By the end of May, he had vaulted to 13th in SG: Approach and a lofty 3rd in rate of greens hit. Austin Smotherman holds a 1-shot lead at the Mexico Open, where a swarm of bees briefly interrupted play and had the group of Erik Van Rooyen, Chez Reavie and Francesco Molinari running for cover. I like the irons, but the (TaylorMade Stealth Plus) driver, when we did testing over the winter, I saw some pretty nice gains. He graduated in 2018 with a bachelor's degree in finance. It led to another bogey. Scottie Scheffler PGA TOUR Player Profile, Stats, Bio, Career Tony Finau kick-started what had been a disappointing 2022 with a runner-up finish in the Mexico Open at Vidanta. That win marked the beginning of one of the most dominant runs seen on TOUR in recent years. Anyone who has followed Holliman's predictions is way up on their golf picks. T. Goya -7 7:46 AM. He explained why to GolfWRX.com: One of the things Ive struggled with was actually hitting 3-woods too far, and also just not seeing all my shots. On August 21, 2020, Scheffler shot a 12-under 59 at The Northern Trust. Look no farther than Scheffler and Cantlay for proof. Copyright 2023 PGA TOUR, Inc. All rights reserved. 8. 1 ranking this week. The Masters LIVE: News and updates as Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler feature at Augusta National Scottie Scheffler is defending champion after his three-shot win in 2022; Rory. McIlroy missed the cut at the Players and the Masters, but tied for second at the Arnold Palmer and was third at Match Play. Scroll below for the Wells Fargo Championship field list as of Friday, April 28th at 5 p.m. . With this win, Scheffler moved to world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking. [5] Scheffler's father was a stay-at-home dad, while his mother worked as a chief operating officer at the law firm Thompson & Knight. Thomas, 29, won his second PGA Championship in May at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and is the fourth player since 1960 to win 14 times on tour before turning 28, joining Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Johnny Miller. Inside the Field: Wells Fargo Championship - PGA TOUR At Highland Park, Scheffler won individual state titles three years in a row (2012 to 2014), matching a record set by fellow Texan Jordan Spieth. In each of his first two full seasons on TOUR, Scheffler had hovered right around the statistical baseline for Strokes Gained: Putting among qualified players. Since his Masters victory back in April, in fact, he hasnt made any changes to the clubs in his bag. The following year, Scheffler again qualified for the U.S. Open, after surviving a 4-for-3 playoff to earn a spot in the field. Scottie Scheffler career stats (Image credit: Getty Images) Before his first PGA Tour win Played: 70 Majors: 0 Wins: 0 Runner-Up: 2 Top 10s: 17 Missed Cuts: 16 Including & after his first PGA Tour win Played: 29 Majors: 1 Wins: 6 Runner-Up: 3 Top 10s: 17 Missed Cuts: 3 Paul Higham Contributor As if these improvements werent enough, he got better on the greens, too. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: golf | pageType: players | [19], He was named the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year for the 2019-20 season.[20]. Latest on Scottie Scheffler including news, stats, videos, highlights and more on ESPN . "Incredibly consistent. Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship, number one in the Official World Golf Ranking, "WM Phoenix Open: Scottie Scheffler defends title, retakes No. He played well enough in 2021 to get a captains pick on the U.S. Ryder Cup team that beat Europe in the fall, even before his first PGA TOUR victory. Inside the Field: Wells Fargo Championship - PGA TOUR Scottie Scheffler Stats | ESPN PGA Tour: Scottie Scheffler wins 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational - Golfweek Tony Finau never gave Masters champion Jon Rahm or anyone else much of a chance Sunday, closing with a bogey-free round of 5-under 66 that gave him a 3-shot victory in the Mexico Open. [3] Scheffler is the only boy among four siblings. Scottie Scheffler's birdie from the fringe at Mayakoba. [4] The family lived in Montvale, New Jersey, until Scheffler was aged six, when they moved to Dallas, Texas, in the wake of the September 11 attacks. Scottie Scheffler Recent Performance Over his last 20 rounds, Scheffler has finished below par 14 times, while also registering three bogey-free rounds and 14 rounds with a better-than-average score. Driver: Titleist TS3 (9.5 degrees, B1 SureFit setting, 0.75-degree flat lie angle) Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana ZF 60 TX, 7-wood: Titleist TS2 (21 degrees, B1 SureFit setting, 0.75-degree flat lie angle) Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana ZF 80 TX, Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM7 (46-10F, 52-08F), Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (56-08M and 60-T) Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S300. 