SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER is the red-hot favourite to retain his Players Championship title this week after finding deadly form with the putter.
But Rory McIlroy is in a race against time to find the answer to his wayward iron play, following a closing 76 at Arnold Palmer the Invitational.
Scheffler, the unstoppable world No. 1, won by five shots - the largest winning margin since Tiger Woods in 2012 after a bogey-free closing 66.
The 2022 Masters champion had played consistently all season but struggled on the greens.
He started at Bay Hill ranked first in strokes gained tee to green, first in strokes gained approach to the green, first in parfour scoring and 144th in strokes gained putting.
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