Breaking After a chaotic protest on 18th green, Scottie Scheffler wins Travelers but faces……
Breaking After a chaotic protest on 18th green, Scottie Scheffler wins Travelers but faces…… Full details below
Breaking After a chaotic protest on 18th green, Scottie Scheffler wins Travelers but faces…… Full details below
But in the end, Scottie Scheffler. Again. Things returned to normal.
It’d been a scene, though, on the 18th hole at TPC River Highlands, after Scheffer had worked his way into a one-shot advantage during Sunday’s Travelers Championship final round. On the closing hole, Scheffler hit just off the green’s right side with his second shot, before Tom Kim, his closest pursuer, dropped to 10 feet. But then play stopped. A small group of protesters stormed the green.
They released a power-looking substance. They were stopped and led off by security. Watching were Scheffler, Kim and playing partner Akshay Bhatia, who later said he was scared for his life. Play was paused. The grounds crew cleaned up debris, though some stains remained. They played on.
And Scheffler missed. And Kim made. Playoff.
There, back on 18 — where a new hole was dug after the interruption — Scheffler shined, as he has all year long. He hit his second shot to 12 feet, while Kim dumped his into a greenside bunker, and on a par, the win was Scheffler’s. It’s his sixth victory before July 1, a feat not accomplished since Arnold Palmer last did so in 1962. In March, Scheffler won the Arnold Palmer and the Players. In April, Scheffler won the Masters and the RBC Heritage. This month, he won the Memorial. There was an incident at last month’s PGA Championship, and a blip at last week’s U.S. Open. But now he’s a winner again, following a five-under 65 in regulation play and a 22-under total he shared with Kim.
One by one by one, quite a few in all, his foes fell short.
Sungjae Im? Nope. A bogey on 10 did him in. Patrick Cantlay? He bogeyed 16. Bhatia? He bogeyed 1, 9 and 16. Xander Schauffele? He shot just even-par. Cameron Young? He was wayward with his tee shot on 12 and he double-bogeyed. Tony Finau? He was wayward with his tee shot on 16 and double-bogeyed. Tom Hoge? He blitzed TPC River Highlands for a 62, but he had started the final round too far back.
Meanwhile, one by one by one, quite a few in all, Scheffler’s drives fell in the fairway.
And his irons fell next to flags.
And his golf balls fell into golf holes.
To be fair, things were close, and Kim, the third-round leader, showed game in shooting a 66, but Scheffler was relentless. He birdied the par-5 6th after hitting his third shot to 6 feet. He birdied the par-4 7th on a 15-foot putt. He birdied the par-5 13th after hitting his second shot to 11 feet. He birdied the par-4 14th after hitting his second shot to 3 feet, and that put him in at least a share of the lead the rest of the way. He also birdied the par-4 15th.
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