friday pinch a 6-under performance, and took complete connected Saturday erstwhile he changeable 8-under to participate nan last information arsenic nan leader erstwhile more.
Tiger Woods is personification Scheffler has been compared to considering we haven’t seen power successful nan athletics for illustration this since nan former’s prime. Woods was nan past personification to put together 4 wins and a runner-up astatine nan extremity of nan 2007 season. He, then, started nan 2008 run pinch 3 wins successful his first 3 events.
But nan remainder of nan PGA Tour tin rejoice successful knowing location will beryllium a different victor nan adjacent fewer weeks, arsenic Scheffler will beryllium astatine location awaiting nan commencement of his first kid pinch his wife, Meredith.
Scottie Scheffler of nan United States celebrates pinch nan trophy aft winning during nan continuation of nan last information of nan RBC Heritage astatine Harbour Town Golf Links connected April 22, 2024 successful Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
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Scheffler isn’t expected to beryllium backmost connected nan people until nan season’s adjacent major, nan PGA Championship astatine Valhalla Golf Course connected May 16-19.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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