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 stated.
“No bogeys, did a superb 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 aggravating par into a reasonably stress-free par with some good pitches. General, it was a reasonably 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 competition due to his sizzling begin. However not like Thursday, Scheffler caught fireplace 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 feel you’ve obtained to be enjoying some actually nice golf to shoot a low rating,” Scheffler stated of TPC Southwind.
“There’s alternative on the market. The greens aren’t tremendous agency. You possibly can assault if you’re within the fairway. However there’s a superb quantity of water on the course. The Bermuda tough might be robust to evaluate and there’s a superb quantity of timber, as nicely. There’s bother round, so that you’ve obtained to be actually on prime of your sport to shoot low scores.”
It’s no secret that Scheffler has had an unbelievable season, as he continues to be on prime of his sport 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 last 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, capturing a 66 and a 65 in Memphis to vie for one more title once more.
He’s enjoying flawless as soon as extra, which ends up in us to ask, will win quantity seven are available Memphis? It could shock completely no one if it does.
Jack Milko is a golf workers author for SB Nation’s Enjoying By. Make sure you try @_PlayingThrough for extra golf protection. You possibly can observe him on Twitter @jack_milko as nicely.
