It didn’t come simple, and it additionally got here all the way down to the 72nd gap.
However ultimately, Scottie Scheffler received the job completed as soon as once more.
He received the Memorial Event by a stroke over Collin Morikawa regardless of capturing a 2-over 74 on a tough day at Muirfield Village. Solely 11 gamers completed under-par for the week, as Sunday’s closing spherical had a scoring common of 74.93.
From the green on 18, Scheffler airmailed his 8-iron over the inexperienced, a placing floor laborious to search out due to the agency circumstances. Morikawa did the identical from the green bunker, turning issues right into a chipping contest on the ultimate gap.
Morikawa went first, as his third shot nearly went in for a outstanding birdie. Scheffler then left his chip about 5 toes brief and outdoors Morikawa’s mark. That set the stage for the World No. 1 to gap the successful putt, and he did simply that.
Scheffler’s triumph at Jack’s Place marks his fifth win of the 2024 season. His first victory got here at Bay Hill for the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The next week, he received The Gamers. Then, in April, Scheffler received at Augusta Nationwide and at Hilton Head for the RBC Heritage.
And now, Scheffler received the Memorial, which marks his first profession win after the month of April.
However his win at Muirfield Village additionally carries historic significance. Just one man has received the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the Masters, and the Memorial, all in the identical yr, which occurred in 2001. That, after all, was Tiger Woods, whose 7-shot victory at Muirfield Village that summer time marked his fourth win of the season. Like Scheffler, Woods additionally received The Gamers that yr, too.
As for Sunday’s spherical, Scheffler didn’t seem like the highest participant on the earth at instances. He couldn’t save par out of the bunker on the par-3 4th, which marked his first bogey of the day. One other bogey on the par-3 eighth adopted as Scheffler couldn’t stand up and down from the thick tough beside the inexperienced. In between that, although, Scheffler did make a birdie on the par-4 sixth.
However that marked his solely par-breaker of the day.
Scheffler made loads of pars, with none greater than a 25-foot par save on the tough par-3 sixteenth, sustaining his two-shot benefit. He additionally made quite a few pars as a result of he missed just a few beauty at birdie—particularly on the twelfth and thirteenth holes.
Then, on the par-4 seventeenth, Scheffler left his strategy within the tough in need of the inexperienced. He couldn’t save par, thus giving him a one-shot lead going into the 18th and ramping up the drama within the course of.
However ultimately, Scheffler took care of enterprise beneath strain, simply as Woods did for all these years in his prime.
And better of all, he received for the primary time as a father, together with his spouse Meredith and son Bennett there firsthand to witness all of it.
Jack Milko is a golf employees author for SB Nation’s Enjoying By way of. Remember to take a look at @_PlayingThrough for extra golf protection. You’ll be able to observe him on Twitter @jack_milko as properly.
