1 week Ago By Thomas Bristow
After a frustrating bogey on 18, Scottie Scheffler took a leaf out of Bryson DeChambeau's book and immediately went to work on his flaws. Pulling his drive on the last hole left into the Pines and Magnolias, Scheffler was forced to take his medicine, punch out, and eventually accept a bogey. It summed up what was an inconsistent round from the world No.
1 who seemed to get a bogey every time he threatened to take off. Scheffler still ended the day in the red, scoring 68 on Friday and tied for fifth at the halfway mark - with the tee times now out for Saturday . But that's not good enough for someone who is already the owner of two Green Jackets.
Dissatisfied with his drive on the last, Scheffler took to the range and practiced that very shot and more. His coach was even seen helping with some body alignment. Scheffler was on the range for more than an hour, leaving at 8.
20 pm local time and even yawning as he walked off. The 28-year-old admitted to not being as sharp in his second round but instead of criticizing his driving, he pointed to his putting. "I mean, I had a couple of three-putts," he said.
"I didn't hit as many fairways. I got myself in trouble off the tee on 18. "It's really tough out there with the conditions.
Extremely challenging when you get greens this fast and you get that much wind, especially when it's gusty. It can be quite challenging. "I did a good job of making some key up-and-downs, and I had the chip-in on 12, good up-and-down for par on 13, took advantage of a look there on 14.
Overall I felt like I did some good things out there to stay in the tournament." He added: "Golf is a funny game. It's a day-to-day thing.
Yesterday I felt really sharp. Today not as sharp. Could the conditions have contributed to that? I'm sure a little bit.
'It was definitely much harder to hit the ball where you were looking today just because the wind was blowing from everywhere. That's what's great about this golf course it's quite challenging and you get winds like that, you've really got to manage your expectations, manage yourself around the course. Sometimes I did a good job of that.
Other times today, maybe not so good." Scheffler is three shots behind leader Justin Rose, with Bryson DeChambeau, Rory McIlroy, and Corey Conners all between him and the Brit. He is also tied with Matt McCarty, Shane Lowry, and Tyrrell Hatton.
Discussing his rivals, he said: "Well, we've got a great golf course, conditions should be really good, challenging, and we've got some great guys on top of the leaderboard, so it should be a fun weekend.".
