Scottie Scheffler put himself into contention for a 3rd straight week however turned up simply short at the Houston Open.
Stephan Jaeger stood firm and carded a 3-under 67 to make his very first PGA Tour win after 135 starts. The 34-year-old held difficult versus the World No. 1 and ended up being the very first gamer to beat Scheffler in his last 3 occasions.
“He’s [Scheffler] been playing some astounding golf,” Jaeger informed Golf Channel about removing Scheffler. “It was such a blast the last number of days to eliminate with him. He’s going to have some excellent things, and I simply attempted to stick with him myself.”
The German chosen 9 straight pars on the back 9, holding back Scheffler and 4 others in 2nd location to win by one stroke.
“Birdies type of pointed me on the back 9, however this golf course plays a little challenging, specifically if you’re ideal around the lead,” he discussed. “There’s so much difficulty, and I’m very delighted with the day.”
It eventually boiled down to the last hole as Scheffler dealt with a birdie putt from simply over 5 feet on 18 to require a playoff.
In spite of his enhanced putting, when it mattered most, the putter stopped working Scheffler as soon as again, missing out on listed below the hole.
Scottie Scheffler misses out on a 5′ 4″ birdie putt on 18 to lose by 1 stroke.
He had actually not missed out on a putt inside 7 feet the whole weekend before that putt.
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“I didn’t believe it was going to move quite, and I attempted to strike it directly, and I seem like I began right in the center and appeared like it broke off quite hard, so simply a misread,” he stated.
Scheffler had actually fought godawful putting problems over the in 2015. That triggered a modification in the flat stick, which paid dividends till the last hole Sunday.
Regardless, Scheffler’s ideas on the week appeared positive.
“Another excellent week– I offered myself a possibility to win the competition,” Scheffler stated. “That’s where I wish to be at the start of the week. Today was enjoyable. I want it would have ended a little in a different way, however I struck what I felt were a great deal of great putts there towards completion– I could not get one to enter.”
The world’s top-ranked gamer strategies to take next week off in preparation of the Masters, beginning Thursday, April 11th.
Savannah Leigh Richardson is a golf personnel author for SB Nation’s Playing Through. For more golf protection, make certain to follow us @_PlayingThrough on all significant social platforms. You can likewise follow her on Twitter @SportsGirlSL and Instagram @savannah_leigh_sports.
