Scottie Scheffler

Jon Rahm, not Scottie Scheffler, opened as the favorite to win the PGA Championship at 11-1 at Caesars Sportsbook.

Tiger Woods opened at 40-1 to win the PGA Championship at Caesars, although some sportsbooks have him listed as long as 80-1. Defending PGA champion Phil Mickelson, who did not play the Masters, opened at 100-1 to repeat at Caesars Sportsbook. Jon Rahm opened as the favorite to win the PGA Championship at 11-1 at Caesars Sportsbook. Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are next at 12-1, followed by Collin Morikawa and Justin Thomas, who are each 14-1.

At only 25, Scottie Scheffler has earned himself a green jacket, having won his first major only 58 days ago.

In what could have been the tournament sealing putt, he just narrowly missed as the ball rolled out of the hole. While he didn’t let his emotions get the best of him when it mattered most, Scheffler went through a slew of emotions. He has been on a tear since February and has been winning tournaments left and right. He wanted to make Scheffler feel the heat and not forget about him. Foremost, he is now one of only two players ever to win a major in his first major as the world No. 1. Explicitly, He tied the record for the lowest score ever on a Sunday round.

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“Future endorsement deals should be bountiful for him, and he should capitalize on this major win by selectively picking deals that help him craft his brand.” “Scottie was on fire prior to this tournament, but many thought he was just on a streak. Before Sunday’s win, the 25-year-old star was already having a banner earnings year; he has now pulled in $10.1 million in prize money since the start of the 2021-22 PGA season in September, more than double the $4.5 million he earned last season.

Scheffler joins Jordan Spieth and Tiger Woods as the only players age 25 or younger to win the Masters over the last 40 years.

Like Meredith told me this morning, if you win this golf tournament, if you lose by ten shots, if you never win another golf tournament again, I'm still going to love you, and you're still going to be the same person." And while nothing is assured in this sport (19 different winners in the past 24 majors), it certainly feels like a superstar has been born. But he seems to think out loud — typically on Twitter — unlike the usual buttoned-up, calculated approach taken by most CEOs. They move markets and set expectations. The big picture: Eight weeks ago, Scheffler had zero PGA Tour wins and $8.7 million in earnings. Collin Morikawa was fifth at four-under.

The average sports fan would be forgiven if they hadn't heard of Scottie Scheffler this time last year. Hell, even some serious golf fans probably couldn't have ...

It was Whittenburg who had the ball in his hands near the end of NC State’s frantic final possession. It was a fitting way for the Wolfpack to win. They needed two overtimes to defeat No. 11 seed Pepperdine in the first round, 69–67. Thurl Bailey had a tip-in with just a few seconds left to beat UNLV 71–70 in the second round. No one who’s seen it can ever forget the sight of a stunned Jim Valvano running in circles looking for someone to celebrate with after his North Carolina State team knocked off Houston on Lorenzo Charles’s dunk at the buzzer. After finishing tied for 18th at last year’s Masters, he finished in the top 10 of the rest of the majors in ’21 and then was part of the winning U.S. team at the Ryder Cup. The point is, at only 25, Scheffler is a guy who you should get used to seeing at the top of leaderboards for a long time. It came against the Yankees as the Guardians blew the game open in the seventh inning. Baerga stepped up to the plate again, this time batting lefty against the righty Farr, and hit a 2–0 fastball over the fence to make it 15–5. The Lakers are reportedly going to fire coach Frank Vogel. … Joel Embiid locked up the NBA scoring title, becoming the first international player to lead the league in scoring and the first center to do so since Shaquille O’Neal. … Tiger Woods confirmed he plans to play in the British Open at St. Andrews. … The Nets are reportedly hopeful that Ben Simmons will play in the first round of the playoffs. He had a five-shot lead over McIlroy walking to the 18th tee and he had to have been grateful for the big cushion after what transpired on the final green. And on top of that, 13 of those strikeouts came in a row. He finished seventh at the Genesis Invitational the next week and followed that up with a win in his next event, the Arnold Palmer Invitational. After finishing 55th at The Players, he won the WGC match play event in his final warmup before Augusta, moving him to No. 1 in the world. But after he won the Masters yesterday—the latest victory in his red-hot start to 2022—it’s safe to say that people know who Scheffler is.