Scottie Scheffler

Scottie Scheffler took the solo lead of the Players Championship in epic fashion on Saturday, but while doing so, he also lost a season-long bet to his ...

Scottie Scheffler holed out for eagle during the third round of The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass on the PGA Tour.

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Scottie Scheffler has been roaring with success on the PGA Tour recently, but the golfer has inadvertently revealed his secret to success.

At the time of writing, Scheffler remained firmly in second place, two strokes behind the competition leader. He has already tasted success this year after Here are some of the best reactions. [March 11, 2023] OK this might be the strangest thing I’ve heard on the golf beat. However, he resisted the idea of coffee during tournaments, which surprisingly had no effect on him.

Scheffler is looking for win No. 6 in his first 97 starts on the PGA Tour.

He's been the third-best iron player in the field on a golf course that is extremely demanding of it. He has the skill to do so, but Sunday is going to be a 300-level class from Scheffler in how to close out a golf tournament. He'll go into Sunday's finale with perhaps more momentum than anyone following a birdie-eagle-birdie end to his third round (that eagle was an ace on the 17th), but I don't think he has the firepower to roll with Scheffler, Davis, Fleetwood and Lee over the last 18 holes. He has the engine to chase down Scheffler as long as Scheffler doesn't shoot something in the 60s, but Fleetwood has sometimes struggled to close out big time wins. Hoge made the cut on the number before going out and shooting the course record on Saturday in Round 3. Sungjae Im (-8): I don't know that Im, who is six back of Scheffler's lead, is actually in contention here, but he's hitting the ball well this week. He's third in the field from tee to green through three rounds, and this is among the better spots he's been in to capture what would be a signature win at TPC Sawgrass. According to Data Golf, Fleetwood's expected win rate has dropped across all final rounds in which he entered inside the top five (where he'll be on this Sunday). I think he's going to be a star out here on the PGA Tour in the coming years." He has "had an awesome week but won't have the battery to run down Scheffler down the stretch" written all over him, but if you're interested in some stock, I bought a ton after Cam Davis (-10): Davis is a low-key stud who is hitting the hell out of the golf ball this week and cruised to a 67 on Saturday. Lee is a menace who won't be afraid of going against Scheffler in the final pairing.

Scottie Scheffler shot 64 in the third round to take a two-shot lead on a day when the TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course gave up record-low numbers.

“Who knows, they might turn on the sub-air and roll the greens a couple times, [and] they could be back to the way they were round one and two.” It's a lot more fun being in the arena and being in the moment.” “Yeah, tomorrow could be the biggest day of my life, but I'm going to go out there and have fun again,” said Lee, whose sister, Minjee Lee, is a two-time major winner on the LPGA. Throw in a dash of setup retribution and we’re likely to witness a final round replete with all manner of comeuppance. “I've been on a lot of leaderboards, and I've said it a few times, it's a lot of more fun being in the lead than it is being in 20th going into today and shooting two under and finishing 30th or whatever it is. “I'm not taking it for granted.” Scheffler, 26, the reigning Masters champion, jumped on the hole-out bandwagon by flopping a wedge from the heavy rough left of the par-5 second green and watched the 62-footer go down for eagle, much to the chagrin of his caddie, Ted Scott. Lee, 24, has a pair of DP World Tour wins, but this is by far his best chance for what would be a life-changing victory. In fact, it was the first time any round had dipped below 70, and it was more than four strokes lower than this week’s second-round average of 73.797. It was the first time any player posted 4-1-3 on the final three holes. A 10-foot birdie putt on 18, combined with a three-putt bogey by Players rookie Min Woo Lee a few minutes earlier, enabled the talented Texan to forge a two-stroke lead through 54 holes at 14-under 202. [lit up the joint for a course-record 10-under-par 62](https://www.golfdigest.com/story/players-2023-tom-hoge-scorches-sawgrass-shoot-course-record-62), the 75 gentlemen who made the cut earlier in the day strolled around the property on a temperate afternoon like they owned it.

