{"id":8421,"date":"2026-01-26T10:25:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T03:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/?p=8421"},"modified":"2026-01-26T10:25:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T03:25:50","slug":"red-hot-scheffler-wins-by-four-strokes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/red-hot-scheffler-wins-by-four-strokes\/","title":{"rendered":"Red hot Scheffler wins by four strokes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Scottie Scheffler romped to his 20th<\/sup> Tour title and pushed his career earnings past the US$100 million mark with a four-stroke victory at The American Express gold championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With overnight leader Kim Si-woo and 18-year-old Blades Brown fading out of contention, world number one Scheffler finished the final round with a 6-under 66. His 27-under 261 total ensured that he won his nine straight victories on the Tour when entering a final round either tied for the lead or trailing by one shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan Gerard, Jason Day, Matt McCarty and Andrew Putnam all tied for second at 23 under, with Day firing the round of the day, a closing 64.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Gerard, it was the second straight week in second spot, after finishing solo second at last week\u2019s Sony Open in Hawaii.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scheffler\u2019s 20th career Tour victory, all of which have come in a four-year span, sees his career earning soar to third place in the list, behind Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 29-year-old Scheffler wedged his opening approach 133 yards to 4 feet before rolling in the birdie, one of eight birdie putts converted from inside 5 feet in the final round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He carded a bogey at the second hole, which dropped him two back of Si-woo, but that was about the only flaw in his final round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Si-woo and Brown finished on two-over rounds, to finish T-6 and T-18 repectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scheffler turned in 4-under 32, and after flipping lob wedges to close range at Nos. 12 and 14, he found himself five ahead of the pack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the time Scheffler reached the par-3 17th, the hole with the island green known as \u201cAlcatraz,\u201d escaping another romp by the world No. 1 required an impossible journey. Scheffler rinsed his tee shot there and made double, but it mattered little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His 20th<\/sup> title 151 starts puts him behind Woods, who took just 95 starts to reach the same marker at the 2000 US Open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan Gerard, Jason Day, Matt McCarty and Andrew Putnam all tied for second at 23 under, with Day firing the round of the day, a closing 64.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brown, who played his eighth straight day of competitive golf dating to last Sunday\u2019s first round of the Korn Ferry Tour\u2019s Bahamas Great Abaco Classic, stayed in the mix until a double bogey at the par-5 fifth. He also bogeyed two of his final four holes to miss out on a top-10 finish and spot in next week\u2019s Farmers Insurance Open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final Leaderboard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pos.<\/strong><\/td>Player<\/strong><\/td>R1<\/strong><\/td>R2<\/strong><\/td>R3<\/strong><\/td>R4<\/strong><\/td>Total<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>Scottie Scheffler<\/td>63 LQ<\/td>64 NT<\/td>68 SC<\/td>66 SC<\/td>261 (-27)<\/td><\/tr>
T2<\/td>Jason Day<\/td>63 SC<\/td>71 LQ<\/td>67 NT<\/td>64 SC<\/td>265 (-23)<\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td>Ryan Gerard<\/td>70 SC<\/td>66 LQ<\/td>64 NT<\/td>65 SC<\/td>265 (-23)<\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td>Matt McCarty<\/td>63 LQ<\/td>66 NT<\/td>68 SC<\/td>68 SC<\/td>265 (-23)<\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td>Andrew Putnam<\/td>72 SC<\/td>60 LQ<\/td>65 NT<\/td>68 SC<\/td>265 (-23)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scottie Scheffler romped to his 20th Tour title and pushed his career earnings past the US$100 million mark<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[58],"class_list":["post-8421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-golf"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t