Tiger Woods and Scottie Scheffler final yr after Scheffler gained the Woods-hosted Hero World Problem.
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Scottie Scheffler’s numbers, those you may entry by way of a click on, bear out his bag-wide skills.
Tee balls? He’s fourth on the PGA Tour this season in strokes gained: off the tee.
Iron photographs? He’s first in SG: method the inexperienced.
Across the inexperienced? Eighth in that metric.
Placing? He’s ninetieth, however the work there was properly documented.
All of it pops the eyes, and Max Homa seemingly wouldn’t argue. However there’s one thing considerably beneath the hood, he says, that’s in truth Scheffler’s greatest talent. So nice is it that he says he’s jealous.
That Tiger man does it, too, Homa stated.
The favored professional was speaking this week on the No Laying Up podcast — and you may (and will) take heed to the whole podcast in full right here — and the Scheffler topic got here up. Together with the stats, he’s gained six instances this season, together with on the Masters, although host Chris Solomon famous that he thought Scheffler “is actually launched from the end result and is concentrated on the method.”
Homa jumped on that.
He known as it impossibly laborious to do.
He known as it Scheffler’s best talent.
Then he informed a narrative about Tiger Woods. At this yr’s Masters, Homa and Jason Day have been paired with Woods over the primary two rounds, and Day and Homa noticed one thing distinctive from the 15-time main winner on day one on the par-5 thirteenth gap, which was their day’s last gap after storms delayed the match’s begin.
“Tiger hit a foul drive on 13,” Homa began on the podcast, “and it’s windy, and I imply, Tiger’s one of the best iron participant I’ve ever seen — Scottie’s up there, however Tiger, simply I don’t know how you can clarify it. And possibly he simply — possibly it’s simply our fondness of him, however like, he works it just a little bit completely different. It’s simply actually fascinating to look at him hit golf photographs.
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“And he hit a foul drive on 13, was our final gap, it’s chilly, solar’s taking place, it’s windy, and he needed to lay up on 13 means again. He had like a 6-iron in possibly to that proper pin. And it’s not like he hit it shut. It was only a actually laborious golf shot and he hit it proper to the center of the inexperienced, proper under the outlet, in all probability 30 toes or so. And I’m strolling with Jason, and Jason goes, it’s simply superb to me how dedicated he’s to hitting the golf shot as a result of these photographs, your mind will get fogged with a whole lot of what might occur, good and unhealthy.”
On the podcast, Homa stated Scheffler’s method was related.
“And it simply looks as if these two guys,” he stated, “from what I hear of their interviews and what I’ve seen, I assume with Tiger, it’s simply they only decide the shot and they’re completely into that. And that’s such a tough factor to do over and over and over. And it’s as nice a talent as no matter Scottie is one of the best at.
“He’s so freaking good at it.”
Is it duplicatable? Strive it your self. Better of luck.
On the podcast, Homa stated he was envious.
“And he talks about it and it’s one thing I’m very jealous of how nice he’s at it, however I do know he works at it,” the six-time Tour winner stated. “He appears to speak about that loads. And it’s clearly one thing that he’s put time into.”
Editor’s notice: To take heed to all the No Laying Up podcast with Homa, please click on right here.