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“And the kid goes, ‘Ah, let me think on that.’’” “I feel very comfortable,” he said. As a gangly teenager, Scheffler groomed his scrambling skills by challenging Tour players to chipping contests and other games on the back of the range at Royal Oaks in Dallas. “It’s probably more fun for me than it is to him. “He does not accept mediocrity. Coy on the details, Scheffler said that Scott didn’t pay up. Order has been restored at this Players Championship, with a host of unproven and unheralded players giving way to the reigning PGA Tour Player of the Year. Hoping to continue that going into tomorrow.” From 144 of the Tour’s best, it is now, essentially, a two-man race, as Scheffler grabbed a two-shot lead over Min Woo Lee heading into the final round. That’s where every player wants to be.” Caddie Ted Scott was already there, posted up with the staff bag and a few bags of balls, waiting for his boss. Scottie Scheffler, meanwhile, was inside the media center, rehashing a marathon day at The Players Championship while also keeping an eye on the exit.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – When Scottie Scheffler was a kid, he was a fixture on the back of the range at Dallas' Royal Oaks Country Club.

That was illustrated on 13, where Scheffler saved par after his tee shot stopped within inches of the penalty area. Scheffler just needs a top-five finish to regain the top spot in the world ranking. A player must either be so good that he can’t be overtaken by Pete Dye’s tricks or simply find himself on the right side of fortune for the week. Scheffler has been able to minimize the damage, however, when he has strayed from the fairways and greens. “I think what makes me a little nervous is the stuff kind of around. – When Scottie Scheffler was a kid, he was a fixture on the back of the range at Dallas’ Royal Oaks Country Club. He showed that Saturday at TPC Sawgrass, as he tries to win at a course unlike any on TOUR. Last year, he won the Masters, was runner-up at the U.S. If he goes on to win THE PLAYERS, Scheffler’s two biggest victories will be characterized by unlikely hole-outs. He won a majority, often frustrating the players who made their living at the game. Scheffler was just one of the guys back there, albeit a bit smaller. That frame is one reason he is among the TOUR’s longest hitters.

Scottie Scheffler won a year-long bet with his caddie on Saturday. On Sunday, he's hoping to win the Players Championship.

He had been in his words “dreadful on the greens.” “I’m sure I will feel a little bit of nerves and a little bit of apprehension, but I’m looking forward to it. He drove the green at the par-4 12th two-putted for a birdie, and knocked an 8-iron to 4 feet at 15, one of eight shots within 12 feet on the day. On Thursday, Hoge limped home in 6-over 78 and booked a flight home to Dallas, assuming he’d be missing the cut. Lee, who won the 2021 Scottish Open on the DP World Tour, plays most of his golf on that circuit but is motivated to make a name for himself in America. “I thinned a nice 55 (degree wedge) in there and one-hopped and back-spun in the hole. On Saturday, he shot 6-under 66 at TPC Sawgrass to improve to 12 under for the week and just two strokes behind leader Scottie Scheffler. So that will be my focus going into tomorrow is just going out and having a solid round of golf, and the rankings will be the rankings." He closed with birdies on two of his final three holes as he posted his career low at the Stadium Course and claimed his seventh career 54-hole lead/co-lead on Tour. "I was definitely fortunate to see it go in, and then Teddy and I got a year-long thing going that I just beat him on and he owes me something, but he didn't have any of it, and so he owes me. "I had a decent lie there in the rough and was able to hit a flop shot pretty much exactly where I wanted to land it," he said. Scheffler, who had to finish off his second-round 69 in the morning, vaulted into the lead with a birdie-eagle start in the afternoon.

Scottie Scheffler is on the precipice of winning his first Players Championship. The five-time PGA Tour winner leads at 14 under after 54 holes at TPC ...

From Scottie Scheffler's interesting coffee routine to an ace and Justin Thomas signing faces at TPC Sawgrass, get caught up.

I started from the age of 4 years old, and my dad used to pay for the equipment, pay for my memberships, my entry fees. I personally drink it for the taste, and I look forward to having it as a little treat every morning! My coffee origin story began in March 2020 when I was living at home during the pandemic and found myself in need of a new vice. As excited as the fans were, I think JT’s father, Mike, got more of a kick out of it than anyone else. I started with, like, a quarter of a cup, and would only increase my dosage once the god-awful side effects including the shakes and a racing heart subsided. I was walking around the course today looking at the action inside the ropes when in reality, I was missing out on some of the action outside of the ropes. [missing the cut](https://www.golf.com/news/10-golfers-missed-cut-2023-players-championship/) is truly one of my favorite parts of the sport. I was in the mood for some chips or a baked good, but all I was met with were salads and raw vegetables. The letdown I felt was that of someone who missed a putt to win a golf tournament. Seeing pros watch the golf out on the course after I’m not sure what was in the water in the Lee’s childhood home, but it pumped out two total stars. I ran into some friends at the course today, had a delicious iced latte and used science (read: Scheffler’s vest-wearing pattern) to predict a solid round from the World No.

