As soon as once more, the very best participant on the planet turned in a masterful efficiency on the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
Scottie Scheffler carded a bogey-free, 5-under 65 on Friday to place himself in a terrific place by 36 holes. He sits at 9-under par for the event, two strokes again of co-leaders Hideki Matsuyama and Denny McCarthy.
“It’s simply good to have a clear card,” Scheffler mentioned.
“No bogeys, did an excellent job of getting some good up-and-downs to maintain the momentum and the spherical going. I holed a pleasant putt for par early within the spherical on 5, after which I had a few good chips after that, getting it near the outlet, making what may have been a traumatic par into a fairly stress-free par with some good pitches. Total, it was a fairly good day.”
Scheffler had a benign begin, making his first birdie of the day on the par-5 third. One other adopted on the par-3 eighth, however he posted seven pars on his opening 9 to exit with a 2-under 33.
The day earlier than, he made 4 birdies over his first six holes, instantly vaulting himself into rivalry due to his scorching begin. However not like Thursday, Scheffler caught hearth down the stretch, making three straight birdies on the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth holes to climb as much as 9-under and re-assert himself among the many leaders.
“I believe you’ve bought to be taking part in some actually nice golf to shoot a low rating,” Scheffler mentioned of TPC Southwind.
“There’s alternative on the market. The greens aren’t tremendous agency. You’ll be able to assault whenever you’re within the fairway. However there’s an excellent quantity of water on the course. The Bermuda tough could be robust to guage and there’s an excellent quantity of bushes, as effectively. There’s hassle round, so that you’ve bought to be actually on high of your recreation to shoot low scores.”
It’s no secret that Scheffler has had an unbelievable season, as he continues to be on high of his recreation just about each week. He has amassed six victories, which incorporates wins at Augusta Nationwide and TPC Sawgrass. He additionally received a gold medal, due to a ultimate spherical 9-under 62 which will have been the very best spherical of his profession. However he has picked up proper the place he left off in Paris, taking pictures a 66 and a 65 in Memphis to vie for one more title once more.
He’s taking part in flawless as soon as extra, which results in us to ask, will win quantity seven are available Memphis? It will shock completely no person if it does.
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