On his second stab at the green, he again hit the false front and wound up two yards farther away than where he started.Ī 25-year-old Dallas transplant, Scheffler put his fourth shot - and third attempt at the green - about 6 feet from the hole to save par. Scheffler had quite a ride on the 560-yard, par-5 eighth, making back-to-back birdies in the first two rounds and holing a fairway iron for an eagle Saturday.īut in the final round, with the tournament lead, he hopped his approach to about 20 feet from the pin and watched it make a U-Turn and roll back toward him. Unfortunately, just came up one shot short.” “To be at the end was definitely a lot of fun. “It was kind of a roller coaster week,” he said, though he could have been talking about the eighth hole alone. He closed with a 3-under 67 to tie for second with Will Zalatoris.
“This week I hit some of the worst shots I’ve hit in my career, and I’ve hit some of the best ones,” said Scheffler, the world’s top-ranked player and reigning Masters champion. And when he finished one stroke behind winner Matt Fitzpatrick on Sunday, it wasn’t hard to find the shots that cost him. Open, Scheffler made a short one to save par.
Instead of a long putt for eagle and a chance to build on his lead in the final round of the U.S.
When it did, he took a few steps to his left and tried for a third time to summit the false front protecting the pin. (AP) - Scottie Scheffler stood in the eighth fairway at The Country Club and waited for his ball to stop rolling.
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