SCHEFFLER PROVING HIMSELF TO BE A REAL PLAYER
Golfplus Monthly|April 2023
Provided the explosiveness with which Scottie Scheffler took care of business in the finale of THE PLAYERS Championship five consecutive birdies midway through the fourth round lifted him from a tenuous two-stroke lead into a commanding five-shot cushion you might wonder if there is a behavioral pattern to this 26-year-old.
Jim McCabe
SCHEFFLER PROVING HIMSELF TO BE A REAL PLAYER

Fact is, there is. It’s sort of how he operates ferociously and with an emphatic fervor that shows a disregard for his ages, no matter how tender they are or were.

Consider, for instance, that he has now won six of his last 27 PGA TOUR starts dating to the Waste Management Phoenix Open of Feb. 13, 2022.

Oh, and barely five years removed from his graduation from the University of Texas, Scheffler has already been No. in the Official World Golf Rankings for a whopping 32 weeks. The win at THE PLAYERS pushed him back into the top spot.)

Then there’s the reality that he has never, ever believed he was too young to push the older guys. At 10 years old, he would challenge a PGA TOUR player named Joel Edwards to stand on the range at Royal Oaks CC in Dallas, Texas, and try to hit a distance pole with wedge shots.

“He cost me a fortune. I used to carry a bunch of quarters because I knew I’d get my butt beat,” said Edwards, who was 35 years older.

And if Edwards wasn’t around, Scheffler would pick on another PGA TOUR member 25 years older. He was tenacious. You couldn’t intimidate him,” said Harrison Frazar, who got outsmarted by Scheffler and lost a sleeve of balls to a kid who was young enough to be his son.

Craziest thing of all, in sweltering Dallas head, the kid was the only one on the range wearing long pants. He always wore long pants,” said Edwards. He looked like a Tour player at 10.”

So maybe all of that explains why now that it’s 16 years since he first looked like a TOUR player, Scottie Scheffler is a TOUR dynamo with a penchant for overpowering courses and competition.

“Tee-to-green, he’s as good as he’s ever been right now,” said Jordan Spieth. With some flair and some stuff around the greens and making some putts, he’s a guy who is hard to beat.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة April 2023 من Golfplus Monthly.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة April 2023 من Golfplus Monthly.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

المزيد من القصص من GOLFPLUS MONTHLY مشاهدة الكل
VIDHATRI WINS IN PLAY-OFF FOR SECOND WIN IN FOUR STARTS ON HERO WPGT
Golfplus Monthly

VIDHATRI WINS IN PLAY-OFF FOR SECOND WIN IN FOUR STARTS ON HERO WPGT

Vidhatri Urs picked up her second title in just her fourth start as a professional as she grabbed the 10th Leg of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour at Prestige Golfshire, Bengaluru.

time-read
1 min  |
August 2024
AYAKA FURUE SINKS EAGLE PUTT TO WIN AMUNDI EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Golfplus Monthly

AYAKA FURUE SINKS EAGLE PUTT TO WIN AMUNDI EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP

Japan's Ayaka Furue won her first major championship by a single shot when she holed an impressive eagle putt from 15 feet on the final green in the Amundi Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Club in France.

time-read
2 mins  |
August 2024
HOST HUSTED CLINCHES FIRST PROFESSIONAL WIN IN SWEDEN
Golfplus Monthly

HOST HUSTED CLINCHES FIRST PROFESSIONAL WIN IN SWEDEN

After a week plagued with difficult playing conditions, Denmark's Natacha Host Husted fired rounds of 70, 72 and 69 to secure her first professional win at the PGA Championship Gothenburg.

time-read
1 min  |
August 2024
MOSCATEL SECURES SECOND WIN OF THE SEASON
Golfplus Monthly

MOSCATEL SECURES SECOND WIN OF THE SEASON

Joel Moscatel secured his second Challenge Tour title of the season in a dramatic play-off victory over Benjamin Hébert at the Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge.

time-read
1 min  |
August 2024
MACINTYRE CLAIMS HOME GLORY
Golfplus Monthly

MACINTYRE CLAIMS HOME GLORY

Robert MacIntyre birdied the last to claim an emotional home victory and win his first Rolex Series title at the Genesis Scottish Open.

time-read
1 min  |
August 2024
ABDULLAH AL NABOODAH APPOINTED NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Golfplus Monthly

ABDULLAH AL NABOODAH APPOINTED NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The European Tour Group - which administers the DP World Tour, Challenge Tour, Legends Tour, G4D Tour and the Ryder Cup in Europe - is delighted to announce the appointment of Abdullah AI Naboodah as a Non-Executive Director.

time-read
1 min  |
August 2024
BJØRN, JIMÉNEZ AND MCGINLEY PRESENTED WITH HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP OF THE DP WORLD TOUR
Golfplus Monthly

BJØRN, JIMÉNEZ AND MCGINLEY PRESENTED WITH HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP OF THE DP WORLD TOUR

Thomas Bjørn, Miguel Ángel Jiménez and Paul McGinley have each been presented with Honorary Life Membership of the DP World Tour ahead of The Senior Open Presented by Rolex.

time-read
2 mins  |
August 2024
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES DOUBLES UP WITH BACK-TO-BACK EVENTS
Golfplus Monthly

THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES DOUBLES UP WITH BACK-TO-BACK EVENTS

In an exciting first for The International Series it was announced that two of Thailand's most prestigious golf clubs will host back-to-back events in October, meaning the schedule for 2024 is now complete.

time-read
1 min  |
August 2024
HIRATA CLAIMS THREE-SHOT WIN IN HOKKAIDO
Golfplus Monthly

HIRATA CLAIMS THREE-SHOT WIN IN HOKKAIDO

Kensei Hirata clinched his third JGTO victory, winning the Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup by a three-shot margin.

time-read
1 min  |
August 2024
SHUBHANKAR SHARMA FINISHES TIED 40TH AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS WHILE GAGANJEET BHULLAR ENDS TIED 45TH
Golfplus Monthly

SHUBHANKAR SHARMA FINISHES TIED 40TH AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS WHILE GAGANJEET BHULLAR ENDS TIED 45TH

Shubhankar Sharma ended in tied 40th position for India's best-ever finish in men's golf at the Olympics while compatriot Gaganjeet Bhullar signed off in tied 45th place here on Sunday.

time-read
1 min  |
August 2024