Hero World Challenge – final ranking
-25 S Scheffler (United States); -19 T Kim (Kor); -18 J Thomas (United States); -15 A Bhatia (United States); -14 K Bradley (United States); -12 L Aberg (Sweden); -11 R MacIntyre (Scotland)
Others selected: -4 A Rai (English); Level W Clark (United States); +1 D-Day (Aus)
Scottie Scheffler shot a sensational 6-under 63 as he capped a dominant year by holding on to the Hero World Challenge by a six-shot winning margin.
The world number one, who won gold at the Masters and Olympics in 2024, claimed a record ninth title of the year with a bogey-free round to triumph at 25 under.
This victory means he has won an incredible 42.9% of the 21 tournaments he has played in 2024.
“(It was) very satisfying,” he said after tying Tiger Woods (2000) and Vijay Singh (2004) for the most wins in a single season since 1950, although that event and the Olympic Games are not PGA Tour competitions.
“I did a lot of good things on the course, played a really solid round of golf.
“(It) feels good to take a little break and come back and continue to play some pretty solid golf.”
Scheffler, who had not competed in a stroke play event since winning the PGA Tour Championship in August, joined Woods (2006-2007) and Norwegian Viktor Hovland (2021-2022) as the only back-to-back winners of the 20-man invitational tournament. event at the Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas.
Scheffler, 28, birdied three of the first four holes and four of the last six holes as he cruised to victory.
South Korean Tom Kim, who shot a 68, was far behind, while the day’s leader, Justin Thomas, finished a shot further back in third.
Thomas, who remains winless since winning the 2022 US PGA Championship, closed with a score of 71-under.
The 31-year-old followed birdies on the first and fourth holes with bogeys on the par-three second and fifth.
That allowed Scheffler, who made an eight-foot birdie at the first hole, a birdie at the par-five third and a stunning birdie putt from just inside 50 feet at the fourth, to take a lead he would not relinquish. not.
“It’s been a great, fun year,” Scheffler added.
“I’ve had some time to think, but I don’t really know how to rate it. It’s been quite surreal, a lot of fun and I’m just really grateful.”
