The Gamers: Scottie Scheffler nonetheless desires to enhance after securing No 1 return with TPC Sawgrass victory | Golf Information

Scottie Scheffler nonetheless seeking to enhance after profitable The Gamers by 5 photographs and returning to world No 1; 26-year-old says collapse finally yr’s Tour Championship made victory at Sawgrass “a lot sweeter”; Jordan Spieth expects compatriot’s type to proceed for very long time to return

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Highlights from the ultimate spherical of The Gamers Championship as Scottie Scheffler clinched a five-shot win to return to world No 1

Scottie Scheffler supplied an ominous warning to his rivals by saying he’s nonetheless hoping to enhance after romping to victory at The Gamers.

Scheffler, whose win at Sawgrass noticed him substitute Jon Rahm as world No 1, completed 5 photographs forward of England’s Tyrrell Hatton as he claimed his sixth win within the final 13 months.

The 26-year-old’s trophy-laden yr has included triumphing at The Masters at Augusta Nationwide final April and twice profitable the WM Phoenix Open.

He stated: “I am simply hoping to enhance. I am simply attempting to get a little bit bit higher at a time, not overthink issues and luckily, I have been in a position to see some good outcomes and revel in some wins.

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Scheffler sunk a 20ft putt to win The Gamers at Sawgrass on Sunday

“I feel I am simply comfy with the place my sport is. I really feel like I am bettering. I am positively studying increasingly the extra I get into competition. I’d say I possibly am a bit extra comfy realizing what I must do.

“I get excited for an excellent onerous check. I really feel like that I can discover a method to make pars and dangle in there. I just like the problem of more durable golf programs. This match appears like a serious championship to me.”

Scheffler squandered a six-shot lead with one spherical remaining finally August’s Tour Championship and says that disappointment makes his victory at The Gamers “a lot sweeter”.

Scheffler added: “It is a actually onerous sport. I had put myself able all yr to the place I had an opportunity to win the FedExCup, and I wasn’t in a position to get it achieved. By the point I acquired dwelling, I used to be worn out.

Scheffler: Defeat at Tour Championship left me ‘drained’

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Scheffler was grateful and relieved after securing victory on the PGA Tour’s flagship occasion

“I used to be mentally and bodily drained, emotionally drained. East Lake was fairly difficult for me to deal with.

“It was clearly very unhappy and onerous and I did not count on issues to complete that method. However the onerous occasions make the great occasions that a lot sweeter.”

On his success, Scheffler added: “I by no means actually thought that a lot of myself. I all the time simply tried to remain in my very own little bubble. I simply preserve attempting to get a little bit bit higher. I by no means actually appeared too far forward.

“I did an excellent job of being an excellent junior, then I used to be a reasonably good school participant, then I performed good on the Korn Ferry Tour.

“I all the time believed that I may make it out right here and play properly on the PGA Tour however I by no means anticipated it. It is form of onerous to explain the sensation.”

Jordan Spieth, who completed tied nineteenth at Sawgrass on six beneath par, doesn’t count on Scheffler’s type to dip any time quickly.

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Watch how Scheffler chipped in from the tough on the third gap of his last spherical

He stated: “I play in opposition to [Scheffler] lots at dwelling and persistently he is capturing actually low rounds. He is arguably the most effective participant on the planet proper now. His golf is fairly unimaginable. His high 10s are off the charts. He is simply enjoying that good.

“He is extraordinarily grounded. He is acquired actually good dad and mom, a terrific household construction. [Scheffler’s coach] Randy Smith’s been round for a very long time, been with him without end.

“I do not see it altering. He is in an excellent place to have the ability to proceed to do that for some time.”

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