Scottie Scheffler will go into the last round of the 50th Players Championship seeking to end up being the first-ever back-to-back champ. In order to pull that off, he is going to require some aid regardless of yet another strong round of golf Saturday.
Scheffler carded a 4-under 68 to complete at 12-under par, connected for 6th. He sits 5 shots behind the unexpectedly red-hot Xander Schauffele.
Following his round, Scheffler was asked what it is going to remove the deficit and take home the prize.
“Shoot really low,” he stated candidly.
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Scheffler will likely require to go really low Sunday if he desires to make history. He went on to acknowledge it will not be simple job.
“I’m certainly on the outdoors searching in, however a hot day tomorrow might go a long method.”
He has actually so far tape-recorded all 3 rounds in the 60s. That in all possibility will not be sufficient Sunday. Schauffele, Wyndham Clark and Brian Harman are all playing too well.
Scheffler is going to require to get Sunday where he ended.
After what he explained was an aggravating round sometimes, the World No. 1 benefited from the most convenient hole on the course– the par-5 16th, making birdie. That brought him into double figures, however to have a sensible opportunity, he required a flurry which’s precisely what he achieved.
“Yeah, it was great. I struck some excellent shots towards completion. It was great to see some quality shots. Yeah, kept fighting up until completion … It was great to get some birdies to close,” Scheffler stated.
He struck a fantastic tee shot on the well-known ‘island green’ of TPC Sawgrass, strongly assaulting the front-left pin place. That left simply under 7 feet. He would make the birdie 2.
After an attractive tee shot on 18, Scheffler’s technique was 12 feet from the hole. The previous Masters champ would continue his better putting and sink the birdie to top the day, providing him an outdoors shot Sunday.
Clark is one back of Schauffele and will play in the last group. Harman is 15-under, with upstart Maverick McNealy and Matt Fitzpatrick sitting at 13-under par.
All of that need to culminate in an excellent surface for the PGA Tour’s informal 5th significant, The Players Championship.
Kendall Capps is the Senior Editor of SB Nation’s Playing Through. For more golf protection, follow us @_PlayingThrough on all significant social networks platforms.
