I can only say that I'm very proud of how we fought this week, says Scheffler after the win, his third major title in his career.
American went clearly fourth round on 71 strokes, far from the best in the field. But it played a lesser role since he began the final day with a lead, which he ultimately extended.
Scheffler finished at a total of –11, five strokes ahead of the trio Harris English, Bryson DeChambeau and Davis Riley, who shared second place with –6.
Before Sunday's play, Alex Norén was second and had the chance to challenge for the title. In advance, it was somewhat unlikely that Norén would go out in a leading ball during the final day of the major tournament at difficult-to-play Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina.
It was only last week that the 42-year-old made a comeback on the golf course after a nearly seven-month-long injury break. Then Norén finished in a shared 51st position on the USA tour.
Started three strokes behind
On Sunday, he went out in the PGA Championship's final ball together with world number one Scottie Scheffler. On the first tee, the leading American had a three-stroke lead – after four played holes, Norén was five strokes behind. This after two bogeys for the Swede.
Even though Norén after nine played holes had gotten the distance down to two, the Swede began to lose ground when the second half of the round began.
On hole 10, it became a bogey for Norén while Scheffler putted in a birdie. After a new bogey for Norén on eleven, the 42-year-old was suddenly again five strokes behind the world number one.
In the end, it became six bogeys against just one birdie for the Swede, who slipped down a bit and finished in a shared 17th place.
The winner of the PGA Championship takes home a victory check of 33.4 million kronor (3.42 million dollars).
Stenson won in 2016
Scheffler has now won three major titles, the two previous ones he took in the US Masters (2022 and 2024).
Henrik Stenson is the only Swedish male player who has won a major tournament. Stenson took home the British Open in 2016.
Alex Norén has won ten times in his career on the European Tour (now the DP World Tour), but has never won on the PGA Tour. His best is three second places.
Corrected: An earlier version had the wrong placement for Norén.
Annika Sörenstam: US Open 1995, 1996, 2006. Nabisco 2001, 2002, 2005. LPGA Championship 2003, 2004, 2005. British Open: 2003.
Anna Nordqvist: LPGA Championship 2009. Evian Championship 2017. British Open 2021.
Liselotte Neumann: US Open 1988.
Helen Alfredsson: Nabisco 1993.
Henrik Stenson: British Open 2016.
Pernilla Lindberg: Ana Inspiration (formerly Nabisco) 2018.
