Memorial: Jack Nicklaus Has Eye-Opening Scottie Scheffler Proclamation

[ad_1] Scottie Scheffler received the Memorial Event for the second straight yr, becoming a member of Tiger Woods as the one two gamers to beat Muirfield Village in consecutive seasons.

He started the day holding a one shot benefit over Ben Griffin, the North Carolinian who received final week's Charles Schwab Problem at Colonial. Griffin has been red-hot as of late, too, however Scheffler slammed the door shut on him down the stretch in Ohio on Sunday.

After lacking the golf green and making a bogey on the par-4 tenth, Scheffler canned back-to-back birdie tries on the eleventh and twelfth holes. In the meantime, Griffin missed a brief birdie attempt on 11 after which bogeyed the twelfth and thirteenth, which elevated Scheffler's result in 4 with 5 holes to play. The engraver may have began to etch Scheffler's identify into the trophy at that time.

Jack Nicklaus and Scottie Scheffler pose for photographs with the trophy after Scheffler received the 2025 Memorial Event at Muirfield Village Golf Membership on June 01, 2025 in Dublin, Ohio. Jack Nicklaus and Scottie Scheffler pose for photographs with the trophy after Scheffler received the 2025 Memorial Event at Muirfield Village Golf Membership on June 01, 2025 in Dublin, Ohio. Andy Lyons/Getty Pictures But, Griffin, a fiery participant whose confidence solely continues to extend, made an eagle on the par-5 fifteenth. He then sunk an extended birdie putt on the par-3 sixteenth to use some stress and all of a sudden, Scheffler's lead dwindled from 4 to 2 with two to play.

"I informed myself after we have been standing there on 17 tee, if [Griffin] eagles 15, birdies 16 and 17 and 18, we should be in a playoff," Scheffler stated after.

"I am unable to cease him from taking part in nice golf, however all I can do is simply go on the market and try to execute. I hit the golf green on 17, hit the inexperienced, gave myself an excellent look.While you're within the tough out right here, it is actually difficult, and [Griffin] put it within the tough on 17, which makes that gap extraordinarily tough, and paid the worth for an errant tee shot."

Griffin walked away with a double whereas Scheffler penciled in a 4 into his scorecard.

It was over, leaving Scheffler with a simple stroll as much as the 18th inexperienced, the place a victorious handshake with event host Jack Nicklaus awaited.

"I believe that nice gamers are ones who rise to the event and are ones who know play coming down the stretch in necessary occasions," Nicklaus stated after the event ended.

"[Scheffler is] an excellent participant. I imply, take a look at the file that he has had the previous couple of years. It is unbelievable."

Scheffler received his sixteenth PGA Tour title on Sunday, all of which have come since February 2022. He is on a outstanding tear, one which makes the sport look really easy and so easy. He hits fairways and greens routinely, hardly ever placing himself out of place.

Why is the Memorial considered one of my favourite tournaments of the yr?

Effectively the most important motive has to do with Jack, and the best way he makes himself obtainable throughout this week yearly. For my complete life, I've cherished listening to his perception, particularly at Muirfield Village, whether or not or not it's… pic.twitter.com/7FcZ4NMF3z

— Jack Milko (@jack_milko) June 2, 2025 His psychological toughness is unflappable too, which led Nicklaus, the winningest main champion of all time, to make fairly the declaration on Sunday night.

"I do not suppose I performed practically in addition to he performed," Nicklaus stated of Scheffler.

"He is taking part in higher than I performed and extra constant. He is simply been taking part in incredible, and I really like watching him play. Whether or not it is right here or on the tv or no matter it's, I really like to look at. Anytime he is taking part in, I wish to watch."

Scheffler smiled on the remark, however didn't add something additional. He is a person of humility, a person who by no means will get too far forward of himself. He additionally doesn't have an enormous ego in anyway.

He's centered solely on the current and on his course of to organize. Increased than these gadgets on his precedence listing are his religion and his household.

However he's additionally intense, and he takes that depth and tries to use it to every shot — one of many many the explanation why he has received a lot over the previous three years.

"Early in my profession I felt like I did not carry sufficient depth to the primary couple rounds. Like I'd carry a number of depth on Saturday and Sunday, however I used to be all the time form of on the skin trying in when it got here to leaderboards, and that is one factor I believe that Tiger was actually good at was bringing that degree of depth to every shot," Scheffler stated.

"I by no means received to play with Mr. Nicklaus, however I'd assume that is most likely a fairly related thought course of that he introduced to every spherical. And every event week looks like a marathon, particularly while you're taking part in a tough golf course like this, so it is simply extra necessary to remain within the correct head area and try to hit photographs after which go from there."