World No 1 Scottie Scheffler mimicked Tiger Woods by effectively defending the Memorial Tournament title at Muirfield Village.
Only five-time victor Woods had truly previously maintained the crown in between 1999 and 2001, nevertheless Scheffler claimed a second consecutive success with a four-stroke success over Ben Griffin.
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“Well, you did it again,” competitors host Jack Nicklaus knowledgeable him strolling off the environment-friendly.
Scheffler has truly presently received 3 instances in 4 begins after success on the CJ Cup Byron Nelson and PGA Championship.
“It’s pretty cool,” Scheffler knowledgeable CBS Sports after his sixteenth PGA Tour success.
“It’s at all times a tough week because it’s so difficult to play this event.
” I fought truly robust over the weekend break and Ben made factors intriguing down the stretch, nevertheless basically it was a terrific week.”
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Scottie Scheffler triumphed on the Memorial (Getty Images)
Scheffler took a one-shot lead into Sunday and the chasing pack didn’t put him below any concerted stress.
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Birdies on the seventh, eleventh and fifteenth gave Scheffler respiration area in a last spherical two-under par 70, with a solitary dropped shot coming on the tenth – his first bogey in 32 holes.
Griffin closed with a 73 to complete one forward of Austria’s Sepp Straka, with Nick Taylor a shot again in fourth.
“You recognize Scottie’s most likely mosting likely to play an excellent round of golf. The individual’s ruthless,” acknowledged Straka after the spherical. “He likes competitors, and he does not such as surrendering shots. But it is among those training courses where it can constantly occur, so you reached be planned for it. I seemed like I offered myself a great deal of possibilities to sort of make a press.”
England’s Tommy Fleetwood was tied sixteenth, Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre tied twentieth however Shane Lowry, of Ireland, dropped down the leaderboard for a share of twenty third place with a disappointing 77.
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Meanwhile, Rickie Fowler had his first prime 10 of the 12 months at simply the proper time. He made par on the 18th to tie for seventh, incomes him the lone accessible qualification spot for The Open at Royal Portrush in July.
Fowler tied with Brandt Snedeker at one-under however will get the one Open exemption accessible based mostly on the next world rating – Fowler at No 124 and Snedeker at No 430.
“That’s one I’ve desired on the routine,” acknowledged Fowler, that offers with a 36-hole qualifier for the United States Open on Monday.
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