Editorial Staff
Six weeks after his first PGA Tour victory, Scheffler won the Dell Technologies Match Play for his third title in his last five starts.
Burns holed a 32-foot birdie putt beat Davis Riley on the second playoff hole, giving him three Tour wins in his last 22 starts.
Davis Riley made three birdies from tough spots to close out the front nine and then kept right on rolling Saturday until he had a 9-under 62 and a two-shot lead in the Valspar Championship.
Matthew NeSmith tied the Copperhead course record at Innisbrook with a 10-under 61 and set the tournament record.
Burns bounced back from The Players and shares lead with past champion Adam Hadwin, the well-traveled David Lipsky and Jhonattan Vegas.
"It's really cool to have them here," Cam Smith said. "My main priority was to hang out with them. Golf was second."
Scottie Scheffler played the kind of golf that wins a traditional U.S. Open, and that’s what the Arnold Palmer Invitational felt like.
This is supposed to be the March run on the way to the Masters. It felt more like mid-June and a traditional U.S. Open.
After last year's route, new U.S. Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson doesn't see a need to make extensive changes.
Niemann needs one more sub-70 round to break Genesis scoring record, which has stood longer than any other 72-hole Tour record.