Scheffler demolishes the field at Bay Hill

Scottie Scheffler became the No. 1 player in golf with his sublime tee-to-green game. He got hot with the putter Sunday in the Arnold Palmer Invitational and was simply unstoppable.

Scheffler made every important putt to build a three-shot lead at the turn and then poured it on with a game so complete he closed with a bogey-free, 6-under 66 — the lowest score by two shots at Bay Hill in the final round — while playing in the last group.

He wound up winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational by five shots, the largest margin at Bay Hill since Tiger Woods in 2012. And it came a week before Scheffler defends his title at The Players Championship, which had been his last official PGA Tour win.

All that held him back over the last year was the putter. Scheffler switched to a mallet model this week, but far more important was keeping quiet between the ears, thinking more about the stroke than the outcome.

Both were superb. He made every putt inside 15 feet on the weekend to win at Bay Hill for the second time in three years.

College basketball: Zach Edey had 25 points and 14 rebounds in his home finale and No. 3 Purdue beat Wisconsin 78-70. After the game, the Boilermakers surprised him by retiring his jersey.

NBA: The NBA fined Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert $100,000 on Sunday, two days after he implied that referee Scott Foster was not calling games fairly and suggesting gambling is having an impact on the outcome of games.

NFL: The Jaguars have agreed to acquire Patriots quarterback Mac Jones for a sixth-round pick in next month’s NFL draft. ... Eagles six-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Fletcher Cox announced his retirement Sunday . ... Baker Mayfield is staying with the Buccaneers after agreeing to a three-year contract worth up to $115 million.