World No 1 Scottie Scheffler insists he isn’t getting carried away about the opportunity of including to his main tally this week on the PGA Championship, the place he might be with out common caddie Ted Scott for a part of the match.
Scheffler has been the dominant power in golf over the previous two seasons and has received 10 instances on the PGA Tour since 2022, with a title defence at The Gamers and a second Masters success amongst 4 victories in his final 5 begins.
The pre-tournament favorite can develop into the primary participant since Jordan Spieth to win the primary two majors of the calendar yr and sees his spectacular type continued to be likened to Tiger Woods at his peak, though Scheffler is eager to keep away from these comparisons and concentrate on the current.
“I think it’s pretty easy and I don’t really try to look that far ahead,” Scheffler mentioned. “If I listen to the narratives around myself, if it was two months ago it would probably look significantly different than it does now.
“I am positive that wasn’t a dialog you [the media] had been having two months in the past and abruptly now it is like, ‘he’ll win this many tournaments or do this and do that’. I do not actually take note of it and I do not actually care about it.
“I’m trying to do the best I can out there each and every week, and as far as anything else, I’m not really too concerned with it. I may win a lot of major championships, I may be stuck at two the rest of my career. It doesn’t really concern me in the moment.”
Scheffler has not competed since successful the RBC Heritage title the week after claiming a second Inexperienced Jacket in three years at Augusta Nationwide, sitting out of Rory McIlroy’s win on the Wells Fargo Championship because of the delivery of his first baby.
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His participation within the second main of the yr was unsure till his spouse Meredith gave delivery to son Bennett final week, however Scheffler believes he’s nonetheless nicely ready to problem for victory at Valhalla.
“I was able to practise and play plenty at home,” Scheffler added. “Clearly the final week was a bit totally different with our son coming. However I might say three weeks might be a little bit of an extended break than I might often take.
“I’m definitely rested going into this week for sure. I don’t really feel like any rust has accumulated.
“I will do stuff at residence to simulate match golf, particularly on the greens, competing and playing with my buddies. I do not actually need to lose to them, both, so I used to be capable of simulate just a little little bit of competitors at residence.
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“I told my son as I was leaving, I was like, I don’t want to leave you right now, but I need to. I’m called to do my job to the best of my ability, and I felt like showing up Wednesday night wouldn’t really be doing myself a service this week when it comes to playing and competing.”
Scheffler to wish mid-tournament caddie swap
Scheffler revealed in his pre-tournament press convention that, assuming he makes the midway lower within the yr’s second main, he might be with out common caddie Ted Scott for the third spherical.
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Scheffler and caddie Ted Scott had a second to neglect simply seconds after successful the RBC Heritage, as Scott went for a spectacular chest bump!
Scott’s daughter is graduating highschool this week and Scheffler mentioned: “Teddy is going home Friday night, coming back Saturday evening after the graduation.
“That is one thing we talked about from the start of our relationship was household all the time comes first, and it is the identical factor for me as it’s for my caddie. It was a reasonably simple choice.
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“He informed me initially of this yr that that was the date that it was, so I bought a back-up caddie lined up. One in every of my buddies [Brad Payne] goes to hold the bag on Saturday, after which Ted might be again for Sunday’s spherical.
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“It’s one of my older friends who travels week to week out here. He’s the PGA Tour chaplain. His name is Brad and he’s caddying for me on Saturday. I trust him to rake a bunker more than my buddies.”
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