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SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER
There’s good. There’s great. And then there’s whatever kind of heater you want to say that Scottie Scheffler has been on lately. With this weekend’s win at the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn., Scheffler now has an eye-popping six victories in his last 10 starts.
For context, we’ll take a minute and run the names of all of the golfers who have ever amassed six wins in a PGA Tour season prior to July 1 since 1960 — Arnold Palmer (1960, 1962) and now Scheffler in 2024. Two. That’s the list.
But that’s not to say that Sunday’s triumph was drama-free. On the tournament’s final hole of regulation, protestors armed with smoke bombs breached the green while play was underway. The disruption was cleared up soon enough, but when play resumed Scheffler wound up missing the putt that would’ve won him the event in 72 holes. Tom Kim, the leader after 18, 36 and 54 holes, capitalized with a birdie, forcing the start of a sudden death playoff on the same hole. Scheffler shot par; Kim bogeyed. And there’s your tournament.
Scheffler pocketed $3.6 million for the…
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Author : Otto Strong
Publish date : 2024-06-24 13:12:09
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