Scottie Scheffler wins Hero World Challenge

Another victory for Scottie Scheffler. The American in the Bahamas won, for the second consecutive year, the Hero World Challenge – an unofficial PGA Tour tournament organized by the Tiger Woods foundation – thus closing a 2024 to be framed. The number 1 in the world, with a total of 263 (67 64 69 63, -25), dominated the scene in Albany, beating South Korean Tom Kim by six shots, 2nd with 269 (-19) ahead of another American, Justin Thomas, 3rd with 270 (-18). After Woods (2006 and 2007) and Viktor Hovland (2021, 2022), Scheffler stood out as the third player to achieve back-to-back in the event. His final 63 (-9), backed by nine birdies and no bogeys, was the lowest round in the 16 played in his career by the 28-year-old from Ridgewood (New Jersey).

Scheffler, results

Champion of the 2024 FedEx Cup, the world ranking leader has triumphed in seven tournaments this year, also taking the gold medal at the Paris Games. “It’s a great feeling, I feel like a lucky person. This last week also turned out to be an important week, where I played well and won. It was a pretty fun 2024”, Scheffler’s satisfaction, whose latest exploit earned him 1,000,000 dollars out of the 5,000,000 total. And now the king of the green aims to become the first golfer since Woods (from 2005 to 2007) to secure the “player of the year” award on the PGA Tour for the third time in a row.

Scott Scheffler, known as Scottie SchefflerNote 1, born June 21, 1996 in Ridgewood (United States), is an American professional golfer.

Introduced to golf at a young age after moving near Dallas, Scott Scheffler quickly gained recognition for his golfing performances and trained alongside Randy Smith, Justin Leonard’s coach. He won numerous junior tournaments including the United States Junior Amateur Championship in 2013. Still an amateur at university, he continued his progress, winning the Walker Cup in 2017 and playing the American Open in 2016 and 2017. He turned professional in 2018 and played on the Korn Ferry Tour, the American secondary circuit of the PGA Tour. He won two victories there and was named “Player of the Year” in 2019, guaranteeing him his integration into the PGA Tour from 2020. His first season on the PGA Tour ended with the award for “Best Rookie” on the PGA Tour. He accumulated numerous places of honor during his first two seasons, then established himself as the boss of the circuit from 2022. He won four tournaments on the PGA in 2022 including his first major tournament title with the Masters ahead of the Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy and became world number one, then confirmed in 2023 and 2024 with five other victories including The Players Championship twice. He was named “Player of the Year” of the PGA in 2022 and 2023, also winning the earnings ranking and remained world number one for 82 weeks in total where only Rory McIlroy and the Spaniard Jon Rahm interrupted his hegemony at times.

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