Scottie Scheffler ran away with the Players Championship title on Sunday and along with it took the number one world ranking and the PGA Tour's richest purse of $4.5 million.
Scheffler, who needed to finish in a tie for fifth or better to reclaim the number one spot from Jon Rahm, started the day two clear at the top of the leaderboard and got his round off to a slow start by going one-over through seven.
Scheffler took his second bogey of the day at the 14th but steered clear of trouble the rest of the way home, including at the TPC Sawgrass's infamous par-three 17th island green.Like Scheffler, Hatton could not get much going on his first nine and reached the turn at even par. Norway's Viktor Hovland and American Tom Hoge , who carded the Players Championship record low round of 10-under 62 on Saturday, finished in a tie for third seven shots behind at 10-under 278.
Scheffler's first bogey at the third moved Lee into a share of the lead but the Australian's stay at the top would be brief. He crashed down the leaderboard after taking a triple bogey seven at the par four fourth.
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