🏌 Win Sealed by Putter

Good morning. Scottie Scheffler won the Arnold Palmer Invitational by five shots - check out the equipment he used and the prize money breakdown.

And congratulations to the 25% of you who backed him to win the tournament in our poll last week. 🎉 

We also hit the bull’s eye 🎯 with our bet on Byeong Hun An (T-8) finishing in the top 20.

Trivia: The Players Championship is the next stop on the PGA Tour calendar. Five golfers have won The Players and a major championship in the same calendar year: Jack Nicklaus (1978, The Open), Hal Sutton (1983, PGA), Tiger Woods (2001, Masters), Martin Kaymer (2014, US Open), and who else? Answer at the end of the mail.

⛳ This day in history: On this date in 1956, the LPGA Tour’s Titleholders Championship of Women's Golf was won for the third time by Louise Suggs in a great battle with Patty Berg, winning by one shot at Augusta Country Club.

ALBATROSS
Scheffler's Putter Conquers Arnold Palmer

World No 1 Scottie Scheffler won the Arnold Palmer Invitational by five shots, the largest margin at Bay Hill since Tiger Woods in 2012.

🤯 16/16 Putts: Scheffler switched to a mallet putter on Rory McIlroy's advice and it seems to have worked wonders.

He made 16 out of 16 putts inside 15 feet during the final round. His 4.347 strokes gained: putting performance at Bay Hill was nearly five shots better than his season average and ranked fifth in the field.

🚫 McIlroy Chokes: Rory McIlroy had an outside chance of challenging for the title going into Round 4 but he bottled it big time.

His disappointing 76 on the final day saw him finish outside the top 20.

⛳️ The Open Quota: Will Zalatoris finished T-4 and punched his ticket to Royal Troon via The Open Qualifying Series, which awarded one spot to the top finisher at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, not otherwise exempt.

🚩 Wyndham Controversy: Wyndham Clark, who finished 2nd, was accused of cheating on the 18th hole at Bay Hill Club & Lodge, when he attempted to weigh on his club near the ball.

After the video went viral, Clark defended himself stating that close-up pictures are only making it look "worse".

📌 Stars Struggle: Most of the big names had a poor final round.

Top-ranked stars like Viktor Hovland, Patrick Cantlay, Jordan Spieth finished in the lower half of the leaderboard.

Xander Schauffele and Ludvig Aberg finished T-25.

Watch Round 4 Highlights

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Worth Mentioning

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US Golfers Dominate PGA and LPGA

⛳️ PGA Tour: American Brice Garnett won a thrilling playoff to win the Puerto Rico Open.

Check out the equipment he used and the prize money breakdown.

✅ Full PGA Tour Status: With this victory, Garnett qualified for The Players Championship next week and earned full PGA Tour status for the next three years.

🚀 Debut Drama: Amateur golfer Jackson Van Paris carded a final-round 8-under 64, stampeding from 50th place into the top 10 on his Tour debut.

⛳️ LPGA Tour: US golfer Bailey Tardy won the Blue Bay LPGA tournament in China.

Check out the equipment she used and the prize money breakdown.

🏆 Maiden Title: Tardy beat fellow American Sarah Schmelzel by four shots to win her maiden LPGA Tour title.

💔 Lilia Vu Withdraws: World No 1 Lilia Vu was forced to withdraw from an LPGA Tour event for the second week in a row. Earlier, it was an illness and now it's reported to be an injury.

⛳️ LIV Golf: Abraham Ancer defeated Cameron Smith and Paul Casey in a thrilling playoff to win the LIV Golf title in Hong Kong.

Check out the equipment he used and the prize money breakdown.

Crushers GC led by Bryson DeChambeau registered their second straight team win.

⛳️ DP World Tour: Matteo Manassero carded a final-round 66 to claim his first victory on the DP World Tour in 11 years with a 3-shot win at the Jonsson Workwear Open.

Shaun Norris, Thriston Lawrence and Jordan Smith were the runners-up.

LOCKER ROOM
What else is making news

The Players Championship: Tiger Woods will not play in The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass this month as he continues to manage ongoing ankle and back problems while also preparing for The Masters.

PGA Tour Champions: Joe Durant won the Cologuard Classic - his fifth PGA Tour Champions victory and the first title since 2021.

NBC Analysts: Kevin Kisner, Roger Maltbie and Gary Koch will return to the NBC booth for the network's coverage of the Players Championship.

LIV Golf: Fireballs GC, Torque GC, and Stinger GC have announced LIV Golf’s first multi-team partnership deal with Stuburt as the British apparel brand becomes the exclusive on-course apparel partner for all three teams.

BIRDIE
50 States, 50 Golfers - Part 4

We're back with part four of our five-part series, picking the best native-born golfer from each state to commemorate the 50th anniversary of The Players Championship.

🏌️ New Mexico - Steve Jones: Jones won eight times on the PGA Tour including the 1996 US Open.

🏌️ New York - Walter Hagen: Hagen is third behind Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods with 11 professional major championships, including five PGA titles in seven years from 1921-1928.

🏌️ North Carolina - Raymond Floyd: Floyd is a four-time Major champion and notably won the 1981 Players Championship. 

🏌️ North Dakota - Mike Morley: Morley won two PGA Tour titles and designed golf courses in the Midwest.

🏌️ Ohio - Jack Nicklaus: Nicklaus is one of the greatest players of all-time and has the career Grand Slam, with six Masters titles, five PGA Championships, four US Opens and three British Opens.

🏌️ Oklahoma - Tommy Bolt: Bolt won 20 PGA Tour titles, capped by the 1958 US Open in his home state at Tulsa's Southern Hills.

🏌️ Oregon - Peter Jacobsen: Jacobsen won seven times on the PGA Tour.

🏌️ Pennsylvania - Arnold Palmer: The 7-time Major Champion would be the "King" regardless of where he was born.

🏌️ Rhode Island - Lawson Little: Little won the US Open in 1940 and had seven top-10s in the Masters.

🏌️ South Carolina - Dustin Johnson: Johnson won 24 times on the PGA Tour, 30 on a worldwide basis, and two major championships - the 2017 US Open and the 2020 Masters.

DRIVING RANGE
What To Do When You're In Between Clubs

In this video, we take you through the thought process you could use to avoid the trouble and hit the higher percentage shots when you're caught in between clubs on the golf course.

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