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Scheffler soundly beat fellow American Kevin Kisner 4&3 in the
final at Austin Country Club.
The win, his third in his past five PGA Tour starts, elevated
Scheffler from fifth to the top of the world list, displacing
Spaniard Jon Rahm.
Scheffler was ranked 824th in the world at this time two years
ago, and until last month had never won on the PGA Tour.
The 25-year-old first came to prominence at last year's Match
Play when he made the final, before finishing runner-up.
He subsequently had top-10 finishes in three consecutive majors
at the PGA Championship, U.S. Open and British Open and has gone
from strength to strength since.
"This is so much fun. I never really got that far in my dreams
to be honest," he said, his voice cracking with emotion when
asked what it meant becoming number one.
"I just love playing golf, love competing. I'm just happy to be
out here to be honest."
He looms as one of the favourites for the April 7-10 Masters,
after finishing equal 18th at Augusta National last year.
(Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; Editing by
Toby Davis)
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