World No 1 Scottie Scheffler mimicked Tiger Woods by efficiently protecting the Memorial Tournament title at Muirfield Village.
Only five-time victor Woods had actually formerly maintained the crown in between 1999 and 2001, however Scheffler claimed a second consecutive success with a four-stroke success over Ben Griffin.
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“Well, you did it again,” competition host Jack Nicklaus informed him strolling off the environment-friendly.
Scheffler has actually currently won 3 times in 4 begins after success at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson and PGA Championship.
“It’s pretty cool,” Scheffler informed CBS Sports after his 16th PGA Tour success.
“It’s always a hard week as it’s so challenging to play this tournament.
” I fought actually tough over the weekend break and Ben made points intriguing down the stretch, however in general it was a terrific week.”
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Scottie Scheffler triumphed at the Memorial (Getty Images)
Scheffler took a one-shot lead into Sunday and the chasing pack failed to put him under any concerted pressure.
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Birdies at the seventh, 11th and 15th gave Scheffler breathing space in a final round two-under par 70, with a solitary dropped shot coming at the 10th – his first bogey in 32 holes.
Griffin closed with a 73 to finish one ahead of Austria’s Sepp Straka, with Nick Taylor a shot back in fourth.
“You recognize Scottie’s most likely mosting likely to play an excellent round of golf. The individual’s ruthless,” stated Straka after the round. “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 16th, Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre tied 20th but Shane Lowry, of Ireland, dropped down the leaderboard for a share of 23rd place with a disappointing 77.
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Meanwhile, Rickie Fowler had his first top 10 of the year at just the right time. He made par on the 18th to tie for seventh, earning him the lone available qualification spot for The Open at Royal Portrush in July.
Fowler tied with Brandt Snedeker at one-under but gets the one Open exemption available based on a higher world ranking – Fowler at No 124 and Snedeker at No 430.
“That’s one I’ve desired on the routine,” stated Fowler, that deals with a 36-hole qualifier for the United States Open on Monday.
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