WGC Dell Match Play 2022: Scottie Scheffler beats Kevin Kisner to move to world number in Tennis rankings.
Winning by now should be old hat for Scottie Scheffler. Sunday in the Dell Technologies Match Play was special for so many reasons, and the new No. 1 player in the world couldn’t hide it.
Moments after Scheffler closed out Kevin Kisner on the 15th hole to win for the third time in five starts, the 25-year-old Texan was overcome by tears and hugs, from his wife to his parents and sisters and pretty much everyone who could get a piece of him at Austin Country Club.
From a top junior in Dallas to four years as a Texas Longhorn to his time outside the ropes at the Match Play watching the world’s best, all Scheffler wanted to do was play alongside them.
And now he’s the one everyone is chasing as No. 1 in the world.
- He is the sixth-youngest player to reach No. 1 since the world ranking began in 1986.
- Scheffler joined Kisner as the only players to win the Match Play the year after losing in the championship match.
Scheffler never trailed against Kevin Kisner, building a 3-up lead through six holes and giving him no chance to catch up. Scheffler closed him out with a par on the 15th for a 4-and-3 victory.
He earned $2.1 million for the win — that’s $5,736,000 for his last three wins — and heads to Augusta National as one of the leading favorites.
Conners won the first three holes in the consolation match and beat Johnson, 3 and 1.
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