2024 RBC Heritage leaderboard: Scottie Scheffler stays scorching hot with fourth win in last five starts

The No. 1 player in the world took care of business at Harbour Town on the heels of his Masters win

He had to wait an extra day to make it official, but on Monday morning, Scottie Scheffler finished off one of the great seven-week runs in modern golf history with a three-shot win at the RBC Heritage.

Scheffler took a five-stroke lead into Sunday evening as play was suspended for darkness, and he returned early on Monday to finish off the $20 million signature event at 19 under. He finished par-par-bogey to beat Sahith Theegala by three shots and Patrick Cantlay and Wyndham Clark by four each. The bogey at the last was his first of the week.

A Scheffler win did not look like a foregone conclusion early in the week. Scheffler, understandably spent from an emotional and mental perspective on the heels of his second Masters win in three years last week, shanked a bunker shot on the third hole, made an early double and played his round in just 2 under (which is fairly average for him). Then he played all of Round 2 and Round 3 as well as 14 holes of Round 4 without making anything worse than a 4 before recording a couple of 5s  -- including that bogey -- over the last few holes.