Scottie Scheffler says what he can barely explain about the greens at Caves Valley following his BMW Championship win

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Scottie Scheffler’s dominance continued with a win at the BMW Championship and the world number one has been explaining the challenges he faced in getting it done.

Scheffler clawed back a four shot deficit on Robert MacIntyre to win by two shots and complete a six-shot swing on Sunday.

While the pain was clear for MacIntyre, for Scheffler, it was just another day at the office as he ticked off win number five of the season.

With Scheffler having a different caddie to Ted Scott on the bag, the win at Caves Valley was all the more impressive.

However, while Scheffler’s final round might have looked easy, the world number one has explained that there was part of the course that constantly caught him out.

Scottie Scheffler says what was so difficult about the BMW Championship course

Caves Valley provided a stern test all week and for Scheffler and MacIntyre to be so far under-par is a testament to how well they played.

However, Scheffler has revealed that it wasn’t without its difficulties.

Scheffler was asked about his iron play and his form around the greens, Scheffler explained that while he was happy with his approach play, the sheer nature of the greens made his task even harder.

“Yeah, I definitely was sharper with the irons today. In this game you’re always looking for a little bit more out of yourself pretty much at all times, so I can think of a few that I wish I would have hit a little sharper. But I hit some really nice shots into, really good wedge into 7, good shot into 8, good wedge into 11.

“Probably outside of the chip-in on 17, shot of the day was probably on 15 coming out of that bunker. That was a really important shot in the tournament, one that I think will fly a little bit under the radar.

“I had just made a sloppy three-putt on the hole before to kind of let Bob back into the tournament. Kind of brought my lead only back down to one, and all of a sudden he hits it in there about seven feet on 15, it’s a golf tournament now. I stepped up there and hit it inside of him to about six and a half feet and was able to hole that putt.

“I can’t tell you how difficult it was to putt these greens late in the day. Obviously with it being bent-grass greens, there gets to be a few spike marks and they got really fast out there. There’s a lot of slope. So they were pretty challenging to putt.”

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Scottie Scheffler says if he’s playing the best golf of his career

2024 Scottie Scheffler was some golfer but there’s a real argument to say that the 2025 version is even better.

Scheffler took some time to get motoring this season but once he did, he’s just not looked back and at times, looked unbeatable.

Still, when asked if he’s playing his best ever golf, Scheffler suggested it’s down to his putting more than anything.

“It’s hard to say. I feel like I have made some improvements in my putting. I feel like this year I have made a lot of key putts,” he said.

“Today was one of the first days where I was in contention where I wasn’t really holing the putts. I still got on the greens this afternoon but they were pretty tough to putt. Overall I feel like I am making improvements and today I did a really good job of staying patient, especially when things weren’t going my way on the back nine, and managed to close it out.”

While we await to see what the Ryder Cup brings for Scheffler, one thing is for sure, and that’s going into 2026, he is once again the man to beat.