Scottie Scheffler won The Players Championship on Sunday with an overall score of 17-under-par 271, beating his closest competitor by five shots to reclaim the world No. 1 position from Jon Rahm, who withdrew from the tournament on Friday.
The world's new No. 1 ran off five straight birdies from Nos. 8 to 12 in the final round on his way to win $4.5 million, the richest prize on the PGA TOUR. In a dominating performance, Scheffler beat Tyrrell Hatton by five shots, while tied for third was Viktor Hovland and Tom Hoge who scored 68 and 70 respectively for the day's round.
Scheffler's 5-shot win is now the largest margin of victory at The Players since Stephen Ames won the championship by six in 2006.
This was Scottie Scheffler's sixth victory from 27 starts in the last 13 months in the PGA Tour. He now joins Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the only men to hold the Masters and Players titles at the same time.
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