The American won nine times last year but failed to top golf's list of highest earners and was just outside the top-10 in terms of all sport stars

Scottie Scheffler momentarily takes a share of the lead with a chip-in for eagle from the bunker.

The rain suit had become Scottie Scheffler's second skin, a waterlogged membrane he could finally shed only after the last putt dropped. His expression to the handful of remaining spectators needed no translation,