World primary Scottie Scheffler captured his third main title on Sunday, out dueling Spain’s Jon Rahm down the again 9 within the last spherical to win the PGA Championship. Scheffler, the 2022 and 2024 Masters champion, turned the tenth consecutive American to win the occasion, firing a level-par 71 at Quail Hole to complete on 11-under 273 and defeat countrymen Harris English, Davis Riley and Bryson DeChambeau by 5 strokes.
Rahm stumbled to a 73 to complete on 280 and share eighth after a bogey at 16 and double bogeys at 17 and 18. Scheffler took house a $3.42 million high prize from a file $19 million purse. He additionally matched Spanish legend Seve Ballesteros as the one gamers up to now century to win their first three majors by at the least three photographs. Scheffler squandered a five-stroke edge, Rahm briefly tying him for the lead, however a birdie on the par-five tenth lifted Scheffler again in entrance to remain.
The 28-year-old Texan took management with birdies at 14 and 15 whereas Rahm’s closing woes secured the Wanamaker Trophy, his first main win exterior of Augusta Nationwide.
“I did a great job staying affected person on the entrance 9. I didn’t have my greatest stuff,” Scheffler mentioned. “I stepped up on the again 9 and bought it completed.”
After struggling a right-hand damage final December, Scheffler solely received his first title of the 12 months two weeks in the past on the CJ Cup Byron Nelson. The main victory was Scheffler’s fifteenth profession PGA Tour triumph, all in a span of three years and 94 days, with Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods the one gamers to hit the mark sooner.
Scheffler, whose 9 titles in 2024 included Paris Olympic gold, transformed his eighth consecutive 54-hole lead right into a victory. He started the day with a three-stroke lead over Sweden’s Alex Noren, who rapidly fell again with bogeys, and stretched the margin as excessive as 5. However Scheffler struggled with tee photographs fading left as Rahm made his cost.
“I simply saved hitting it left,” Scheffler mentioned. “It was a battle on the market.”
On the first, Scheffler discovered a greenside bunker and missed a six-foot par putt. Scheffler curled in a 14-foot birdie putt on the second, however he missed a 10-foot par putt on the sixth whereas Rahm birdied the eighth from 4 toes and added a tap-in birdie on the par-five tenth. When Scheffler made bogey at 9, Rahm adopted with a 15-foot birdie putt at 11 to share the lead at nine-under. Scheffler reclaimed the lead with a nine-foot birdie putt on the tenth whereas Rahm missed a 14-foot birdie putt at 12 and a seven-footer for birdie at 14. Rahm missed a 36-foot eagle putt on the par-five fifteenth from simply off the inexperienced, then missed a 12-foot birdie putt coming again. Scheffler discovered a greenside bunker at 14 however blasted out to seven toes and made the birdie putt for a two-stroke edge. At 16, Rahm discovered a bunker and blasted to 14 toes however missed his par putt for a bogey to fall three adrift and a late fade ensured Scheffler’s victory.
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