Scheffler has seemed so inevitable and unflappable that even playing partner Si Woo Kim had to crack a clanker joke after the American surged past him for yet another win.
With his 20th PGA Tour win in 151 starts, Scheffler is the second-fastest behind Woods to reach that milestone. Of greater significance, the 29-year-old Texan joined only Woods and Jack Nicklaus to have four majors and 20 wins before age 30.
It’s often said that numbers don’t tell the true story of a sporting event. In the case of Scheffler’s surgical display in the California desert, however, they very much tell the true story.
Day played the most difficult of the three host layouts – the Stadium Course – and so can be considered the ‘effective’ leader. His 63 was two shots better than any other player on the layout that will host the whole post-cut field on the final day.
As the saying goes, “Records are meant to be broken.” But many golf fans would be shocked if that winds up being the case with several records set by Tiger Woods.
With its strongest field in years, the American Express tournament shows that its potential impact for future PGA Tour schedules shouldn’t be underestimated.
We tune in for the repeat winners, because we know them and we appreciate them, and the journeyman doesn’t move our psychological needles to anywhere near the same degree … even if we remember their names.
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The morass of inevitability gave way to a furious surge that ended with the Americans tying the mark for the biggest win in a modern singles session, and nearly resulted in one of the greatest comebacks in sports history.
What gives? Why is Scottie Scheffler, the world No.1 ubermensch who seems to win or come close to winning in every event he plays, now 0-2, and staring down a 2-4-3 career record that parallels in miniature Tiger Woods (13-21-3), the only golfer this century who played at his level?
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