Scottie Scheffler was a dominant winner of the PGA Championship, drawing praise for his competitiveness on the course
Scottie Scheffler has continued his dominance early this season(Image: undefined via Getty Images)
Scottie Scheffler has been dubbed “a monster” on the greens after his brilliant rise to claim his third major at the PGA Championship. The top-ranked golfer in the world dominated at Quail Hollow, leaving Jon Rahm’s dreams of a career grand slam in tatters.
Despite an early setback, Scheffler carded a final-round 71, clinching the championship with an impressive 11 under par, a whopping five strokes ahead of competitors Bryson DeChambeau, Harris English and Davis Riley.
While Rahm struggled in the final stretch, losing shots and tying for eighth place, Scheffler’s steady play secured him a spot in history next to the iconic Seve Ballesteros as one of the few players since 1906 to win their first three majors by such a significant lead.
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Beneath his calm exterior, the 28-year-old Scheffler harbors a fierce determination that has garnered praise from fellow golfers and sports commentators. CBS analyst and past Masters winner Trevor Immelman, speaking on the Fried Egg Golf podcast, expressed his admiration.
“I have a ton of respect for Scottie, as a human, as a competitor, as a golfer,” said Immelman.
“He lulls you to sleep with his calmness and how he seems not to be too affected by too much. But he’s mean, man, he’s a mean competitor.”
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Trevor Immelman gave his verdict on Scottie Scheffler.(Image: Getty)
“If you pull back some of those layers of the gentlemanly aspect that he portrays and you just isolate the competitor when he’s out on the course, he’s a monster, an absolute monster. I love that, I love watching it.”
Scheffler credited his mental toughness as a key to his success, remarking: “This is a special tournament. Any time you can win a major championship is pretty cool and I’m proud of how I did this week just staying in it mentally and hitting the shots when I needed to.
“This back nine will be one that I remember for a long time. It was a grind out there. I think at one point on the front, I maybe had a four or five-shot lead, and making the turn I think I was tied for the lead.
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“So to step up when I needed to the most, I’ll remember that for a while. I always try to lean as much as I can on my mind. I think that’s probably my greatest strength.
“Today and this week I really just feel like I did just such a good job of staying patient when I wasn’t swinging it my best but I hit the shots when I needed to.
“I hit the important shots well this week, and that’s why I’m walking away with the trophy.”
In an earlier part of the event, Rory McIlroy had to swap out his driver due to a pre-tournament testing failure, and Scheffler revealed he faced a similar dilemma.
“My driver did fail me this week. We had a feeling that it was going to be coming because I’ve used that driver for over a year. I was kind of fortunate for it to last that long, I felt like.”
