the american golfer scottie scheffler has been crowned this sunday champion of the tournament The Playersand has snatched from jon rahmthat He withdrew on Friday due to a health problem.the first position in the world ranking. Scheffler has won The Players, which takes place in the United States and is considered the fifth major championship of the season, with a cumulative of -17, after delivering a card of 69 shots this Sunday, three under par, with five birdies and two bogeys. Rahm is now second in the world rankings.

The American, current champion of the Augusta Masters, has thus won his second tournament of 2023, after defending the title in Phoenix, and the sixth of his career. In addition to the two crowns in Phoenix and Augusta, Scheffler has the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play to his credit. It so happens that, in history, only Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods had managed to win The Players, being current champions of the Augusta Masters.

The British Tyrrell Hatton finished in second place, five shots behind Scheffler, with an accumulated score of twelve under par. Tom Hoge and Norwegian Viktor Hovland finished tied for third, with a total of -10.

Rahm has not been able to defend his first position in the world ranking, when he withdrew before the start of the day on Friday due to a health problem. On Thursday, in the first day of The Players, he delivered a card of 71 shots, one under par.

The Basque golfer had reached the top of the ranking on February 19, when he won the Genesis Invitational at Pacific Palisades in the United States, the third tournament of his brilliant season. In addition to the Genesis Invitational, Rahm has won the Sentry Tournament of Champions and The American Express this season.

Source: Eitb

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