LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Scottie Scheffler put his head down on the scorer’s desk Sunday and virtually fell asleep.
It’s been that sort of week on the PGA Championship.
The pre-tournament favourite was a part of a complicated and chaotic state of affairs Friday at Valhalla when he was arrested following a visitors incident with a police officer whereas attempting to enter the course.
Scheffler was booked on 4 costs – essentially the most critical, second-degree assault of an officer – and launched after about an hour in jail. He made it to the course in time for his second spherical, shot 66 and was firmly in rivalry heading into the weekend.
However that’s when, Scheffler mentioned, the magnitude of what had transpired lastly caught as much as him.
All through the day Friday he’d had solely a plate of eggs and some items of bacon, and he realized at 9 p.m. that he hadn’t but eaten dinner.
“And I wasn’t hungry,” he mentioned. “That was an odd feeling, so clearly my physique was a bit off with what had occurred within the morning.”
Scheffler mentioned Saturday morning was completely different, as effectively, as he waited round for his mid-afternoon tee time. He instructed Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis that that’s when he spoke together with his lawyer for about half-hour, as he started to know the gravity of the state of affairs.
Scheffler suffered a tough begin to his spherical, making some uncharacteristic errors across the inexperienced, and in the end signed for a 2-over 73 to knock himself out of rivalry. It additionally snapped a streak of 42 consecutive rounds of par or higher on the PGA Tour, which was 10 shy of Tiger Woods’ all-time file.
“Did I really feel like myself? Completely not. Was my warmup the best way it normally is and the distractions the best way they usually are? Completely not,” Scheffler mentioned. “However I’m not going to take a seat right here and say that’s why I went out and performed a nasty spherical of golf yesterday.
“I bought arrested Friday morning and I confirmed up right here and performed spherical of golf as effectively. I’ve gotten higher all through my profession of leaving the off-course distractions at house and retaining a fairly quiet private life, and this week, clearly, that was not the case. I’m not going to take a seat right here and say that I performed poorly yesterday due to what occurred on Friday. I simply had a nasty day trip on the course, and I used to be happy with how I got here out right here and bounced again in the present day.”
After a gap bogey in his ultimate spherical, Scheffler performed 7 beneath the remainder of the best way to put up a 65. When he completed his spherical, he was as soon as once more inside the highest 10.
Afterward, Scheffler mentioned that he was extra drained than standard following a event – a noteworthy admission seeing how he’d simply received 4 of his previous 5 begins. He mentioned he was unsure about his plans for the following few days – his arraignment is scheduled for Tuesday – however he was nonetheless planning to play subsequent week at Colonial.
“I’m simply questioning what time bedtime is,” he mentioned. “I’m attempting to determine how shortly I can get house from right here, and that’s just about it. I’m simply pretty drained and able to get house.”
