How Scottie Scheffler won in 2022
Scottie Scheffler made some tough pars down the stretch to shoot an even-par 72 on a day of high scoring at Bay Hill, winning by one stroke over Tyrrell Hatton, Billy Horschel and Viktor Hovland. Scheffler made a 20-foot putt for a par on 15 after driving behind a tree and punching out. He had to lay up with his third shot on the par-5 16th but wedged to six feet and saved par and then lagged long putts close to the hole for pars on 17 and 18. Hovland, playing with Scheffler, missed an 18-foot birdie putt on 18 to finish with a 74, and then Horschel, the last man with a chance, parred 18 for a 75. Hatton finished earlier with a 69, but it ended up being one stroke too many. Scheffler entered the final round trailing by two and was 1-over on the front nine, but he had a birdie on 12 and eight pars on the back nine while the other contenders were all falling victim to bogeys or double bogeys.
- Scheffler eagled the par-5 16th hole in both the second and third rounds.
- Scheffler ranked first in Strokes Gained: Approach the Green with 2.017 per round.
- Scheffler tied for first in Par-5 Scoring Average at 4.31.
- Scheffler’s 68 in the third round matched the best score of the day.
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- Scottie Scheffler’s 283 matched the second highest winning total in the history of the event, behind Tyrrell Hatton at 284 (in 2020) and tied with Mike Nicolette at 283 (1983).
- The final-round scoring average of the field has been over 75 in each of the last two years—75.486 in 2021 and 75.481 in 2022.
- There were more scores in the 80s in the final round (five) than under-par rounds (four).
- Scheffler’s victory was his second in three starts, a streak which he would extend to four wins in six starts.
- Rory McIlroy’s streak of five straight top-10s at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, including a 2018 victory, was snapped when a final-round 76 left him T13.
- Tyrrell Hatton has three top-five finishes in six starts in the event (T4/2017, win/2020), (T2/2022).