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Golf roundup: Scottie Scheffler wins Arnold Palmer Invitational for second victory in a month

AP photo by John Raoux / Scottie Scheffler tees off on the 18th hole at Bay Hill during the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Sunday in Orlando, Fla. Scheffler won by a stroke, earning his second PGA Tour career victory after earning his first last month at the Phoenix Open.
AP photo by John Raoux / Scottie Scheffler tees off on the 18th hole at Bay Hill during the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Sunday in Orlando, Fla. Scheffler won by a stroke, earning his second PGA Tour career victory after earning his first last month at the Phoenix Open. AP photo by John Raoux / Scottie Scheffler tees off on the 18th hole at Bay Hill during the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Sunday in Orlando, Fla. Scheffler won by a stroke, earning his second PGA Tour career victory after earning his first last month at the Phoenix Open.

By The Associated Press 5 min read

ORLANDO, Fla. – Scottie Scheffler isn’t sure he won the Arnold Palmer Invitational as much as he survived it.

Over the final four holes Sunday at Bay Hill, he had to get up and down from 149 yards in rough covering the tops of his shoes, and from 67 yards over the water to a back pin on the third-easiest hole.

The two conventional pars that followed were just as scary, one from 45 feet and the other from about 70 feet, on greens with barely enough grass to keep the ball from sliding, knowing a gust could send the ball an extra eight feet.

Scheffler answered every challenge. The 25-year-old from Dallas closed with a bogey-free back nine and a par round of 72 for a one-shot victory, his second on the PGA Tour in a month. He moved to No. 5 in the Official World Golf Ranking.

“To be completely honest with you, right now I’m exhausted,” said Scheffler, who wound up at 5-under 283 overall and added a second career win not long after getting his first at the Phoenix Open. “This course is a total beatdown trying to play. I’m very pleased I didn’t have to play any extra holes.”