‘Would love to see’…Rory McIlory says Scottie Scheffler needs to make a big change to end his putting woes

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World number one Scottie Scheffler has had a miserable last few weekends on the putting surface on the PGA Tour.

Last weekend at the WM Open he struggled massively, despite being in contention for much of the tournament before slipping away.

Then, this weekend at The Genesis, Scheffler has once again been down at the bottom of the stats lists when it comes to holing out on the short stuff.

Of course, the world number one doesn’t have many flaws to his game but the putting has started to become a bit of an issue for him.

And speaking about what Scheffler could do to overcome the issue, world number two Rory McIlroy believes a change of equipment is needed.

Rory McIlroy gives Scottie Scheffler some putting advice

Speaking after his own round at The Riviera, McIlroy suggested that a change of putter type might be the way forward for Scheffler.

“We’ve all been through it. I’ve certainly been through my fair share of putting woes over the years and I finally feel like I have broken through and become a pretty consistent putter. For me going to a mallet was a big change. I really persisted with the blade putter for a long time, but I just feel like your stroke has to be so perfect to just start the ball online, where the mallet just gives you a little bit more margin for error,” McIlroy said.

“And that to me gave me confidence that I could go forward with that knowing that even if I don’t put a perfect stroke on it, they’re not going to go too far offline. So I would love to see Scotty try a mallet, but selfishly for me you know Scottie does everything else so very well that he’s given the rest of us a chance.”

The tournament was won in the end by Hideki Matsuyama, who carded a stunning final round of 62 to take home the title and taking home a cool $4m in the process.

Scheffler, meanwhile, still managed to finish in a tie for 10th, nine strokes back of Matsuyama. Indeed, if he could have made just a handful of the putts he did miss, a top five finish was easily in reach.

The 2022 Masters champion, then, will need to work hard to overcome this latest obstacle.