Scottie Scheffler admits what went wrong and says it cost him the match vs Jon Rahm and Sepp Straka at the Ryder Cup

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Scottie Scheffler was winless on the opening day of the Ryder Cup as the world number one was beaten comfortably in both sessions.

Scheffler was unable to find his game alongside both Russell Henley and then J.J. Spaun.

The world’s best player was a bit all over the place in terms of his own game and come the afternoon session, up against the formidable duo of Sepp Straka and Jon Rahm, he simply ran out of steam.

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Scheffler now faces a big night and then an even bigger Saturday as he’ll be expected to anchor the team and get a point on the board early to put the pressure on Team Europe.

Indeed, in typical Scheffler style, he has critiqued his own game and admitted that ultimately, it was down to him not taking advantage.

Scottie Scheffler says why he lost against Jon Rahm and Sepp Straka

It was a strange sight to see Scheffler struggling as he did on day one here.

He was out of sync with his irons, a part of his game so usually reliable and in the end, he couldn’t find anything on the greens either.

Now, speaking to the media afterwards, Scheffler offered an honest reflection on his match against Rahm and Straka.

“We gave ourselves plenty of opportunities,” Scheffler said.

“It really just came down to me not holing enough putts. We put up a good fight at the end. The guys just really turned it on on the back nine, but it really came down to us not taking advantage of the holes early in the match that we needed to, but overall it was a good fight at the end, and we’ll come back out tomorrow.”

Adding his own comments on the game, J.J. Spaun suggested the Europeans simply had too much.

“Yeah, it was a battle. We played a really good team, and we kind of did all we could there on the back nine, but they just responded well. Unfortunately just didn’t go our way,” Spaun said.

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Scottie Scheffler would be dropped if not for his proven class

Given Scheffler’s record in the Ryder Cup in general and then the opening day he’s had here, if it was anyone but Scottie Scheffler we’d be looking at a player who would definitely sit out Saturday.

Scheffler was simply nowhere near his best and in the end, he was as much at fault as the two rookies he went out alongside.

Of course, Keegan Bradley will send the world number one out in both sessions tomorrow. He needs him to produce, and you cannot count out Scheffler doing the business.

But as of now, the world number one needs to improve or he’ll be in for some tough questions if Europe do win out some Sunday.