Scottie Scheffler wins American Express for 20th PGA Tour title - ESPN

LA QUINTA, Calif. — Scottie Scheffler started his season as though nothing had changed, running off four birdies in a six-hole stretch Sunday to blow past 18-year-old Blades Brown and the rest of the field. Scheffler closed with a 6-under 66 for a four-shot victory in The American Express.

He won for the 20th time on the PGA Tour — all in the past four years — to earn a lifetime membership. More indicative of his dominance in the game is winning nine of those tournaments by four shots or more.

Scheffler has 20 wins and four majors before turning 30. Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods are the only other players to have done that.

«Pretty wild,» Scheffler said. «It's been a great start to my career. It's been special. I try not to think about that stuff too much. I was just trying to do the things I needed to do to be prepared.»

The world's No. 1 player shared the stage with Brown, who finished high school two weeks ago and played in a Korn Ferry Tour event in the Bahamas that finished Wednesday. He's the first player to play eight straight days of PGA Tour-sanctioned competition.

Whether the fatigue, or simply the moment, caught up with him — he was trying to become the youngest PGA Tour winner in 95 years — it ended quickly.

Brown was one shot behind 54-hole leader Si Woo Kim and one shot ahead of Scheffler heading to the tee at the par-3 fourth on the Stadium Course at PGA West. Five holes later, Brown and Kim both were five shots behind and Scheffler was putting it into overdrive.

Scheffler hit a baby 8-iron to 2 feet on the fourth for birdie and found the fairway on the par-5 fifth. Brown hit his tee shot into the water and had to drop in front of the tee boxes — he chose to drop in the dormant Bermuda rough instead of the