Scottie Scheffler has made a prediction about what score will win the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla this week.
The two-time Masters champion is the overwhelming favourite heading to Louisville after winning four of his past five outings.
Much of the media attention has centred around Scheffler this week after the birth of his first child last weekend; 15-time major champion Tiger Woods has even given him some advice on parenthood.
Scheffler gets his tournament underway at 7:13 pm GMT on Thursday alongside Wyndham Clark and Brian Harman.
Scottie Scheffler’s scoring prediction ahead of the PGA Championship
Valhalla’s length has been a talking point in the build-up to this week’s championship. Coming in at over 7600 yards, the Louisville venue could suit some of the game’s bigger hitters.
Hitting the fairway and avoiding the rough appears to be the game plan, something which could aid Scheffler. Ball striking is a well-documented strength of the 2024 Masters winner, and if he can continue to hit greens in regulation at his current rate, he will be hard to beat.
Ahead of this week’s event, Scheffler has admitted he expects the PGA Championship to play slightly easier than the other major championships.
He said: “Yeah, I think with the weather forecast this week, it may not be — the scores may not be as close to par as some other major championships. We’ll see how the golf course plays.
“Like I said, I only played nine holes yesterday and today, so as the tournament goes on, we’ll see how the course plays. But with soft greens and soft fairways, I’d imagine the scores would be fairly low here.
“I don’t know exactly what the winning score will be like, but I think it’ll be — scores would be a little bit lower, I think, than the last major.”
A soft Valhalla could see a low score triumph on Sunday
If the course remains soft due to rainfall, then there’s every chance of an extremely low score winning the Wanamaker Trophy.
Regardless of Valhalla’s length, softer greens make the margin for error more significant. The likes of Scheffler and Rory McIlroy will be able to take dead aim at their intended target and remain confident that the ball is going to stop where it lands.
After Scheffler’s comments, last week’s event at Quail Hollow could end up proving a tougher test.
Of course, tournament organisers can’t dictate the weather, but viewers all around the world want to see the best players tested.
It looks like we will have to wait for the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No.2 to see a true test of golf this year.
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