While Scottie Scheffler maintained the lead, his inevitability felt strengthened by the fact that others began to fade.

Scheffler, set to turn 29 next month, has entered the rarest space. The golfer who stands among world’s best athletes.

It’s what everyone has come to depend on from the world’s No. 1 player, a fine-tuned, almost mechanical approach to the game. It was all expected, even predictable — right up until the celebration. That’s when Scheffler,