CASTLE ROCK, Colo. – There was a short second of concern for Scottie Scheffler on Thursday when the FedExCup factors chief grabbed his decrease again after hitting his second shot into the 17th gap on the BMW Championship.
Scheffler stated he awoke “a little bit sore” forward of the primary spherical of the PGA Tour’s second playoff occasion. He didn’t present any noticeable indicators of discomfort till he tried to hit a excessive draw off a steep sidehill lie into the uphill par 5.
“I had bother sort of loosening it up,” he stated. “With it being a little bit tight, it was exhausting for me to get by it, and I used to be laboring many of the day to get by the ball. On 17, I used to be attempting to hit a excessive draw, and that’s a shot the place I’ve actually acquired to make use of an enormous flip, massive movement. Actually simply felt it a little bit bit. However aside from that, all good.”
Scheffler parred the final two holes in a gap, 1-under 71, leaving him 5 photographs off the tempo as he makes an attempt to stay in entrance of the FedExCup standings heading into the finale.
After the spherical, Scheffler repeatedly downplayed any type of concern, chalking it as much as presumably hitting too many balls on Wednesday. He stated that he’d ice the world and obtain his regular post-round therapy.
“I’ll be completely effective tomorrow,” he stated.
Scheffler will clinch the No. 1 seed at East Lake with a solo fourth of higher this week at Citadel Pines, a protracted, grueling stroll on a 8,100-yard course that performs at 6,400 ft above sea degree. He might doubtlessly lose the highest spot if second-seeded Xander Schauffele wins the BMW and Scheffler finishes worse than a two-way tie for fourth.
Schauffele, who opened with a 3-under 69 alongside Scheffler, stated he seen that Scheffler regarded “a little bit stiff” at instances when he’d flip his head. However Schauffele additionally recalled how the world No. 1 suffered a neck damage at The Gamers however nonetheless nipped him on the finish, one in every of his six victories this season.
“I suppose it’s a foul signal for everybody else,” Schauffele stated with a smile.
Final week, it was Scheffler himself who – when explaining why it’s “foolish” to name the FedExCup a season-long race when it primarily comes right down to a single event – talked about the potential of how an damage might influence the ultimate consequence.
“Hypothetically, we get to East Lake and my neck flares up and it doesn’t heal the way in which it did at The Gamers, I end 30th within the FedExCup as a result of I needed to withdraw from the final event,” Scheffler stated. “Is that basically the season-long race? No. It’s what it’s.”
