Scottie Scheffler happy ‘to keep card clean’ in Rd. 1 at Houston Open | Golf Central | Golf Channel [Video]

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0:11 | Rich loner alongside trip Eisenhower

0:13 | Scotty Sheffer is on the cusp of doing

0:15 | something extraordinary trying to win

0:17 | for a third consecutive start and we’re

0:20 | at the Texas Children’s Houston open

0:23 | opening round at Memorial Park and trip

0:25 | short game was outstanding as it always

0:28 | is it is he’s fifth in uh proximity of

0:32 | the hole when he scrambles and there’s

0:34 | an example of why started his day at

0:37 | number 10 here he is a 12 he missed the

0:39 | first three Greens in

0:41 | regulation well if he had any rust on

0:44 | the game the short game was the steel

0:46 | wool if you will and the rust came off

0:48 | [Applause]

0:49 | [Music]

0:50 | quickly stays it even hard now after par

0:52 | for 13 12 foter for

0:54 | birdie well we finally hit a green rich

0:57 | so we finally hit a green and we finally

0:59 | make a birdie

1:00 | and we’re in the

1:03 | red to the par 414 third

1:08 | shot it’s not just this it’s uh his

1:12 | pitching where he doesn’t even have to

1:14 | worry about the next putt there’s none

1:16 | of those five six Footers that he can

1:19 | occasionally Miss that’s pretty much a

1:20 | tap in for Scotty stays at one 100 now

1:22 | at the 1725 footer for

1:25 | birdie well this is one of the third

1:27 | green in a row that he hit so it looked

1:30 | like he was back hitting greens and well

1:32 | that’s the second birdie of the day so

1:34 | he’s two under go to the par 4 18th from

1:37 | the

1:38 | bunker well you know he knows the

1:40 | chipping is good he’s got to just make

1:42 | sure the bunker game’s good so he hit

1:43 | one over there in the bunker and yeah

1:45 | bunker game’s good too rich yep yep grab

1:47 | a hot dog let’s make the turn he turns

1:50 | into under now it’s part for first hole

1:53 | third

1:55 | shot well another pitch another chip and

2:00 | well almost holds out another tap in I

2:04 | got a theme going here it’s a good one

2:06 | for Scot alleviate so much pressure when

2:10 | you chip like he does now at the second

2:12 | hole 19 footer for

2:14 | birdie well there’s a lot of pressure on

2:16 | everybody else in the world of golf when

2:19 | he’s making those it’s going to be a

2:21 | long week for everybody else if that

2:23 | continued he made him at Bay Hill made

2:25 | him at TPC Saw Grass winning the Arnold

2:27 | Palmer Invitational then the players

2:30 | here he is from 280 yds at the

2:33 | third well number one Strokes gain off

2:35 | the te number one Strokes gain approach

2:37 | number one in Greens in regulation and

2:41 | yeah take a part of part five which is

2:44 | two easy shots and two putts from there

2:46 | there’s another birdie he’s at 4 under

2:49 | now at the par 4 fourth under the trees

2:52 | 169

2:53 | yds yeah got it clean off this pine

2:56 | straw tough to do but with his angle of

2:59 | attack

3:00 | is so crisp and that shot never left the

3:06 | flag Mr birdie putt but still he’s at

3:09 | four under and now at the par 4 F 127

3:13 | yds yeah with the scoring clubs in his

3:15 | hand inside 150 yards the best player in

3:18 | the world you want to see why they’re

3:20 | the best Rich they hit at the distance

3:22 | they’re trying to hit it time and time

3:26 | again just like that he as he had

3:29 | knocked a little bit of the rust off and

3:31 | it’s still a bogey free 565 that is now

3:35 | 28 consecutive par rounds underpar for

3:39 | world number one trying to become the

3:40 | first since Dustin Johnson seven years

3:43 | ago to win three consecutive starts

3:46 | here’s Scotty sheffler with Damon

3:48 | hack with the world number one Scotty

3:51 | sheffler back to work after a week off

3:53 | and it’s a bogey free 65 how would you

3:55 | assess the day yeah bogey free is always

3:57 | nice um I felt like today I did not get

3:59 | off to the best ball striking start I

4:01 | felt like I was getting up and down a

4:02 | lot to start the day but it was

4:03 | definitely you know nice to get those up

4:05 | and downs to keep the card clean and um

4:07 | I got some nice momentum going into the

4:08 | back nine hit some good shots and made a

4:10 | couple berries you missed seven greens

4:12 | how much was that rust from the week off

4:15 | yeah I don’t know

4:16 | um yeah who knows but like I said it was

4:19 | nice to kind of get up and down when I

4:21 | needed to and um I didn’t feel like I

4:23 | had to make very many long putts for par

