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Scottie Scheffler sinks 8-foot birdie putt on No. 17 at The Genesis
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Written by Paul Hodowanic
LOS ANGELES – Scottie Scheffler summed up his week at The Riviera Country Club succinctly after his second spherical.
“This place and I have like a weird relationship,” he stated. “I feel like I can play so well out here and I just haven’t yet.”
It’s becoming, then, that the one place that also confounds Scheffler is the one the place his outstanding top-10 streak ended. Scheffler made a valiant push up the leaderboard Sunday at The Genesis Invitational however finally fell at least one shot quick, capturing a 6-under 65 to complete simply exterior the highest 10.
The consequence snaps a run of 18 straight top-10 finishes, the longest streak by any golfer within the trendy period. It additionally ends a run of eight straight top-four finishes.
The injury was performed within the first spherical, when Scheffler bought off to the worst begin of his profession – going 5-over by 10 holes when play was known as for the day on Thursday. He made a couple of birdies within the wee hours of Friday to shoot 3 over in his first 18, persevering with current baffling first-round struggles, and the climb started from there.
Scheffler shot 3-under 68 within the second spherical and adopted it with a 66 on Saturday. His last spherical started gradual, going even-par by seven holes, earlier than he rattled off six birdies in his final 12 holes. The distinction between the streak persevering with or ending finally got here all the way down to an inch on the 18th inexperienced. Needing a birdie to get into the highest 10, Scheffler’s 21-foot putt stopped an inch in entrance of the outlet.
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“I’ve never been one to quit, so it’s not really – I mean, I’d feel pretty silly to quit in a PGA TOUR event,” he stated.
Scheffler’s difficult relationship with Riviera is one that’s shared by two of the best golfers of all time. Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus famously by no means received at Riviera, and the course is once more proving fickle for the best golfer of the present technology. Scheffler didn’t have a lot of a proof. Conditions have been troublesome on Thursday, notably within the afternoon, because the wind kicked up and Poa annua greens bought bumpier. Scheffler’s solely clarification for the development was getting a couple of morning tee occasions.
“Overall, being out here and competing, that’s what I love to do and, like I said, got to go out early yesterday on some fresh greens, get a little bit less wind,” he stated. “It’s easier playing in the morning than it is late in the day. Took advantage of it. Then I had another solid day today.”
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Scheffler’s subsequent begin is predicted to be in two weeks at the Arnold Palmer Invitational offered by Mastercard adopted instantly by THE PLAYERS Championship. It’s one other stretch of golf that Scheffler ought to be closely concerned in. He’s received each occasions twice, and it could shock nobody if he started one other prolonged streak.
