It was inevitable.

Delayed but not derailed.

Not even Sunday’s deluge of rain could dampen Scottie Scheffler’s history-making performance Monday at the RBC Heritage on Hilton Head Island as he sauntered to a three-shot victory over Sahith Theegala, who finished alone in second place.

With the course closed to spectators, only a few hundred locals and the lapping of the Calibogue Sound were there to congratulate the world’s No. 1 golfer and current force of nature in the sport.

Monday morning, nine players returned for the final four holes at Harbour Town Golf Links to complete a five-day odyssey of crowning an RBC Heritage champion with a tartan jacket and a check for $3.6 million.

After the completion of the round, Scheffler was presented with the traditional jacket and made brief remarks to the dozens of people in attendance.

“Thank you to the volunteers for getting us through this week. I know it was a long week,” he said. “Thank you to the fans as well. Great support all week, I could feel your energy out there.”

These sentiments echoed what Scheffler had been saying all week: that he came to Harbour Town with a nearly empty tank and relied on the gallery of supporters to give him the energy and a spark to forge onward toward his 10th victory on tour.

A few minutes later in the press tent, Scheffler answered reporters’ questions about the magnitude of what he is in the middle of achieving.

“I do have fairly high expectations for myself, and when I show up at tournaments, I try to do my best. I’ve talked a lot about kind of the preparation and what it takes for me to show up on a first tee ready to go, and I feel like I’ve been putting in the work and been playing some good golf, and it’s nice to be seeing some results for that with wins,” he said.

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