4:25 | I don’t really know what I think I made

4:26 | one from about eight 10 feet on the

4:28 | first toll but after that I had a lot of

4:29 | hit a lot of really nice pitches I felt

4:31 | like to kind of keep the momentum in the

4:32 | round going and at any time you can go

4:34 | Boogie around this place it’s going to

4:35 | be a pretty good round of golf what’s

4:37 | your process for keeping a quiet mind

4:39 | when there’s so much going on and you’re

4:41 | in contention so often um I just try and

4:44 | focus on the things I can control and

4:45 | that’s hitting shots and executing shots

4:47 | and um just trying to do my be do my

4:49 | best to be patient out there and then

4:50 | when I go home I’m trying not to think

4:51 | about golf as much as I can you know

4:53 | like I said I try to ignore a lot of the

4:55 | things that are said and avoid looking

4:56 | at them and uh so yeah that’s part of

4:59 | the process

5:00 | remember as we began 2022 he had not yet

5:03 | won he now has eight victories so in

5:05 | that time 48 starts he’s missed only

5:08 | three Cuts automatic top 25 he’s top

5:14 | three more than 4% of the time that is

5:18 | consistency at a high level and he’s won

5:21 | 16% of his starts see how long you can

5:24 | keep this going I did keep in mind if

5:26 | you play a 20-year career roughly

5:29 | speaking you win 3% of your career

5:31 | starts thinking you play 20 tournaments

5:33 | a year you’re in the Hall of Fame that’s

5:35 | 16 17 wins in that neighborhood here’s

5:38 | the guy he beat the last two times out

5:40 | Windam Clark and par 4 second he looked

5:43 | good early

5:45 | trip yeah he did indeed it it looked

5:47 | like it was going to be another sheffler

5:49 | Windam Clark uh late

5:53 | Sunday and wendam Clark from 25 ft yeah

5:56 | he putting all his talents on display we

5:59 | know how well he putts it plenty of

6:01 | length should be a good golf course for

6:03 | him here he is from 248 at that par

6:06 | 53 yeah he eats par FES for breakfast

6:09 | and uh there’s another one that he he

6:11 | feasted

6:13 | on now at the

6:16 | sixth yeah par 4 six second

6:20 | shot and this one right

6:22 | here just a bit short and this is

6:25 | what’ll happen at this golf course the

6:28 | runoffs will get you and that got

6:30 | him now at the

6:33 | eighth well another part five I said he

6:35 | eats them for breakfast so uh yeah let’s

6:39 | put a little more little more food in

6:41 | the belly another birdie On a par five

6:44 | so he goes out in in 233 he’s in good

6:47 | shape it

6:48 | appears yeah and here he is at the 10t

6:51 | 12 ft away and yeah Windam Clark the

6:54 | back injury not an issue it doesn’t look

6:57 | like all right 300 point you think he’ll

6:59 | finish five maybe even six it starts to

7:02 | get away from him at

7:05 | 14 yeah there was a theme here that he

7:07 | he was getting out in front the club was

7:09 | late and he started missing shots to the

7:12 | right that led to a

7:19 | bogey good roll and there at the 15 yeah

7:23 | that’s par putt from 17 ft so it looks

7:25 | like he’s staving off a little bit of

7:27 | trouble but Rich here we go this is uh

7:30 | part five 16th his second 241 yards you

7:34 | can see stuck behind it out to the

7:37 | right

7:39 | and fish food so that led to a bogey

7:43 | down to one underpar and at

7:47 | 18 yeah his third now this not that hard

7:51 | of a shot and he just stubbed that that

7:53 | was a poor effort he said it was not his

7:57 | back that caused this trouble coming in

7:59 | it was his golf swing right so 30 putts

8:02 | and Home in 37 a round of even par

8:06 | 70 good one tomorrow and he’s right back

8:08 | in it again he was runner up to Scotty

8:11 | Sheffer at the Arnold Palmer

8:12 | Invitational presented by MasterCard and

8:15 | then had one of the cruestv everever

8:18 | seen to finish second behind Sheffer at

8:20 | the

8:22 | Players here’s the Friday schedule Mato

8:25 | manisero played well the hero Indian

8:28 | open good comeback story we’re with you

8:30 | at 3:00 Eastern time then the second

8:32 | round of the Texas Children’s Houston

8:34 | open with Scotty Sheffer in the window

8:37 | that’s at 4:00 Eastern Nelly quter on

8:40 | the LPGA Tour is also going for three

8:43 | consecutive wins 600 p.m. Eastern on

8:45 | peacock then seven on Golf Channel then

8:47 | we’re with you when it’s all over and

8:49 | then don’t forget the PGA Tour champions

8:52 | from Arizona that’ll do it for us we’ll

8:54 | see you

8:58 | tomorrow

8:59 | [Music]

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