Scottie Scheffler was relentless because the World No.1 conjured up a scintillating, bogey-free closing spherical to say the Hero World Problem title with ease on the Albany course on Sunday.
The ninth triumph of the yr not solely made the American richer by $ 1 million however he additionally grew to become the third participant — after event host Tiger Woods (2006 & 2007) and Viktor Hovland (2021 & 2022) — to retain the attractive trophy.
Beginning the day a stroke behind Justin Thomas, the 28-year-old drove with aplomb and putted with precision, returning a card of 63 for a four-round complete of 25-under 263 and profitable by a whopping six strokes forward of Tom Kim who continued his good work from Saturday with a 68, regardless of two bogeys to go together with six birdies.
Thomas stored tempo with Scheffler initially, however some shut misses for birdies and 4 bogeys scuttled his probabilities of breaking his winless drought. He signed off with a 270 for a third-place end.
Debutant Indian-American Akshay Bhatia (69) was fourth with a 15-under whereas Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley (71) rounded up the highest 5, an additional stroke behind.
“It’s been an important yr, it’s been a enjoyable yr. I’ve been lucky to get some wins out of some actually good golf. This was one other week the place I performed actually strong and was in a position to see some good outcomes from that,” stated Scheffler as he signed off the season on a excessive.
(The author is in Nassau on the invitation of Hero MotoCorp)
Last scores (high 5):
263: Scottie Scheffler (67,64, 69, 63); 269: Tom Kim (74,65,62,68); 270: Justin Thomas (66, 67, 66, 71); 273: Akshay Bhatia (67, 66, 71, 69); 274: Keegan Bradley (68, 67, 68, 71).