Scottie Scheffler wins RBC Heritage

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Former College of Texas star Scottie Scheffler completed off a three-stroke victory on Monday morning on the RBC Heritage at Harbour City Golf Hyperlinks. The No. 1 participant on this planet, Scheffler received for the fourth time in his final 5 begins and have become the primary participant since Bernhard Langer in 1985 to win the week after capturing the Masters inexperienced jacket.

Scheffler’s present historic run has included victories on the Arnold Palmer Invitational introduced by Mastercard, THE PLAYERS Championship and the Masters. The one exception was a second-place end on the Texas Kids’s Houston Open.

Scheffler is the primary participant since Tiger Woods in 2006 to win the week after successful a serious. With 4 wins and a runner-up end in his previous 5 begins, Scheffler is the primary participant since Woods in 2007-08 to report five-straight top-two finishes. Vijay Singh (2004) is the one different participant to have such a run prior to now 30 years.

The win on the RBC Heritage was Scheffler’s fourth victory of the season and tenth profession PGA TOUR win, and it got here in simply his 51st begin since he earned his first profession victory on the 2022 WM Phoenix Open. Solely David Duval has wanted fewer begins after his first win to succeed in victory No. 10. Duval did it in 33 begins, and Woods is third on the listing with 59 begins.

Throughout his 51 begins because the 2022 WM Phoenix Open, Scheffler has recorded 23 top-three finishes and 35 top-10 performances. All 10 of his profession wins have come because the begin of the 2021-22 season. He’s the primary participant to win 10 (or extra) occasions on the PGA TOUR within the span of three seasons since Dustin Johnson received 10 titles between 2015-16 and 2017-18.

The fourth win of the season for Scheffler matched his profession excessive from 2022. He’s the fourth participant with a number of four-win seasons because the begin of 2000, becoming a member of Woods (10 occasions), Singh (3 times) and Phil Mickelson (two occasions). Scheffler has now recorded 40 consecutive TOUR rounds at par or higher, a streak that started within the ultimate spherical of the 2023 TOUR Championship. He’s now 12 again of Woods’ all-time TOUR report of 52-straight rounds at par or higher that was completed between 2000-01.

The win marked the 102nd official PGA TOUR victory for The College of Texas Males’s Golf program, completed by 17 totally different people within the 98-year historical past of the TOUR. 

All-Time PGA TOUR victories by Former Longhorns