Scottie Scheffler successfully defended his WM Phoenix Open title at TPC Scottsdale to regain the No. 1 spot in the world. Scheffler closed with a 6-under 65 to beat Nick Taylor by two strokes. The 26-year-old Texan took the No. 1 ranking from Rory McIlroy with his fifth PGA Tour victory. Last year, Scheffler beat Patrick Cantlay in a playoff for his first tour title. Scheffler added victories in the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the WGC-Match Play and the Masters and was the PGA Tour s player of the year. Scheffler birdied the short par-4 17th and closed with a par to finish at 19-under 265. He earned $3.6 million.
June 14 1922 Gene Sarazen edges Bobby Jones and John Black to win the U.S. Open tournament. 1934 Max Baer stops Primo Carnera in 11th round in New York to win the world heavyweight title.
This is the 100-year anniversary of Oakmont being introduced as a professional major course and Gene Sarazen becoming the first man to win two majors in a year. Other key anniversaries this year go from Rory McIlroy getting his second major at Kiawah Island and Gary Player capturing his first PGA Championship at Oakland Hills. It's also the 75-year anniversary of Australia's first PGA champion. That would be Jim Ferrier in Michigan in a PGA final that didn't include the era's "Big Three Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead for the first time in 10 years.
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