LAST UPDATE | 12 Mar 2023
AMERICAN SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER returned to number one in the world rankings on Sunday after winning The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass by five strokes.
Scheffler ran away with the US PGA Tour showdown at Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, after making five straight birdies between the eighth and 12th holes while his top rival fell away.
The defending Masters champion will replace Spain’s Jon Rahm atop the rankings on Monday. Rahm withdrew from the event due to illness.
Scheffler began the day with a two-stroke lead over Australian Min Woo Lee, who immediately reduced the deficit with a birdie on the opening hole.
When Scheffler bogeyed the third, the pair were in a tie for the lead but it was soon to change dramatically when Lee had a nightmare on the fourth hole, where he made a triple bogey.
A double bogey on the 11th saw Lee fall totally out of contention and by then Scheffler was in his groove and moving away from the field.
It was a victory procession for Scheffler over the final holes but he crowned his victory with a superb 21-foot putt on the 18th before soaking up the applause.
England’s Tyrrell Hatton finished second after a sensational close with five straight birdies to complete the back nine in 29, the lowest score on the back section in a final round.
Hatton ended on 12-under par after his 65 with Norway’s Viktor Hovland and American Tom Hoge tied for third, a further two strokes back.
Shane Lowry finished with a final round of two-under 70 at the PGA Tour’s flagship event in Florida, rounding off a tournament that had began with a struggling opening round of 77.
Lowry turned his form around with a 69 to make the cut, carded four-under 68 yesterday and today’s round saw him finish at four-under for the tournament.
Lowry’s round today featured five birdies and three bogeys, one of those dropped shots arrived on the last, just after he had birdied at the signature 17th hole.
He also grabbed birdies at the 1st, 7th, 9th and 12th holes, with bogeys arriving on the 3rd and 8th holes, both par threes.
Poor effort on the translation and you use the Sun in connection with a Liverpool story. Should have given this task to someone else.
@Freddie Rincon: its not a bad interpretation of the translation at all Fred
Could have chosen a better example! Don’t buy the sun. JFT96.
Really the sun
@: joke …. the 42 are a disgrace.
Great game. As a spurs supporter thought they would have a hard task but by christ they made the game last night one of the best I have seen…great work….let’s hope spurs get through tonight…
Sean Farrell- The sun! Really!
Ah yes… Klopp has just reunited every English club. It’s even better than England progressing to the World Cup knock out stages. But this time it actually may be coming home … to Anfield!
The sun??
Last night was magical. Football has become so commercialized and lost a lot of it’s soul, but last night reminded us what it can be at it’s best. Am hearing reports that Phil Coutinho’s Barca career is in big trouble, penny for his thoughts?
@Laura Walsh: it was already before the game
@Limón Madrugada: agree lad.
As is valverde.
Why leave your Arthur and Malcom out??
Baffled
Dave o kop that clown thought he was helping to sell Balotelli to China a few years, proof that Twitter and followers ratios do get to peoples heads
Great game by Liverpool!!!
Can you please remove The S*n one, thanks