Through the eighth hole, Scheffler and Collin Morikawa were at 7 under par, and Max Homa and Åberg were a stroke behind.

Morikawa made double bogey at the ninth, then another at the 11th. Åberg had already made a double on 11. Homa made a double on 12.

Scheffler kept his swing when all about him others were losing theirs. He became the only player other than Tiger Woods to win the Masters and the Players Championship in the same season.

What makes Scheffler special?

"His commitment, his mind," Homa said. "He is pretty amazing at letting things roll off his back and stepping up to very difficult golf shots and treating them like their own. He's obviously a tremendous talent, but I think that is his superpower."

Said Morikawa: "I mean, everything. He drives the ball plenty, plenty long, well past me. Hits his irons obviously spectacular. Keeps it simple."

Scheffler merely confirmed that he is the world's best player. He's also good enough, and dominant enough as a ball-striker, to prompt speculation about his future.

He's so grounded that he invited buddies to stay at his rented house in Augusta and handed unused bags of practice balls to the range attendants, something you hardly ever see a PGA Tour player do. In his acceptance speech, he thanked the Augusta National workers and volunteers.

After hugging his caddie, Ted Scott, on the 18th green, he sent Scott ahead of him in the long walk through the fans, another rarity.

Scheffler will head back to Dallas and stay with his wife, Meredith, as they await their first child, and then he'll be off to prove he can win majors other than the Masters.

The golf world will be shocked if he doesn't.

"I still love competing," he said. "I don't think I'm going to take my eye off the ball anytime soon."

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