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Pickle ball, basketball, he’s a freak athlete that has this mental capability that he can go into a tunnel vision and shoot low numbers.” But just as Hatton climbed within a stroke of the lead, Scheffler went on the offensive and pulled away for good with his birdie binge to win $4.5 million, the richest prize on the Tour. “Golf courses where he can be creative show off his best attributes because he’s such a great athlete,” Hickok said. 1 in the world.” Women’s Open champion, grabbed a share of the lead with a birdie at the first and a bogey by Scheffler at the third, but it was short-lived. “I knew he was going to chip that in,” Smith said later. A day earlier Scheffler let it be known that his chip-in for eagle at the second hole won him a season-long bet with Scott. “I think if you asked him, it’s no surprise that he’s No. “There’s no weaknesses.” “It looks just kind of homegrown, which I always feel like works pretty well,” Homa said. “It happened really quick,” Lee said. He was hanging around after rolling in a 28-foot birdie putt at the seventh to cut the deficit to two strokes, the same amount he trailed by at the start of the day.

Scottie Scheffler took home a record winner's check after cruising to a convincing victory at the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass.

There are a few weeks remaining, and maybe a start or two for Scheffler, before the first major of the season arrives. He parred 15 and 16 and walked to the tee box of the diabolical 17th hole with a five-stroke lead. He punched out, knocked it onto the green and, of course, rolled in the 20-footer to save par. It’s Scheffler’s sixth career PGA Tour victory, and all of them have come between February and April the past two seasons. “I knew the conditions were going to get really hard late and I did a really good job of staying patient, not trying to force things,” Scheffler said. Scheffler, while playing the 16th, could see balls splashing and hear the crowd’s reaction. That turned out to be the number the majority of the contenders not named Scheffler sat around for most of the day on Sunday, but none stayed there. Scheffler missed the fairway on 14 and was forced to punch out and made bogey. Lee, who was just two back standing on the 8th tee, was suddenly 10 behind. Just like that Scheffler had a three-stroke lead over Maysuyama, Lee and Several holes ahead, Hideki Matsuyama was also making a move, birdieing six of eight to get to 12 under and just one back. Pete Dye’s TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course was built to produce drama and award precision, especially on the watery closing stretch that’s highlighted by the iconic par-3 island-green 17th.

Scottie Scheffler ran off five straight birdies in the middle of his round, built a 6-shot lead and left all the drama to everyone else on his way to a ...

[Taylor Montgomery](https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/437285/taylor-montgomery), who was tied for fourth until a bogey on the 15th, a double bogey on No. [Tyrrell Hatton](https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/5553/tyrrell-hatton) birdied his last five holes for a 65, finishing when Scheffler was making the turn. Commissioner Jay Monahan introduced him as the PGA Tour player of the year in 2022, and now the Players champion in 2023. He was 7 under for the round through 13 holes and had to settle for a 68. He dropped 40 spots on the leaderboard, and, at No. The wind was gusting close to 30 mph, which only adds to the trouble on this course. Hatton teed off two hours ahead of Scheffler, and he capped off his closing run of five straight birdies as Scheffler headed for the back nine. He hit an ideal shot to 10 feet, made par and the rest was easy. The wind was getting stronger, the targets looked smaller, and all he wanted was to make sure his lead got larger in The Players Championship. He now has six victories in his past 27 starts on the PGA Tour, including the four wins he had last year culminated by his Masters title. "You can't limp in on this golf course," he said. The victory was worth $4.5 million and sent Scheffler back to No.

Scheffler reclaimed the world No. 1 position with his dominant victory at TPC Sawgrass.

Scottie Scheffler shot 10 under par in the final two rounds to seize his first Players Championship victory and regain the No. 1 spot in the world.

In a tournament with all kinds of weather and plenty of travails for some of the world’s best, Scheffler was remarkably steady, consistent, and often brilliant. And then I got hot in the middle of the round and tried to put things away as quickly as I could.” The Texan doesn’t lack confidence or ability, and so, of course, Scheffler pulled a 3-wood from his bag and tried to drive the green.