A chaotic week that featured a pre-tournament deluge, a trio of double bogeys from the supergroup on Thursday and extracurricular talking points that included mud balls and non-conforming drivers subsided when world No.

Scheffler has now successfully converted his first three 54-hole leads or co-leads in majors, something done only nine other times in the modern era.

Scheffler reset his day in real time, found a swing fix somewhere in his bag of tricks, and took control.