Scottie Scheffler stood on the green on the par-5 seventeenth with a 5-iron in hand, seeking to make yet one more birdie on the penultimate gap on the BMW Championship.
However instantly after making his swing, Scheffler grabbed his decrease again—one thing we’ve got seen Tiger Woods do far too usually over the previous decade. After all, Scheffler’s exceptional season has led many to make Tiger-like comparisons. But these analogies have been made not due to accidents however due to his spectacular victories.
Nonetheless, Scheffler says he feels okay.
“Yeah, it’s effective,” Scheffler stated.
“I wakened just a bit sore this morning. I had bother loosening it up. With it being just a little bit tight, it was arduous for me to get by means of it, and I used to be laboring many of the day to get by means of 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 a giant flip, massive movement. I simply felt it just a little bit. However apart from that, all good.”
Scheffler then added that he would do nothing out of the unusual concerning his restoration on Thursday night.
“Possibly I hit just a few too many balls yesterday or one thing,” Scheffler added.
“It was just a bit sore. I’m certain I’ll get some ice on it and stuff. I’ll be completely effective [on Friday].”
The World No. 1 made par on the seventeenth gap, a disappointing rating contemplating it performs one of many best holes on the course. He couldn’t rise up and down from in entrance of the inexperienced, practically 30 yards in need of the opening, the place he left his 5-iron.
Scheffler then missed a 9-footer for birdie on 18 to accept a 1-under 69.
He trails 2025 Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley, who opened with a 6-under 66, by 5 after day one.
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