Scottie Scheffler discovered himself in a precarious place after his opening tee shot on the 18th gap within the second spherical of the Pebble Seaside Professional-Am on Friday. However the star golfer managed an epic par save.
Scheffler pulled his tee shot into the seashore however didn’t see it land. He both might have taken a penalty drop 40 yards ahead from the top of the tee field, or stroll 300 yards or take an opportunity he might discover his ball.
“I simply (hit) a low pull, I hadn’t been driving it very properly all day and this was a tough tee ball in the present day, being largely off the left. And I believed the way in which it appeared like from the tee field, I used to be like, ‘Effectively I suppose we must always go up there and look,’ as a result of I didn’t see it splash, I didn’t see any rocks, I knew there was sand there. So, I used to be like ‘May as properly go look,’” Scheffler mentioned.
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Scottie Scheffler walks on the 18th fairway throughout the second spherical of the AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am golf event at Pebble Seaside Golf Hyperlinks. (Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Photos)
Scheffler was fortunate sufficient to seek out his ball, after which got here the subsequent activity: hit off the seashore again onto the course and get it over the cliff.
Scheffler was simply hoping to seek out grass.
“I feel the unpredictability was probably the most tough half. I used to be actually simply making an attempt to get it out over the rocks and wherever up there on grass I’d have been fairly pleased about, clearly. Saved me a few photographs there having the ability to discover my ball within the sand,” Scheffler mentioned.
He was capable of finding some grass within the fairway that left him about 180 yards out, however though he was out of the sand, this shot wasn’t any simpler.
“I imply, that was a extremely onerous shot. I used to be in between golf equipment and I needed to chip a 6-iron in there from 180 (yards out), with the wind you’ll be able to clearly see it blowing off the left there, so it was a reasonably powerful shot, simply glad to get that on the inexperienced,” Scheffler mentioned.
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He then two-putted from 40 ft to finish the par save.
“After the tee ball, I positively would have taken a par, so there’s no complaints from me there.”
The par accomplished a 2-under 70 spherical on the day.
After the second spherical, Scheffler was seven-under par, tied for twentieth. Sepp Straka led after two rounds at -14.
That is Scheffler’s first event again since struggling a freak hand damage throughout Christmas dinner.
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Scottie Scheffler putts on the seventeenth inexperienced throughout the second spherical of the AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am golf event at Pebble Seaside Golf Hyperlinks. (Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Photos)
Scheffler mentioned he isn’t feeling all the way in which himself but after his first two rounds.
“(My recreation) feels good, I’ve restricted the errors and I really feel like I haven’t been swinging it in addition to I could possibly be, so I feel there perhaps just a bit little bit of rust there, a bit of little bit of timing my swing, but it surely’s good to be getting again into aggressive golf, and good to be out right here at Pebble,” Scheffler mentioned.
Scheffler’s damage required minor surgical procedure, however he’s now again in motion after one of the vital dominant seasons in PGA Tour historical past.
Scheffler gained seven PGA Tour titles, whereas profitable The Masters for a second time in his profession. He additionally represented the USA on the 2024 Paris Olympic Video games and gained a gold medal after a late surge.
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Scottie Scheffler walks on the ninth gap throughout the second spherical of the AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am golf event at Pebble Seaside Golf Hyperlinks. (Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Photos)
Scheffler additionally turned the primary participant since Tiger Woods in 2009 to carry the No. 1 rating for a whole calendar 12 months.
The star golfer is 2-under by way of 4 holes to start this third spherical, leaving him 9-under par as of the time of writing.
The third spherical of the Pebble Seaside Professional-Am continues on Saturday.
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