Scottie Scheffler reveals what he asked Ted Scott to do on the back nine on day two of the 2024 Paris Olympics

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Scottie Scheffler carded a two-under-par 69 on day two of the 2024 Olympics as the world number one struggled to keep pace with the leaders.

The 28-year-old is experiencing his first Olympics, and he’s been joined by Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark, and Collin Morikawa in Team USA’s star-studded lineup.

Despite the quartet representing the team, Scheffler admitted he feels the event is extremely individual, given the traditional stroke play format in place at Le Golf National.

Ted Scott helps Scottie Scheffler on the greens during round two of the Olympics

Scheffler would’ve been hoping to go low on Friday after he delivered an honest verdict on his first 18 holes at Le Golf National.

However, issues on the greens plagued the world number one. Speaking after his round, Scheffler revealed that his caddie, Ted Scott, took over green reading duties on the back nine.

“Really, No. 9, I hit what I felt like was another good putt, and I totally misread it,” explained Scheffler. “I looked at Teddy and was like, I cannot read these greens right now; I don’t know what it is. He started reading putts with me on the back nine, and I rolled a nice one in there on 10.”

“Another really good one on 11 and you know, after that, hit a lot of good putts and still around the lip, but was pleased with how I rolled it. Made a nice par putt on 16 as well. Overall, I felt like I kind of righted the ship today, which was important and kept me in the tournament for the next couple of days.”

Scheffler also said that he wasn’t going to disagree with Scott’s green reading.

“The way I was feeling, I wasn’t really going to disagree with what he was saying,” he added. “It’s like, yeah, man, you just tell me what to do here, and I’ll oblige.”

Scottie Scheffler’s strokes gained putting at the 2024 Paris Olympics

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Scheffler’s putting has been highlighted as a potential weakness. The American typically dominates when he gets his flat stick working.

However, at the Olympics, the 28-year-old’s putting statistics make for pretty grim reading. Strokes gained is an excellent measure to identify where a player is being let down. The formula essentially stands up actual performance against the average.

Unfortunately for Scheffler, his putting is among the worst in the field at the 2024 Olympics. The world number one currently sits 48th in strokes gained putting, with an average of -2.6 over his first two rounds.

Friday was particularly damaging for Scheffler after he lost 2.2 strokes to field on the greens. If he’s to challenge come Sunday evening, an improvement is needed.