CASTLE ROCK, Colo. – There was a quick 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 mentioned he wakened “slightly 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 mentioned. “With it being slightly tight, it was laborious for me to get by means of it, and I used to be laboring a lot of the day to get by means of the ball. On 17, I used to be making an attempt to hit a excessive draw, and that’s a shot the place I’ve actually bought to make use of a giant flip, massive movement. Actually simply felt it slightly 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 kind of problem, chalking it as much as probably hitting too many balls on Wednesday. He mentioned that he’d ice the realm and obtain his regular post-round remedy.
“I’ll be completely superb tomorrow,” he mentioned.
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 stage. 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, mentioned he observed that Scheffler seemed “slightly stiff” at occasions 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 all his six victories this season.
“I assume it’s a foul signal for everybody else,” Schauffele mentioned 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 basically comes all the way down to a single match – talked about the potential of how an damage might impression the ultimate consequence.
“Hypothetically, we get to East Lake and my neck flares up and it doesn’t heal the best way it did at The Gamers, I end 30th within the FedExCup as a result of I needed to withdraw from the final match,” Scheffler mentioned. “Is that basically the season-long race? No. It’s what it’s.”
