World primary Scottie Scheffler rounded off a memorable 2024 when he clinched his ninth win of the season by retaining the Hero World Problem within the Bahamas.
The world primary went into the ultimate spherical a shot adrift of Ryder Cup teammate Justin Thomas, who was bidding to finish a two-and-a-half yr winless streak.
However regardless of taking part in his first occasion for 3 months, Masters and Olympic champion Scheffler proved a category aside, closing with a blistering, bogey-free 9 underneath 63 to win by six pictures from Tom Kim on 25 underneath.
“Yeah, very satisfying,” stated Scheffler, who additionally gained The Gamers , the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the RBC Heritage, the Memorial Event, the Vacationers Championship and the Tour Championship to say the FedExCup.
“You understand, I did a whole lot of great things immediately on the course. Performed actually strong, I received off to begin.
“And, yeah, it feels good to take slightly break and are available again and proceed to play some fairly strong golf. I’m very happy with the outcomes this week.”
Thomas and Scheffler birdied the primary however Scheffler walked off the fourth a shot in entrance of the in a single day chief as he birdied the third and made one other birdie from 49 ft on the fourth to get to 19-under.
The Texan doubled his lead when Thomas, who adopted a bogey on the second with a birdie on the fourth, dropped one other shot the fifth.
Scheffler birdied the ninth and tenth to guide by two from Kim, who went on to birdie the final for a 68 and solo second on 19 underneath.
He then birdied the thirteenth, 14th and sixteenth to take a five-shot result in the 18th the place he rifled his 174-yard method to a few and a half ft to arrange his ninth birdie of the day.
Thomas, who was chasing his first win because the 2022 PGA Championship, shot 71 to complete seven behind Scheffler on 18 underneath.
The world primary was ranked second for placing on the ultimate day as his new hybrid placing methodology – a standard grip outdoors 10 ft and a noticed grip inside that distance – paid dividends.
His subsequent problem is The Showdown at Shadow Creek on Tuesday the place he companions Rory McIlroy in opposition to LIV Golf’s Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka.
Requested how he’d mirror on 2024, he stated: “I am probably not certain. You understand, go house rejoice Christmas with the household.
“We’ve received the match subsequent week in Vegas, so it needs to be a whole lot of enjoyable as effectively. Some good competitors.
“However general, yeah, simply head house tonight and attempt to get some relaxation and proceed to work on the stuff I’m engaged on this off season to prepare for subsequent season.”
