NAPA, Calif. \u2014 There are moments where we\u2019re reminded that Scottie Scheffler is playing a different sport. Reminded that he can be 81 yards from the pin and consider it a failure to not hole out. That he can hit a shot so soft out of the first cut that it rolls to the pin, destined for the cup, only to bounce out in disappointment. No joy for the birdie from the world No. 1. He looked at that ball on the 10th green like he just missed a gimme five-foot par.<\/p>\n
Scheffler won the Procore Championship on Sunday for his sixth win in 12 starts, sure. He won his 14th event in 18 months and the 19th of his career, yes. More than anything, though, Scheffler made clear that even in a seemingly light-hearted team-building week in Napa with his Ryder Cup pals, he is there to win.<\/p>\n
For all intents and purposes, the tournament was over the moment Scheffler\u2019s pitch bounced off that pin for birdie. He went from four back to tied for the lead within seven holes, doing the exact thing Scheffler always does. Drip. Drip. Drip. Steady golf as the masses fade back to Earth. Other than one frustrating 3-putt for bogey, he finished with six birdies to snag the win from Ryder Cup teammate Ben Griffin, who missed a five-foot birdie putt that would have sent it to a playoff.<\/p>\n
Sunday makes Scheffler just the fourth golfer since 1960 with back-to-back seasons of six or more wins, per Justin Ray<\/a>, joining luminaries like Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus.<\/p>\n Scottie and the flag stick are not friends \ud83d\ude12<\/p>\n He is now tied for the lead through 10 @ProcoreChamp<\/a>. <\/p>\n \ud83d\udcfa Golf Channel pic.twitter.com\/Z2sBTBt1mC<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) September 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Scheffler may enjoy this a bit extra after spending his pre-tournament news conference playfully digging at reporters for only asking about the upcoming Ryder Cup before reminding them this wasn\u2019t just some practice week.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m present, I\u2019m ready to play this week. I didn\u2019t show up to Napa to talk about the Ryder Cup for four days,\u201d Scheffler said. \u201cI\u2019m here to play a golf tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n While it was a frustrating defeat for Griffin, the 29-year-old surprise breakout star who earned a captain\u2019s pick for the Ryder Cup, it was an all-around promising week for the 10 American team golfers, with two weeks until Bethpage. Griffin led through 54 holes and opened birdie-birdie-birdie only to plateau and play the final 15 holes in 1-over par for solo second.<\/p>\n Then, after Lanto Griffin (unrelated) took third and world No. 1 amateur Jackson Koivun finished impressively tied for fourth, four more U.S. Ryder Cuppers (J.J. Spaun, Cameron Young, Sam Burns and Russell Henley) cracked the top 20. Spaun shot a Sunday 66 to rise to T5, while all 10 U.S. Ryder Cuppers made the cut. None finished worse than T43.<\/p>\n Fighting back to one stroke down\ud83d\udcaa@bengriffingolf<\/a> gets to 18-under with three to play @ProcoreChamp<\/a>. <\/p>\n \ud83d\udcfa Golf Channel pic.twitter.com\/o9UHxWkTOa<\/a><\/p>\n