Scottie Scheffler on Tuesday on the Open Championship.
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Jon Rahm believes he may attempt, however he is aware of the end result. Ought to the two-time main winner give one other two-time main winner’s footwork a go:
— “I don’t assume I’d be a really environment friendly golfer if I did that, ” he mentioned; and
— “I don’t assume I’d be a professional by any means,” he mentioned; and
— “May I hit it? Presumably, but it surely wouldn’t be fairly,” he mentioned.
So no, Rahm gained’t be incorporating the transfer of Scottie Scheffler any time quickly, as a result of, sure, its footwork is, in a phrase, funky. A Scheffler slide, if you’ll. It’s his, although, creating enviable outcomes:
— He’s world No. 1; and
— He gained the Masters this 12 months for his second inexperienced jacket; and
— He’s gained almost each different tourney he’s performed on this 12 months.
However of us are curious.
What if his proper foot didn’t relax? What if his left foot didn’t twist? What if it regarded ‘regular?’ Certainly, the swing was unsustainable. Seemingly, Scheffler revealed Tuesday in his pre-Open Championship press convention, these ideas had been swimming inside the pinnacle of Nick Faldo, himself a six-time main winner and a former TV analyst.
“He was one of many guys that was, I feel, fairly crucial of it,” Scheffler mentioned at Royal Troon.
So a number of years again, Scheffler mentioned, Faldo approached him on the vary on the Masters. He requested him concerning the methodology behind his footwork. The why.
And?
“And I used to be like, I don’t actually know,” Scheffler mentioned. “Let me hit one regular and see the way it goes.”
And?
“So I hit one with conventional footwork,” he mentioned, “and I circled, and I used to be like, it simply seems like I’m locked into the bottom. I don’t actually really feel like I can hit my pictures.
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“Then I simply stored shifting my toes like I usually do.”
And that was that.
Right here, a reporter puzzled whether or not letting Scheffler be Scheffler was a mark of a superb coach. Scheffler agreed. He then opened up on the connection he’s had with Randy Smith, a GOLF Prime 100 Lifetime Achievement Trainer.
“Yeah. I imply, Randy, he’s taught me since I used to be 7,” Scheffler mentioned. “We now have undoubtedly made adjustments to my swing, however that was one thing that he by no means modified. I feel the phrases he would use is that was sort of simply the DNA of my swing, and he doesn’t need to change what I did to attempt to work the ball.
“I feel that was one of many issues he favored about me once I was a child was there was all the time a pole out on the driving vary, and I’d attempt to hit it with a straight shot and I’d attempt to hit it with a draw. I beloved having the ability to attempt to curve the ball.
“A part of it’s once I was a child, I used to play in the home with a ping-pong ball. A ping-pong ball is tremendous spinny. I’d study to curve it from room to room and spin it so much. That was what was enjoyable for me concerning the recreation.
“As time went on, I didn’t need to flip right into a robotic. I needed to do what I assumed was enjoyable, and that was seeing and creating and attempting to hit pictures. I get bored sitting on the driving vary attempting to hit each shot straight. Sitting there studying how you can curve it, studying how you can hit pictures, that’s extra enjoyable for me than it’s simply sitting there and dealing on membership place.”
