Scheffler’s fist pump after holing from inside 5 toes, changing into the quickest participant to 5 wins in a season since Tom Watson in 1980, confirmed how a lot stress he had been put underneath.
“It’s fairly superb. I really feel like I’ve had some shut calls on this event,” the American, who remarked on a “fairly surreal second” to shake the hand of event host Jack Nicklaus after victory, mentioned in his post-round interview at Muirfield Village.
“It is a robust place to shut it out as you noticed at the moment, the course is enjoying so robust: agency and quick.
“Sixteen, 17 and 18 had been enjoying actually robust. It was a enjoyable check of golf and I prefer it when it’s laborious.
“I didn’t actually do a complete lot nice at the moment however sufficient to get the job executed.”
Scheffler started the day with a four-stroke lead however having gone to the flip in one-over his benefit was down to 2 and when he left his birdie putt quick on the par-five fifteenth, Morikawa – who picked up one other shot on the quick twelfth – had a six-footer to attract stage on 9 underneath however missed on the low facet.
Scheffler holed a vital 15ft par putt on the subsequent to take a two-stroke lead after his enjoying associate bogeyed from the same place in entrance of the inexperienced solely at hand it again on the subsequent after arising quick along with his method.
Each gamers went lengthy on the 18th however Scheffler, who had struggled on the greens all day, discovered a putt when he wanted it for a two-over spherical of 74 to complete eight underneath.
Former US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick shot a 69 to succeed in two underneath and take a share of fifth.
Nevertheless, Rory McIlroy’s preparations for Pinehurst didn’t go to plan after beginning the time out of competition eight off the lead however searching for one thing optimistic to take into subsequent week.
After a birdie and a bogey on the entrance 9 to show in stage par, he had three bogeys and a double-bogey seven after hitting it within the water on the eleventh in his subsequent 5 holes on his approach to a four-over 76 which left him two over in a share of fifteenth.
