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0 Scottie Scheffler has won his second-straight Players Championship, with a late miss from Wyndham Clark sealing the result in Florida.
In a dramatic finish, Scheffler finished with 20-under but the fate of the result was placed in Clark’s hands for a potential playoff.
But in one of the most agonising finishes in recent memory, last year’s US Open winner’s putt to tie Scheffler and send the tournament to a playoff lipped out of the hole after the ball had almost sunk below ground level, and he finished 19-under alongside two other players.
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Scheffler will pocket a cool (AUD) $6.9 million for the victory, while Clark will split the second-placed prize with Xander Schauffele and Brian Harman, with each player taking home $2.9 million for their efforts.
Clark’s costly miss in the closing stages cost him the chance to play for an extra $4 million in a two-man playoff.
“Unbelievable,” the commentator said.
“How did that not drop? What a finish… that ball was almost all the way down below the surface of the hole and spun all the way back.
“Never thought it was missing.”
The 30-year-old was left “gutted” by the cruel twist of fate and couldn’t believe the ball failed to go into the hole.
“It was coming with some speed… I don’t know how that putt doesn’t go in,” Clark said.
“I thought it was going to go inside left, and then even when it seemed to lip I thought it would lip in … I’m pretty gutted it didn’t go in.
“Right now I’m pretty down. It just sucks, I’ve always dreamt and wanted to make a putt that forced playoffs or win a tournament, and I’ve yet to do it in my professional career.
“I’m still beside myself, I’m shocked that putt didn’t go in”
His fatal error brought on a swift reaction on social media, proving once again the ‘brutal’ and ‘filthy’ nature of the sport.
With the victory on Monday (AEDT), Scheffler became the first player to ever defend the Players Championship title at TPC Sawgrass.
“It’s pretty special,” he said.
“It’s tough enough to win one Players, so to have it back-to-back is extremely special.”
The event is the biggest purse available on the PGA Tour and the performances from Scheffler over the past two years have helped make him a very rich man.
