(Reuters) – Masters champion Scottie Scheffler mentioned on Tuesday that regardless of determining a profitable method that has produced the most effective runs in latest reminiscence, he stays as hungry as ever going into this week’s PGA Championship.
World primary Scheffler, a co-favourite for this week’s PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club, mentioned aside from extra requests for his autographs and other people hollering his identify, life has remained principally the identical.
“Winning the Masters is a large honour for me and we have undoubtedly been capable of take pleasure in that slightly bit,” Scheffler mentioned at his pre-tournament information convention. “After a short while, it is type of again to enterprise and so I’ve been making ready and preparing for this week.”
In his final main, Scheffler loved the most important win of his profession with a three-stroke Masters victory in April to increase a powerful run throughout which he gained 4 occasions in six begins.
Scheffler, recent off a share of fifteenth place at final week’s AT&T Byron Nelson, now hopes his immaculate quick recreation and is among the greatest putters on tour
The 25-year-old Scheffler is certainly one of simply 5 gamers to complete among the many prime 10 at the final two PGA Championships and this 12 months has the nice fortune of taking part in on a format he has typically touted as his favorite course.
Scheffler performed two faculty occasions at Southern Hills — together with in 2015 when he gained the Big 12 Championship whereas competing for the University of Texas — one newbie occasion and a latest observe spherical to get a really feel for the way it has modified.
“This is a golf course you possibly can present up for the primary time and know precisely the place to hit the ball; there’s probably not many tips to it,” mentioned Scheffler.
“You’ve simply obtained to point out up and hit good golf pictures and keep in place as a result of when you get out of place this golf course will punish you in a rush.”
A win this week for Scheffler would put him in a membership with Ben Hogan (1953), Arnold Palmer (1960), Jack Nicklaus (1972), Tiger Woods (2002) and Jordan Spieth (2015) as the one golfers to start out a 12 months with wins at the primary two main championships.
Scheffler will play the primary two rounds alongside world quantity two Jon Rahm and British Open champion Collin Morikawa.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto, modifying by Pritha Sarkar)
