Scottie Scheffler had a robust shot at profitable three straight WM Phoenix Open titles however placing mishaps prevented that from taking place.
He got here out firing on all cylinders Sunday morning to complete his third spherical. Scheffler made 5 birdies in a row to push him into competition. Nonetheless, extra placing woes down the stretch stored him from making historical past.
“I’m a bit pissed off. I didn’t end the best way I needed to, however I gave myself an excellent probability this week,” Scheffler mentioned. “Performed a whole lot of stable golf, did a whole lot of good issues. Clearly, I’m somewhat bit pissed off, I feel, with how I completed, however outdoors of that, I gave myself an excellent probability, simply wasn’t capable of shut.”
A bogey on 14 and 18, the place he putted off the inexperienced right into a bunker to shut his third spherical have been the primary indicators that recommended the three-peat may not come to fruition.
The Texas Longhorn had a brief reminiscence after he began his closing spherical with 4 birdies in his first 5 holes.
Nonetheless, a three-putt par on the thirteenth is when issues went sideways for the No. 1 ranked participant on the earth. Then he made a bogey on 14 and settled for par on 15. Scheffler received to 5-under on his spherical on the sixteenth, however two straight pars left him settling for one more High 3 end.
His T3 Sunday marked his twentieth top-3 end on the PGA Tour within the final three seasons. That’s nonetheless outstanding, three-peat or not.
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