Scottie Scheffler Captures Memorial for Third Win of 2025 originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
Winning three of the last four events on any tour is cause for celebration.
Winning the PGA Championship and the Memorial Tournament, which is as close to a major as possible, makes the victories more than just wins; they are a calling card to all those who think they have a chance.
Sunday proved that they don’t.
Scottie Scheffler sent another message to the world of golf, saying his dominance in 2024 with eight victories is back with a vengeance.
During this current stretch of play, Scheffler is a combined 60-under par in four tournaments. During the last 16 rounds, he has only recorded one round over par, a 71 in the second round of the Charles Schwab Challenge.
In the eight weekend rounds, Scheffler has a scoring average of 67.
“He didn’t play, for him, spectacular golf; he played what he should do,” tournament host Jack Nicklaus said of Scheffler’s game on Sunday. “He played good, solid, smart golf and, you know, three 70s and a 68, that’s pretty good golf under the conditions out there. That’s what the best player in the world does. He comes out, does things the right way, manages it and sees who is on the leaderboard and who is challenging him.”
The win, Scheffler’s 16th, was a traditional victory for the world No. 1.
Entering the final round, Scheffler had a one-shot lead. It was a lead he would never relinquish, and one he nursed along through the entire front nine, making a lone birdie on the seventh hole and making the turn with a two-shot lead.
Scheffler would make a lone bogey on the 10th hole but make up for the misstep on the 11th with his second birdie of the day, and turned the tables on his closest pursuer, Ben Griffin.
“Definitely an important moment in the tournament because after the bogey on 10, making that putt on 11 was definitely really important to kind of keep him at bay,” Scheffler said of one of the turning points of the round. “I didn’t actually see his putt there, but I knew that it missed, and so then I’m in control of the box on 12, and I went in there and hit a really nice shot, which I think was really important as well, put it in position there.”
The par on the 12th for Scheffler and bogey for Griffin didn’t close out the tournament, but it continued Scheffler’s solid and focused play over the last two years.
“I felt like the only time I had to press was when I was chasing in Houston in the final round,” Scheffler said of the last time another player dictated to him. “I was pretty far back going into the last round, and so going into the back nine, I had to maybe change some lines into some of the pins and play a bit more aggressively than I had to, for instance, today. It’s different playing with the lead than chasing. I think I started that day, five or six shots back against Min Woo (Lee). So, I would say that’s really the last time that I felt like I really needed to press a little bit.”
Scheffler finished T2 in Houston to Lee. Since then, he hasn’t finished outside of the top 10, with the U.S. Open next up.
“It’s really hard to put into words what it’s like sitting up here with arguably the greatest player of all time, and we’re sitting here talking about stuff that I did today on his golf course,” Scheffler said, sitting with Nicklaus. “It’s a pretty weird feeling.”
Finally, something that causes Scheffler some angst.
This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 2, 2025, where it first appeared.
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