By TERRY LYONS
PONTE VEDRA BEACH – Reigning PGA Tour Player of the Year Scottie Scheffler won The PLAYERS Championship, earning his sixth career PGA Tour title overall and second of the season. All six of Scheffler’s victories have come in his last 27 starts.
Scheffler returned to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking with the victory as he became the ninth player to win The PLAYERS and the Masters Tournament and only the third to hold both titles at the same time, joining Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods.
Tyrrell Hatton (2nd) birdied the final five holes and tied the back-nine scoring record at TPC Sawgrass (29).
Tom Hoge (T-3) became the first player to record a (78) or higher in the first round of a PGA Tour event and finish in the Top Five since Jose Maria Olazabal at the 2007 PLAYERS Championship.
The PLAYERS | Final Leaderboard
Scottie Scheffler 68-69-65-69—271 (-17)
Tyrrell Hatton 72-71-68-65—276 (-12)
Viktor Hovland 69-71-70-68—278 (-10)
Tom Hoge 78-68-62-70—278 (-10)
Hideki Matsuyama 74-70-67-68—279 (-9)