RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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Scottie Scheffler has suggested that he was extremely impressed by the crowd in attendance at the 3M Open as the world number one finished second to Jackson Koivun at TPC Twin Cities.
It surprised some when Scheffler decided to play at the 3M Open. Not only is the event in Minnesota the first tournament on the PGA Tour schedule after The Open Championship, but it is also somewhere Scheffler has never played before.
Having played in each of the last two weeks across the pond, Scheffler would have been forgiven for putting his feet up and getting some rest ahead of the FedEx Cup playoffs next month.
However, the 30-year-old was clearly not simply going through the motions this week.
Scottie Scheffler praises the crowd at the 3M Open
Scheffler posted rounds of 64 and 63 over the weekend to end up finishing second for a fifth time this season. He was three shots back of Koivun, as the youngster secured his maiden PGA Tour win on his third professional start.
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It seems that Scheffler very much enjoyed his week in Blaine, as he was asked about the way the spectators treated him throughout the tournament.
“Yeah, this week was tremendous. The fans were great this week, the tournament was really solid. Yeah, was able to do some good stuff and hear some cheers. It was definitely a lot of fun with the fans this week,” he said.
Scottie Scheffler suggests what he thought he needed to shoot to stand any chance of winning on Sunday
It did appear that Scheffler went into the final round with just too much to do to secure only his second win of the season.
He was six shots adrift of Koivun at the start of play. And Scheffler seemed to admit that he always knew that he was going to require a big favour from the 21-year-old if he was going to win.
“Yeah, something pretty low. I think I was maybe six shots back to start the day, but I was three shots back of second maybe, something like that. Depending on how Jackson played, I knew I was going to need a really low number regardless,” he said.
“I wanted to get something really low on the front nine and kind of put myself on the leaderboard. I didn’t quite have that, I think I was only 3 under on the front so I wasn’t able to really apply too much pressure early on. Overall was a pretty solid week. Sometimes on these types of courses you can’t really have too many off nines and I felt like for me this week, maybe back nine Friday and front nine Saturday kind of cost me, that little stretch.”
It is bizarre that Scheffler has been unable to clear that final hurdle since winning on his first start of the season at The American Express.
What makes it stranger is that he is playing so well so often. It is just that final piece of the puzzle that is missing as Scheffler looks to reestablish his dominance.
What should frighten the rest of the PGA Tour is the fact that Scheffler has now finished second five times and so often looked well short of his best.
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