3 Will Zalatoris, Xander Schauffele is the only other player within four strokes of Scheffler (and two behind Cantlay). From Rory's struggles to Koepka's resurgence, here's what we learned at the Masters, Catching Koepka: What to expect on Masters Sunday, Koepka with a chance of rain: Previewing Friday at the Masters, 13 takes on Augusta National's new-look 13th hole, Rain, Tiger and 200-mph ball speed: What to expect during the 2023 Masters, Books split on Masters, but bettors back Scheffler, '22 Masters champ Scheffler still pinching himself, Arnold Palmer Invitational pres. And which overlooked players can help you win your league this week? Top Scottie Scheffler News 2023 Mexico Open One and Done expert picks, purse. [2] He has won one major championship, the 2022 Masters Tournament. I can flatten it out and have the ball be a little bit more stable with the head. Scottie Scheffler has 34 top ten finishes with 6 wins and has won $33,449,432 in his career. A. Smotherman -8 11:34 AM Leaderboard Watch 2. 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational leaderboard, grades: Scottie Scheffler Since June 1, Scheffler is losing more than one-third of a stroke to the field per round on the greens, a rate that ranks 143rd of 180 qualified players in that span. That list comprises this season's four multiple winners on TOUR. Im happy to be part of the team.. His red-hot spring of '22 owed to a few dramatic. Aditi Ashok holes out for eagle in style at the JM Eagle LA Championship. Last year's Wells Fargo Championship was played at TPC Potomac and was won by Max Homa. In August 2020, Scheffler finished tied for fourth at the 2020 PGA Championship. 1 Scottie Scheffler among those to miss cut at PGA Championship", "Burns playoff birdie to beat No. Most of it is just managing your way around a golf course. You could be Max Homa - PGA TOUR Who wins the 2023 Wells Fargo Championship? It kind of clicked in my head, I was like, I used Nike clubs for so long when he was helping develop those irons. Im like, why wouldnt I at least test his new irons with TaylorMade because theyre his irons, and he obviously had some influence in the process of developing and producing the irons. At the Players Championship, he was all over Scheffler to win at 10-1, and at Bay Hill, 11 of his picks finished in the top 15 and three of his top seven posted top-five finishes. Spieth won seven times on tour in 2015 and '16, including three of the four majors. [38], Scheffler appears in the sports documentary series Full Swing, which premiered on Netflix on February 15, 2023.[39]. He extended his lead to 6 strokes after 54 holes, but shot a 3-over-par 73 in the final round to lose the tournament by one stroke to Rory McIlroy. I've been there. "I feel like that I can find a way to make pars and hang in there. With chaos happening all around him, Scheffler did what he seemingly always does. Talor Gooch may not be able to play in the 2023 U.S. Open because of a rule that states that players needed to have qualified and been eligible for the 2022 Tour Championship, from which Gooch was banned when he joined LIV last June. Arguably the most notable clubs in Schefflers bag are the irons he plays. