Scottie Scheffler came into Bay Hill looking to bring back his old form. He had won the title last year in dominating fashion, with a 5-stroke lead over second-placed Wyndham Clark. But the rust from his recent injury seemingly never left the 13-time PGA Tour winner.
The fight was there from Scheffler. But, the result? Not so much. The World No.1 scored a modest 4 under par during four rounds of play at the Arnold Palmer Invitational to finish T11. He is getting closer to his first win of the season, but he would need to improve his game on the greens if he were to do so.
In Strokes Gained by Putting, Scheffler was ranked 49th in the field as he lost nearly 5.328 strokes because of his not-so-impressive work on the greens. Despite making a remarkable 51 pars across the 72 holes, what let him down were the bogeys for which he was T4 amongst the field. Scheffler understood that, stating, “I didn’t hole too many putts, it was really challenging out there on these greens. I mean, putting on a surface that’s practically dead, the ball can have a life of its own. I’m proud of hitting a lot of good putts, just wasn’t my week on the greens.”
Scottie Scheffler has lost -5.6 strokes putting so far this week pic.twitter.com/5TOg94RUqb
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While his putt wasn’t coming great, his drive turned out to be the silver lining at Bay Hill. In Strokes Gained Off the Tee, Scheffler was ranked No.1 in the field with a score of 6.516. His driving accuracy was also mighty impressive as he was T4 with a 69.64% accuracy.“Yeah, I didn’t drive it very well the first few weeks coming out, so to have a good week off the tee was definitely nice. I could be definitely a little sharper with the irons, a little sharper on the greens, but overall I felt like I did a lot of good stuff.”
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