Stunning Scheffler, 17th heaven, heroic Hoge - Five things we learned from THE PLAYERS Championship

The PGA TOUR’s flagship event at TPC Sawgrass delivered plenty of delight and drama but one player — Scottie Scheffler — stood head and shoulders above the rest and can now lay claim to being the best in the world. Scottie Scheffler’s star continues to rise Ad Scottie Scheffler cruised to his sixth PGA TOUR title — and his second this year — with another brilliant display of golf that ultimately ended in a five-shot victory over nearest challenger Tyrrell Hatton that was rewarded with a cheque for US$4.5m.

The Players Championship'I found a way to choose my moments' — Triumphant Scheffler reacts to THE PLAYERS Championship win30 MINUTES AGO With victory he also returned to the World No. 1 spot ahead of Jon Rahm who was forced to pull out of the event due to sickness while fellow ranking rival Rory McIlroy failed to make the cut.

Not that the man himself is that bothered having downplayed the honour to the media. «It's tough to rank professional golf,” he told reporters on Saturday, “and the OWGR [Official World Golf Ranking] has done a good job of that over a long period of time but at the end of the day, for me, it's just an algorithm.” It’s hard to argue against his elevated status given his insane level of consistency over the last year or so with Scheffler having also notched 14 top-10 finishes in that period — and some are even suggesting he is just getting started.

Notably, he also becomes just the third player to have held both the Masters and THE PLAYERS titles at the same time joining Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. Illustrious company.