World number one Scottie Scheffler emulated Tiger Woods by successfully defending the Memorial Tournament title at Muirfield Village in Ohio.
Only five-time winner Woods had previously retained the crown between 1999 and 2001, but Scheffler claimed a second consecutive success with a four-stroke victory over Ben Griffin in an event hosted by 18-time Major winner Jack Nicklaus, and missed this year by Rory McIlroy.
Scheffler has now won three times in four starts after wins at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson and US PGA Championship.
“It’s pretty cool,” Scheffler told CBS Sports after his 16th PGA Tour victory.
“It’s always a hard week as it’s so challenging to play this tournament.
“I battled really hard over the weekend and Ben made things interesting down the stretch, but overall it was a great week.”
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Scheffler took a one-shot lead into Sunday and the chasing pack failed to put him under any concerted pressure.
Birdies at the seventh, 11th and 15th gave Scheffler breathing space in a final round two-under par 70, with a solitary dropped shot coming at the 10th - his first bogey in 32 holes.
Griffin, the only other man to have won an event that Scheffler has entered in the last month at the Charles Schwab Classic in Texas, closed with a 73 to finish one ahead of Austria’s Sepp Straka, with Nick Taylor a shot back in fourth.
Offaly’s Shane Lowry dropped down the leaderboard for a share of 23rd place with a disappointing 77.
England’s Tommy Fleetwood was tied 16th and Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre tied 20th.
