Scottie Scheffler surprised by scoring in tough | Golf News

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler had a tough time during his U.S. Open opening spherical, ending three-over par and trailing J.J. Spaun by seven photographs.

Despite this, Scheffler believes alternatives for low scoring exist on such difficult programs. He was notably “surprised” that the best rating was only four-under, given that there’s usually a likelihood to post decrease numbers even in demanding situations like those at Oakmont.

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Speaking about the potential for low scores, Scheffler identified: “When you play these really difficult golf courses, I think there’s always opportunity for low scoring.

“Look at the U.S. Open particularly, you look at a match like they’d at Shinnecock where guys are barely making the cut, and all of a sudden they’ve one good spherical, and they’re back in the match, when you are enjoying these varieties of exams that are this difficult, there’s normally still a approach to rating.

“I’m surprised somebody maybe didn’t even shoot a little bit lower today just because there’s opportunity.

“If you are in the golf green most of the day, you are not going to have a 4-iron into every inexperienced. You’re going to have the ability to hit some photographs and give your self some seems.

“But it’s just really hard to get the ball in play, and it’s really hard to get the ball close. Anytime you’re out of position, the golf course just gets really challenging.”

Scheffler famous that as the first spherical day progressed, the fairways grew to become firmer and faster, hinting at elevated problem. With an early begin scheduled for Friday, Scheffler has a likelihood to claw his approach back into the working for his maiden U.S. Open championship.

“It’s interesting because the green speeds, I think, as the day goes on actually slow up, so the greens will be faster in the morning, but they should be a little bit softer,” Scheffler added. “So maybe it’ll be a little bit more opportunity to attack some of these pin locations.

“The golf course also performs longer in the morning, so there’s challenges to it no matter what. When I look back at my spherical right now, I feel I just need to give myself some more seems at birdie. That’s actually all it got here down to.

“I’ll clean up some of those mistakes, a couple three-points and stuff like that, and I think tomorrow will be a better day.”

Scheffler is set to begin his second spherical with Viktor Hovland and Collin Morikawa on Friday in the celebrated match.