Scottie Scheffler hit a sensational nine-under 63 as he capped a dominating 12 months by retaining the Hero World Problem with a six-shot successful margin.
The world primary, who received the Masters and Olympic gold in 2024, claimed a record-equalling ninth title of the 12 months with a bogey-free spherical to triumph on 25 below.
The victory means he has received an unbelievable 42.9% of the 21 tournaments he has performed in 2024.
“[That was] very satisfying,” he mentioned after tying Tiger Woods (2000) and Vijay Singh (2004) for probably the most wins in a single season since 1950, though this occasion and the Olympics usually are not PGA Tour competitions.
“I did loads of good things on the course, performed a very strong spherical of golf.
“[It] feels good to take just a little break and are available again and proceed to play some fairly strong golf.”
Scheffler, who had not competed in a strokeplay occasion since successful the PGA Tour Championship in August, joined Woods (2006-2007) and Norway’s Viktor Hovland (2021-2022) as the one back-to-back winners of the 20-man invitational occasion at Albany Golf Membership within the Bahamas.
Scheffler, 28, birdied three of the primary 4 holes and 4 of the ultimate six as he romped to victory.
South Korea’s Tom Kim, who hit a 68, was a distant second whereas in a single day chief Justin Thomas ended a shot additional again in third.
Thomas, who stays with no win since claiming the 2022 US PGA Championship closed with a one-under 71.
The 31-year-old adopted birdies on the first and fourth holes with bogeys on the par-three second and fifth.
That allowed Scheffler, who holed an eight-foot birdie on the opening gap, a tap-in birdie on the par-five third and a shocking birdie putt from simply inside 50 ft on the fourth, to take a lead he wouldn’t relinquish.
“It has been an amazing 12 months and a enjoyable 12 months,” added Scheffler.
“I’ve had just a little little bit of time to replicate, however I’m not actually positive the right way to assess it. It has simply been fairly surreal, loads of enjoyable and I’m simply actually grateful.”
