Scottie Scheffler ties PGA Tour record in impressive win at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson

Scottie Scheffler ever seems comfy connected the play course, but astatine his hometown TPC Craig Ranch for the CJ Cup Byron Nelson this week it was axenic bliss.

Scheffler crushed the contention implicit the four-day lawsuit with a 31-under decorativeness to triumph the lawsuit aft posting different 8-under 63, the aforesaid effect helium enactment connected the scorecard connected Friday. 

But helium had a accidental astatine the PGA Tour’s all-time scoring grounds connected the 18th greenish connected Sunday erstwhile helium looked astatine a birdie putt to decorativeness 32-under. Only Justin Thomas (2017) and Ludvig Åberg (2023) person had 31-under weeks successful the past. 

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Scottie Scheffler, with woman Meredith and lad Bennett, poses with the winner's trophy astatine the CJ Cup Byron Nelson play tournament. (Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images)

Scheffler, who had a 10-shot pb astatine 1 constituent successful this tournament, hardly missed the history-making putt and tapped successful for par to cod the triumph and a whopping $1,782,000 paycheck. 

He did marque immoderate history, however, arsenic his eight-shot triumph was the largest ever successful the tournament. 

Scheffler is the archetypal Dallas-area precocious schoolhouse grad to triumph the Byron Nelson since 2007, and helium got disconnected to a red-hot commencement erstwhile helium posted a 10-under-61 successful his opening circular connected Thursday. He followed it up with his 63 connected Friday, and though helium lone changeable 66 connected Saturday, an eight-shot pb going into Sunday astir felt similar a breeze arsenic helium stepped successful for the last 18 holes. 

Erik Van Rooyen (23-under), Sam Stevens (20-under) and different Dallas native, Jordan Spieth (19-under), finished down Scheffler. 

Scottie Scheffler reacts connected the 18th greenish arsenic helium approaches his household aft winning the CJ Cup Byron Nelson play tournament. (Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images)

"This tourney means a batch to me," Scheffler told the CBS broadcast aft the victory. "It’s my archetypal commencement arsenic a pro, 11 years ago, I had my sister caddying for. … It feels similar a beingness of hard enactment and sacrifice for small moments similar these. They’re beauteous special."

Scheffler was 17 years aged erstwhile helium debuted astatine the Byron Nelson successful 2014. 

This isn’t conscionable a large triumph for the No. 1 golfer successful the world, it besides comes astatine the cleanable infinitesimal with the season’s 2nd large being his adjacent scheduled event. 

The PGA Championship astatine Quail Hollow successful North Carolina volition beryllium the adjacent clip Scheffler plays connected the PGA Tour, and he’s looking to triumph the lawsuit for the archetypal clip successful his career. His champion decorativeness was 2023, erstwhile helium finished tied for second. 

Scottie Scheffler poses with the winner's trophy. (Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images)

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Last year’s tourney was rather an escapade for Scheffler, too, arsenic helium was arrested astatine Valhalla Golf Club successful Louisville, Kentucky, successful a saga that shocked the sports world. Charges were yet dropped, but Scheffler’s acquisition is 1 that volition everlastingly beryllium remembered with this major. 

The No. 1-ranked golfer successful the satellite wants to absorption connected lifting trophies this clip around, and he’s primed to bash truthful aft a fantastic showing astatine location this week. 

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