Scottie Scheffler is in prime position to win the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow this week.
The PGA Championship has been a strange tournament to watch in a way, mostly because it hasn’t seemed to be too different from a regular PGA Tour event.
In keeping with that theme, the unflappable Scheffler has been playing like he is out there with his buddies on a Sunday morning.
Before the final round of the PGA Championship began, it was suggested that the only person who could beat Scottie Scheffler was Scheffler himself.
And that’s proving to be correct. At the time of writing, the 28-year-old American had increased his lead from the three-shot advantage he held overnight.
Scheffler has just made the challenge at the PGA Championship look so much easier than it has for everyone else.
The 14-time PGA Tour winner’s good friend Sam Burns enjoyed a fine day out on the course at Quail Hollow on Sunday as well, with a four-under-par round of 67.
Sam Burns on Scottie Scheffler’s behaviour as he leads the PGA Championship
Burns and Scheffler play plenty of golf together outside of PGA Tour events.
So Burns knows everything there is to know about the world number one’s game.
However, what stands out to the 28-year-old as the two-time major winner’s main strength?
Burns explained how Scheffler is just supreme in every single department.
He said, “It would be hard to say. I’ve played a lot of golf with him, and it seems like every shot has a magnitude of force and just finds its way up there.
“He’s just very down to earth. He doesn’t take things too seriously. He’s very positive and just likes to have fun, and he’s like that on the golf course. Very easy-going.
“You can see his behaviour on the golf course. He’s just an all-round great guy, I think.“
Scheffler is an absolute class act both on and off the golf course.
But don’t let his affable nature fool you – the Texan is a real killer out on the golf course.
Scheffler’s hip drill with coach Randy Smith explained
After day two, the American took to the range to iron out a few kinks with his coach Randy Smith.
Scheffler was pictured on the range late on Friday evening with Smith.
The 28-year-old’s coach was holding his hips in place whilst he turned through the ball.
It was bizarre to look at, but Scheffler told reporters the method behind the madness.
He said, “Well, it’s just a little thing we do to kind of help get my hips moving in properly through the golf ball, you know, just a couple of little feels like that to kind of get us going and that’s kind of what Randy saw yesterday, maybe my hips weren’t moving the way I wanted to through the ball and, you know it was a good little swing thought for me today.
“I definitely struck the ball a lot better today than I did the last couple of days.”
Scheffler knows his own swing inside and out, and his repeatable motion is what makes him so good.
He has proven that in spades at the PGA Championship this week.
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