Scottie Scheffler’s Dominance Returns to the Greens and the Arnold Palmer Invitational Turns Into a Rout

ORLANDO, Fla. — Golf is a humbling, often perplexing game, one that befuddles and bemuses even the best who play it. The swing comes and goes, and with that comes an understanding that even the best of the best battle the demons the lead to sleepless nights and endless range sessions.

Then there is Scottie Scheffler.

The world’s No. 1-ranked player via the Official World Golf Ranking has held that position since last May, and yet until Sunday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, he had not won an official golf tournament in 52 weeks.