Scottie Scheffler returned from a two-month break and nothing changed. He won the Hero World Challenge on Sunday with a 9-under 63 to tie the tournament record at Albany Golf Club and win by six shots in Nassau, Bahamas.

Scheffler, the first player since Tiger Woods in 2009 to spend an entire calendar year at No. 1 in the world, won for the ninth time in 21 starts, a tally that included a second Masters title, an Olympic gold medal and the FedEx Cup.

He started the final round one shot behind Justin Thomas, took the lead on the third hole, stayed in front with a 50-foot birdie putt on No. 4 and never looked back.

Tom Kim tried to stay close until he missed a 19-inch par putt on the par-5 11th. He birdied the final hole for a 68 and was runner-up when Thomas, whose faint hopes ended with a bogey on the 18th, where his drive went into the water. He shot 71 and finished third.

American Johannes Veerman claimed his second title on the European tour after winning the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City, South Africa by one shot following a bogey on the 72nd hole by home favorite Aldrich Potgieter.

Veerman had finished his final round of 3-under 69 about an hour before Potgieter, 20, came down No. 18, needing a birdie for the win or a par to force a playoff at the tournament known as “Africa’s Major.”

Instead, he pushed his approach into rough near the grandstand beside the green, chipped on — after a free drop — to 10 feet, and missed the par putt.

COLLEGE WATER POLO

Freshman Ryder Dodd scored twice, including the go-ahead goal in the closing seconds of the third quarter, to help No. 1 seed UCLA beat USC 11-8 at Stanford to win the men’s water polo national title. The Bruins (26-2) won their 13th national title in the sport, and five of those have come under coach Adam Wright, beating rival USC each time.

Dodd’s second goal came on a power play and gave UCLA a one-goal lead with 49 seconds left in the third quarter. Jack Larsen scored a goal to make it 8-6 about 2 1/2 minutes into the fourth and added another to cap the scoring in the closing seconds.

Robert Lopez Duart and Andrej Grgurevic each scored two goals for second-seeded USC (23-6).

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Tamar Bates had 29 points and five steals to help Missouri beat Hunter Dickinson and No. 1 Kansas 76-67 in Columbia, Mo. Mark Mitchell scored 17 points in Missouri’s first win over Kansas since a 74-71 victory on Feb. 4, 2012. Anthony Robinson II had 11 points and five steals for the Tigers (8-1), and Josh Gray grabbed a team-leading 10 rebounds. Dickinson had 19 points and 14 rebounds, but he also committed seven turnovers. The Jayhawks (7-2) have lost two straight on the road after falling 76-63 against Creighton on Wednesday.

NO. 8 PURDUE 83, MARYLAND 78: Braden Smith had 24 points and 10 assists, and the Boilermakers held on at home. Both teams are 8-2 overall, 1-1 in the Big Ten.

NO. 9 DUKE 76, LOUISVILLE 65: Cooper Flagg scored 13 of his 20 points in the second half and the Blue Devils (9-2, 1-0) came back from a 14-point first-half deficit to beat the Cardinals (5-4, 0-1) in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams.

ARKANSAS STATE 85, NO. 16 MEMPHIS 72: Joseph Pinion had 22 points and eight rebounds, Dyondre Dominguez added 19 points and the Red Wolves (7-3) built a double-digit first-half lead to beat the host Tigers (7-2). PJ Haggerty led Memphis with 29 points.

In a women’s game ...

NO. 3 SOUTH CAROLINA 85, NO. 9 TCU 52: Ashlyn Watkins had her third career dunk, MiLaysia Fulwiley scored 20 points and the Gamecocks (9-1) overwhelmed the host Horned Frogs (9-1).

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Scott Frost is heading back to UCF to take over the program he coached to its greatest season, two years after being fired by Nebraska.

Frost had his first head coaching job at UCF in 2016, and the Knights went 6-7. A year later, UCF went 13-0 with a conference title, a bowl win over Auburn and final ranking of No. 6. The Knights turned to Frost to turn around a team has had a losing record in each of its first two seasons in the Big 12.

The Purdue Boilermakers are giving UNLV coach Barry Odom a second chance to lead a Power Four program.

Athletic director Mike Bobinski announced that he hired Odom, 48, to replace Ryan Walters, who was fired last week after compiling a 5-19 record in two seasons in West Lafayette, Ind.

Odom went 19-8 in two seasons with UNLV after going 25-25 in his previous head coaching stint at Missouri from 2016-19.

This season, Odom’s team was 14th in the FBS in scoring offense (36.2 points per game) as it posted UNLV’s best record (10-3) in 40 years.

Marshall coach Charles Huff was hired for the same role at Southern Miss, a day after the Thundering Herd won the Sun Belt title game.

Huff will go from the Sun Belt’s best team to its worst. He replaces Will Hall, who was fired in October after a 1-6 start. The Golden Eagles finished the season 1-11.

N.C. State defensive coordinator Tony Gibson was named head coach at Marshall, shortly after Thundering Herd coach Charles Huff’s hiring was announced at Southern Miss.

Gibson, 52, will take his first head-coaching job in college and return to his home state, where he served two stints at West Virginia over the past two decades.

Tulsa hired East Tennessee State coach Tre Lamb to take over the Golden Hurricanes. Lamp, 35, replaces Kevin Wilson, who was fired with a game left in Tulsa’s 3-9 season. Wilson was 7-16 in two seasons, going 3-12 in the American Athletic Conference. Lamb was 7-5 in his lone season as head coach at East Tennessee State, the former QB’s alma mater.

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

Alexandre Pantoja staked his claim as one of the greatest flyweights in UFC history when he defended his title late Saturday night in Las Vegas with a technical submission of Japan’s Kai Asakura, using a rear naked choke to put his challenger to sleep at the 2:05 mark of the second round. Pantoja (29-5) was making his third title defense. Asakura (21-5) was making his UFC debut.

SKIING

Lindsey Vonn is still getting her ski equipment dialed in and getting used to going full speed again on her titanium knee.

That’s why all that the 40-year-old is reading into being more than 2 seconds behind in a pair of lower-level super-G races is that she’s right there. This after nearly six years away from ski racing and only an abbreviated prep period.

“I know it seems like I’m far away, but I’m actually really freaking close for only having run a few days of training after basically six years,” Vonn said after a series of lower-level downhill and super-G races over the weekend at Copper Mountain, Colo. “I honestly never thought I’d be back in this position.”

Vonn isn’t coming out of retirement as part of some sort of feel-good story. Her return is simply about proving something to one person.

“I’m doing this 100% for myself,” the three-time Olympic medalist said. “I’m having a blast. The response I’ve gotten from everyone has been really overwhelming in a very positive way. But I’m just living my life, not doing it for anyone but myself.”