From the green jacket to the tartan jacket, not even the elements could stop Scottie Scheffler from continuing his amazing start to the 2024 season.
The world number one won the rain-delayed RBC Heritage on Monday for a fourth victory in just five tournaments.
That career, which includes the Augusta Masters, has allowed him to consolidate a level of dominance not seen since Tiger Woods was in his prime.
Scheffler, still 27 years old, has pocketed $18.69 million this season, more than double that of the next highest earner, Wyndham Clark ($9.3 million).
He has earned more than $16 million in the last 43 days alone, with nearly half of that amount coming in consecutive weekends thanks to wins at The Masters ($3.6 million) and RBC Heritage ($3.6 million). 6 million dollars).
World number one Scottie Scheffler secured victory at the rain-delayed RBC Heritage on Monday.
Scheffler, who is still 27 years old, has pocketed $18.69 million since the start of the 2024 season.
He has cemented a level of dominance not seen since Tiger Woods was in his prime.
In fact, since winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational last month, Scheffler’s paychecks total $4 million, $4.5 million (Players Championship), $550,000 (T2 at the Houston Open), $3.6 million (Masters) and $3.6 million (RBC Heritage).
That’s an average of about $375,000 per day.
In 10 events this season, the world number one has achieved nine top-10 finishes and four wins. No other player has triumphed more than once.
Only one person in history, Bobby Jones, has won all four majors in a single year, but Scheffler is just 50/1 (+5000) and some sportsbooks are following his victory at Augusta, starting with the PGA Championship on next month.
Scheffler currently stands head and shoulders above any other player in the world: his tally of 629 ranking points is almost double that of second-place Rory McIlroy (344).
This latest victory made Scheffler the second player (and the first since Bernhard Langer in 1985) to win the RBC Heritage and The in consecutive weeks.
In 10 events this season, the world number one has achieved nine top-10 finishes and four wins.
The 27-year-old finished on 19 under par, three shots ahead of Sahith Theegala in second place.
Scheffler finished three strokes ahead of Sahith Theegala in South Carolina, closing in on 19 under par despite a bogey five on the final hole.
Before that, the world number one had gone 68 consecutive holes without missing a shot, a streak that dated back to the third hole of Thursday’s first round.
Meanwhile, throughout the 2024 season, Scheffler has recorded 39 consecutive rounds at par or better.
After closing out the victory on Monday, Scheffler had won more than five shots off the tee, almost seven shots on his approaches to the green and more than 12 shots overall. He led the field in all three aspects.
No one made as few bogeys (one) during the week and no one was better at saving par after missing the green in regulation (15/17).