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: golf | pageType: stories | Tony Finau kick-started what had been a disappointing 2022 with a runner-up finish in the Mexico Open at Vidanta. ESPN Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. Talor Gooch may not be able to play in the 2023 U.S. Open because of a rule that states that players needed to have qualified and been eligible for the 2022 Tour Championship, from which Gooch was banned when he joined LIV last June. Not surprisingly, Scheffler told GolfWRX.com that Woods had an influence on why Scheffler even started testing the irons in the first place. He needed them to stay in front of hard-charging Masters champion Jon Rahm, who shot 61 to tie his lowest score on the PGA Tour. But then he had a double bogey on the par-4 14th and his tee shot on the 18th had settled in pine straw, resulting in another bogey. In his victory in Phoenix, Scheffler ranked 2nd in Strokes Gained: Putting, one of just three times in his entire PGA TOUR career where he ranked in the top 10 in a tournament field in that statistic. McIlroy, at No. Before setting your fantasy golf rankings or making any 2023 Wells Fargo Championship picks, you need to see the fantasy golf projections and lineup advice from SportsLine fantasy expert Jim Holliman. It's a pretty tough thing to do to be up there when you don't have your best golf and still give yourself a chance to win. There are too many things that can go wrong, so Thomas barely cracks Holliman's top 10. So I don't see it changing. Scottie Scheffler outlasted Ryder Cup teammate Patrick Cantlay on the third hole of a playoff Sunday in the WM Phoenix Open for his first PGA Tour win in 71 starts. Scottie Scheffler Gender: Male Date of Birth: Friday, 21 June, 1996 Height: 191.00cm Weight: 91.00kg Statistics Major Wins: 1 Career Wins: 6 Strokes-Gained Putting: 0.202 Strokes Gained Tee. He needed 71 professional starts to claim his first PGA Tour victory at the WM Phoenix Open in February 2022. Just over a year ago, some golf fans might have wondered whether Scheffler would ever win on tour. In September 2021, Scheffler played on the U.S. team in the 2021 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin. . TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course), Scottie Scheffler chips in for eagle to climb up the leaderboard, Scottie Scheffler awards Jon Rahm with green jacket, Scheffler gets a roar from the crowd with a long birdie putt on 11. For Thursday at least, the focus will be on Scheffler and Cantlay, whos trying to become the first back-to-back FedExCup champ. Horschel, 36, made the Memorial his seventh tour title with a four-stroke victory over Aaron Wise. NAME EVENTS TOP 10 WINS ROUNDS MONEY Scottie Scheffler 31 15 5 120 $18,788,405 Explore Who has the biggest driving distance average this season? Collin Morikawa is in the Wells Fargo Championship field for the first time, and Jordan Spieth will play for the first time since 2013. Scottie Scheffler Stats, News, Bio | ESPN 1 ranking", "2022 Masters leaderboard, scores: World No. Results not in chronological order in 2020. He moved into position for an even better result on Friday, shooting a 7-under 64 to take a one-shot lead through two rounds. Rahm, Scheffler And Matsuyama To Miss Wells Fargo Championship "The Spaniard wants a green jacket badly. 1 Scheffler at WM Phoenix Open", "Scheffler turns in masterpiece at Sawgrass to win Players", "The inevitability of Scottie Scheffler on Players Championship Sunday", "Scottie Scheffler staying grounded in faith during rise to golf's world No. Tony Finau posted five birdies over the last seven holes in the Mexico Open. Below, well dive into both of their full setups to see what theyre currently using and whats changed throughout the year. [8] He played golf and basketball at Highland Park High School in the Dallas suburb of University Park. Played with him last Sunday [at Bay Hill] and it was clear he didn't have his best that day, but he still hung around and had a chance there right at the end. Scheffler, 26, won The Players Championship in March after winning the Phoenix Open in February. If anything, Scheffler is only getting better. This season he has two top-10s and is ranked 27th in the world. Oh, not the golf part, where the Wells Fargo Championship's defending champion has won six times in four years and risen to seventh in the world. He moved into position for an even better result on Friday, shooting a 7-under 64 to take a one-shot lead through two rounds. This overlooked golfer has the combination of distance and accuracy to compete on this tough Quail Hollow layout and could stun the field. Yeah, I think I just like the challenge of kind of harder golf courses.". . section: | slug: 2023-wells-fargo-championship-fantasy-golf-picks-rankings-advice-back-rory-mcilroy-avoid-justin-thomas | sport: golf | route: article_single.us | The Korn Ferry trademark is also a registered trademark, and is used in the Korn Ferry Tour logo with permission. 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