World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler's consecutive top-10 streak has come to an end.
Scheffler shot a 6-under-par 65 with seven birdies and one bogey in the final round of the PGA Tour Genesis Invitational ($20 million purse) at Riviera Country Club (par 71) in Los Angeles, California, on Saturday. He finished tied for 12th at 11-under-par 273, missing the top 10 by just one stroke from the group tied for seventh.
The American's streak, which began at the Houston Open in March last year and ran through last week's AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, reached 18 consecutive tournaments. This surpassed Billy Casper's 17-event streak from 1965, ranking second all-time on the PGA Tour. Byron Nelson holds the record with 65 consecutive top-10 finishes set in 1946.
Scheffler's run of eight consecutive top-4 finishes also ended. Since The Open Championship last July, he had recorded win-T3-win-T4-win-win-T3-T4. Since 1983, only Tiger Woods and Scheffler have achieved eight consecutive top-4 finishes on the PGA Tour. A top-4 result this week would have set a new record.
Jacob Bridgeman claimed his first career victory at 18-under-par 266. World No. 2 Rory McIlroy and Kurt Kitayama tied for second, one stroke back. South Korean players Kim Si-woo and Kim Joo-hyung tied for 34th at 5-under-par.