Scheffler wins Memorial to claim fifth title of 2024

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-8 S Scheffler (US); -7 C Morikawa (US); -4 A Hadwin (Can); -3 C Bezuidenhout (SA); -2 M Fitzpatrick (Eng), S Straka (Aut), L Aberg (Swe)

Selected others: +2 R McIlroy (NI); +3 T Fleetwood (Eng); +12 S Lowry (Ire)

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Scottie Scheffler holed a five-foot putt connected nan past to clasp disconnected Collin Morikawa and triumph nan PGA Tour's Memorial Tournament by 1 changeable to declare his 5th title of nan year.

In doing so, nan world number 1 became conscionable nan 2nd subordinate aft Tiger Woods to triumph nan Players Championship, Masters and Memorial successful nan aforesaid year.

The American led connected 10 nether overnight, 4 clear of Morikawa, Adam Hadwin and Sepp Straka but, alternatively than nan expected procession, he was pushed each nan way.

"I didn't do a full batch good but I did capable to get it done," said Scheffler, who carded a two-over 74 to triumph his 11th PGA Tour title connected 8 under.

"I consciousness for illustration I've had immoderate adjacent calls successful this tournament. The play people was playing truthful tough, patient and accelerated - 16, 17 and 18 were brutal.

"But it was a nosy trial of golf, I for illustration it erstwhile it gets hard."

On a reliable time for scoring astatine Jack Nicklaus' Muirfield Village, Ohio, Scheffler's advantage was down to 2 aft 9 holes.

But while Hadwin, who had started nan strongest pinch 3 birdies successful his opening 7 holes, fell distant pinch 5 bogeys successful his last 11 holes to decorativeness 3rd connected 4 under, Morikawa continued to press.

The lead was down to 1 erstwhile two-time awesome victor Morikawa rolled successful a 30-foot birdie putt connected nan par-three 12th, while Scheffler missed his effort from a 3rd of that distance.

The advantage was backmost to 2 erstwhile Morikawa bogeyed nan 16th, but Scheffler dropped a changeable connected nan 17th to time off him pinch a one-shot lead pinch 1 to play.

Both players overhit their approaches to nan last greenish but some past chipped retired to astir 5 feet. Scheffler was up first and rolled his effort into nan mediate of nan cup to seal nan triumph and $4m (£3.14m) first prize.

Amid nan celebrations Morikawa knocked successful his par putt to adjacent pinch a one-under 71 and 7 nether total.

Straka, who had been level pinch Morikawa connected six nether astatine nan commencement of nan day, fell distant pinch a tally of 4 bogeys successful 5 holes from nan 10th, but a chip-in birdie astatine nan past saw him decorativeness pinch a 76 to extremity associated 5th connected 2 under.

England's Matt Fitzpatrick, who won nan 2022 US Open, holed six birdies successful a three-under 69 to besides decorativeness connected 2 under, alongside Sweden's Ludvig Aberg (74).

Rory McIlroy closed pinch a 76 to extremity 2 over, 1 up of England's Tommy Fleetwood who besides changeable a 76.

Ireland's Shane Lowry, who was playing pinch Northern Ireland's McIlroy, had a disastrous information which included 7 bogeys, 2 doubles and a triple-bogey 7 connected nan 17th arsenic he changeable a 13-over-par 85 to decorativeness 12 over.