Scottie Scheffler Wins The Arnold Palmer Again!

by George McNeilly | Mar 11, 2024 | Pro News

Piping hot putting helped Scottie Scheffler win his 7th PGA TOUR title Sunday, second Arnold Palmer Invitational in three years and a $4 Million paycheck.

The World No. 1, who captured this event and three others in 2022 including The Masters, returned with a new, mallet style putter and fired a final-round 6-under par 66 to finish with a five shot victory of reigning U.S. Open Champion Wyndham Clark.

Scheffler played his final 25 holes without a bogey.

“I think it has a lot to do with keeping the mind as quiet as possible,” said Scheffler. “Part of the problem is just trying too hard. It’s frustrating to not have the best out of myself, just because I know that I can putt really well. It’s not like I’ve been a bad putter my whole career. I’ve just gone through a stretch where it’s been tough.

“I think this week I did a really good job of not letting the misses get to me. (Caddie) Teddy (Scott) did a really good job of keeping me in a good head space. We stayed positive out there, and I hit a lot of good putts this week.”

His 15-under par performance was the largest margin of victory here in a dozen years as he posted one of the few bogey-free rounds of the day.

Scheffler was the only player in the top 5 to go lower than 70 on payday as Clark shot two-under for a four day total of -10.

Shane Lowry who led or co-led in each of the first three rounds shot even par 72 as did Will Zalatoris and Russell Henley. Lowry ended the week alone in third place at 9 under par while Henley and Zalatoris tied for 4th place at minus 7.

It’s hard to imagine that this was Scheffler’s first win in 51 weeks as he heads to Ponte Vedra and TPC Sawgrass to begin defense of last year’s Players Championship title.

“It’s really special,” said Scheffler. “Mr. Palmer meant a lot to me, meant a lot to us as professional golfers and the game of golf, and so it’s very special to be able to sit here and wear his red sweater again. I’m very proud to be the champion of his tournament.

Scheffler’s place atop the Official World Golf Ranking was secured as World No. 2 Rory McILroy finished 4 over par 76 on pay day.

POS	PLAYER	TO PAR	EARNINGS	R1	R2	R3	R4	TOTAL
1	Scottie Scheffler	-15	$4,000,000	70	67	70	66	273
2	Wyndham Clark	-10	$2,200,000	71	66	71	70	278
3	Shane Lowry	-9	$1,400,000	66	71	70	72	279
T4	Russell Henley	-7	$920,000	68	69	72	72	281
T4	Will Zalatoris	-7	$920,000	69	69	71	72	281
T6	Sahith Theegala	-5	$730,000	68	72	75	68	283
T6	Brendon Todd	-5	$730,000	74	67	72	70	283
T8	Byeong Hun An	-4	$579,000	71	69	76	68	284
T8	Andrew Putnam	-4	$579,000	71	71	72	70	284
T8	Emiliano Grillo	-4	$579,000	69	70	74	71	284
T8	Max Homa	-4	$579,000	71	69	71	73	284
T12	Nick Taylor	-3	$389,667	69	71	74	71	285
T12	Brian Harman	-3	$389,667	69	68	77	71	285
T12	Lee Hodges	-3	$389,667	68	73	72	72	285
T12	Justin Thomas	-3	$389,667	69	71	72	73	285
T12	Tom Hoge	-3	$389,667	72	71	69	73	285
T12	Hideki Matsuyama	-3	$389,667	67	70	72	76	285
T18	Cam Davis	-2	$289,000	72	70	74	70	286
T18	Corey Conners	-2	$289,000	70	71	71	74	286
T18	Sungjae Im	-2	$289,000	71	70	71	74	286
T21	Seamus Power	-1	$224,750	72	74	69	72	287
T21	Eric Cole	-1	$224,750	70	73	70	74	287
T21	Harris English	-1	$224,750	69	73	68	77	287
T21	Rory McIlroy	-1	$224,750	73	70	68	76	287
T25	Xander Schauffele	E	$162,800	72	70	76	70	288
T25	Patrick Rodgers	E	$162,800	72	74	72	70	288
T25	Erik van Rooyen	E	$162,800	72	73	72	71	288
T25	Grayson Murray	E	$162,800	72	73	71	72	288
T25	Ludvig Aberg	E	$162,800	73	74	69	72	288
T30	Jordan Spieth	1	$123,500	69	74	77	69	289
T30	Lucas Glover	1	$123,500	73	70	74	72	289
T30	Mackenzie Hughes	1	$123,500	75	71	71	72	289
T30	Si Woo Kim	1	$123,500	75	70	71	73	289
T30	Webb Simpson	1	$123,500	73	71	70	75	289
T30	Sam Burns	1	$123,500	68	72	71	78	289
T36	Rickie Fowler	2	$88,375	75	72	71	72	290
T36	Jason Day	2	$88,375	70	74	73	73	290
T36	Patrick Cantlay	2	$88,375	74	72	70	74	290
T36	Keegan Bradley	2	$88,375	71	75	70	74	290
T36	Austin Eckroat	2	$88,375	72	69	74	75	290
T36	Viktor Hovland	2	$88,375	71	69	75	75	290
T36	Cameron Young	2	$88,375	73	70	71	76	290
T36	Justin Lower	2	$88,375	67	76	69	78	290
T44	Min Woo Lee	3	$64,000	69	73	76	73	291
T44	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	3	$64,000	74	73	71	73	291
T44	Stephan Jaeger	3	$64,000	72	67	76	76	291
T44	Chris Kirk	3	$64,000	69	74	72	76	291
T48	Nick Dunlap	4	$54,000	72	74	75	71	292
T48	Denny McCarthy	4	$54,000	72	74	72	74	292
T48	Taylor Moore	4	$54,000	72	71	73	76	292
51	C.T. Pan	5	$51,000	71	70	78	74	293
T52	Adam Hadwin	6	$49,000	69	75	76	74	294
T52	Matthieu Pavon	6	$49,000	74	68	76	76	294
T52	Tom Kim	6	$49,000	73	74	70	77	294
55	J.T. Poston	8	$47,000	71	74	75	76	296
56	Luke List	10	$46,000	69	78	72	79	298
T57	Jake Knapp	12	$44,500	77	70	81	72	300
T57	Sepp Straka	12	$44,500	69	73	78	80	300
CUT	Adam Schenk	4	–	72	76	–	–	148
CUT	Nicolai Hojgaard	4	–	77	71	–	–	148
CUT	Matt Fitzpatrick	5	–	74	75	–	–	149
CUT	Sami Valimaki	5	–	76	73	–	–	149
CUT	Adam Scott	5	–	73	76	–	–	149
CUT	Justin Rose	5	–	72	77	–	–	149
CUT	Collin Morikawa	6	–	70	80	–	–	150
CUT	Kurt Kitayama	7	–	78	73	–	–	151
CUT	Tommy Fleetwood	9	–	73	80	–	–	153
CUT	David Ford(a)	10	–	71	83	–	–	154
CUT	Adam Svensson	15	–	79	80	–	–	159

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