TOUR Championship 2024: 3 Instant Reactions to Saturday Leaderboard Scores
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Scottie Scheffler will roll into the last day of the Tour Championship with a five-shot lead over second-place Collin Morikawa.
Scheffler is at 26-under (10-under beginning rating, 16-under for the competition) at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia.
Morikawa has actually been the very best this weekend, shooting 17-under for the competition to land at 21-under on the Tour Championship leaderboard today.
Scheffler plainly has the upper hand, however at this minute, it appears that Morikawa is his only real opposition. Everybody else in the field sits at 17-under or even worse, although we’ve seen some excellent efficiencies from Sahith Theegala (67-66-66 for the competition). He presently sits solo 3rd at 17-under.
Here’s a take a look at responses to those 3 as the PGA Tour season inches better to calling a champ.
Scottie Scheffler on Doorstep of First Tour Championship
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Scheffler went into the Tour Championship with a first-place 10-under rating by virtue of being initially in the FedEx Cup standings. He’s been exceptional regardless in this competition, shooting a 16-under 197 through 3 rounds. Without the running start, he ‘d still be solo 2nd to just Collin Morikawa, who has actually been marvelous therefore year (17-under 196).
A win here appears like a rule. He’s going into Sunday on fire, shooting 65-66-66. His whole video game is shooting on all cylinders, consisting of the brief video game, which has actually provided Scheffler problems in the past. This time around, Scheffler has actually gotten 4.051 strokes putting through 3 rounds. He’s likewise connected for very first in greens-in-regulation (41-of-54), so whatever indicate Scheffler cruising to success.
And if that occurs, it’ll be the closing chapter of an extraordinary year that has actually currently consisted of 6 PGA Tour triumphes (including his 2nd Masters) and his first-ever Olympic gold medal
Collin Morikawa With a Fighting Chance
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It definitely isn’t most likely that the world’s No. 1 golf player blows a five-stroke lead, however Morikawa is a spectacular gamer who could, at the least, make Scheffler sweat a bit.
Morikawa has actually published the single-best round in this competition, shooting an eight-under 63 on Friday. He shot a 66 on Thursday and 67 on Saturday, so he’s been rather constant as he controls East Lake.
He’s constantly been wonderful with his irons, however Morikawa has actually turned it up yet another notch today.
The two-time significant champ is initially in strokes acquired off-the-tee, 2nd in strokes gotten on method and initially in strokes got around-the-green.
Morikawa requires his putter to get hot. The flat stick hasn’t absolutely complied,