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Scottie Scheffler, an Olympic champion and the world number-one in the Official World Golf Ranking, has impressed spectators and golf fans again playing in the PGA Tour.
This is one of the top-ranked players who gets the biggest number of wagers from golf fans on the GGBet bookmaker. His latest achievement was a giant lead he achieved in the final round of the CJ Cup on Sunday. However, it wasn’t the only impressive result of his professional play since he also scored a 72-hole record on the PGA Tour.
The latest victory of Scottie took place again after 11 years since his debut in PGA Tour when he was in high school. His victory has become very important for him since Scottie was supported by his family, who accompanied him back in 2014 as well. He used to come and watch this tournament as a 6-year-old child, and now these memories and recollections are intertwined with the feeling of being a winner. His childhood dream was to play in the CJ Cup, and he couldn’t even imagine that once he managed to win it.
The CJ Cup was first played in October 2017 on Jeju Island in South Korea and was the first official PGA Tour tournament in that country. It was originally held at the Nine Bridges course, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, it was temporarily moved to the United States and then remained there permanently. In 2024, the tournament merged with the historic Byron Nelson and was renamed the CJ Cup Byron Nelson.
Scheffler was on the point of breaking the record in tour score prior to a flubbed chip that resulted in bogey on the par-3 17th hole and another par from a greenside bunker on the par-5 closing hole. His 8-foot putt for birdie and a future record narrowly missed the hole’s left side.
Scheffler managed to tie the Nelson record of 54 holes with an 8-shot advantage, and it was a great breakthrough since no one could get closer than 6 at the final stage. The closest was Erik van Rooyen from South Africa, who matched Scottie’s 8 under 63 and finished at 23 under. According to van Rooyen, he was talking to Scheffler and told him that they had to climb a steep mountain together. He admitted that Scottie was almost flawless, which is characteristic of the world’s number one, and it was a real honor to play golf with such a person.
Both Spieth and Scheffler completed a tournament with 2 lowest rounds. Scheffler started with a 10-under 61 at the helpless par-71 TPC Craig Ranch on Thursday, which took place in the suburbs of Dallas, 30 miles to the north.
Spieth scored 62 during the final stage, being aware of the fact that Scheffler is on the point of winning the event, both of them cherish a lot. Though Spieth debuted at the Nelson first, 4 years earlier than Scheffler, and was expected to win it at least once since his first appearance in 2010 when he was only 16 years old, Scheffler managed to overcome him in this competition. The latter one even admitted that he would take it easy on him. Currently, Spieth understands that he isn’t as good as Scheffler despite being a 3-time champion, and he needs to improve to have the same inspiring play.
This victory has become the first significant achievement of Scheffler this year. He used to win 10 times before May and received 2 Masters victories, but nothing can compare with them.
His previous attempts to succeed in Nelson, which happened 2 years ago, resulted only in 5th place. At the same time, he became the 1st wire-to-wire winner of Nelson since Tom Warson’s victory that took place 45 years ago.
The first significant achievement of Scheffler was beating Steven Bowditch’s scoring record of 259 in 2015. It was a tournament played at the TPC 4 Seasons, and the course had a par-69 layout despite a normal 70 because of the heavy rain. All this led Bowditch to finish 18 under.
The heavy rain that happened on Wednesday and Friday forced players to lift, clean, and substitute golf balls for the first 3 rounds in the fairway, though it wasn’t allowed during the final round.
According to Scheffler, this gold course offers an opportunity to perform well, and he didn’t have a chance to relax during this competitive stage, so his primary goal was to deliver a solid result, and he managed to achieve that!
