Scottie Scheffler held on for a one-stroke victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, to claim his second PGA Tour win in three starts.

Scheffler finished the week on five-under, after a final round of even par (72), in what was a brutally tough day for the field.

The young American entered Sunday two shots back and made his last bogey of the tournament on the par-4 9^th. This was erased when he made birdie on the par-5 12^th.

From there, he showed his composure when faced with a tricky up and down from the thick rough on the 15^th and he went on to successfully roll in his par putt from 20 feet.

On the par-5 16^th hole, his drive caught an awkward lie in the long grass, forcing him to lay up short of the water. He hit wedge to 6 feet and held the putt for a miraculous par.

He played his penultimate and final holes beautifully, hitting his tee-shot on the 17^th to a safe 45 feet and two-putting for a par 3.

On the final hole of the tournament, he hit his second shot from deep rough left of the 18^th fairway, to 70 feet. Standing calmly over his birdie putt, he rolled it up to within inches of the cup, leaving him with a tap-in par and victory at the prestigious Bay Hill.

“It feels great, especially to win on such a difficult golf course and the way it finished”, said Scheffler. “Today and really all this week I did a good job of kind of fighting back, really just kind of battling the golf course the whole time”.

This win has moved Scottie up to Number 1 on the PGA TOUR’s season-long FedExCup standings and 5^th on the Official World Golf Rankings.

Congratulations, Scottie!