Scottie Scheffler had a salvage shot at winning three straight WM Phoenix Originate titles but placing mishaps avoided that from occurring.
He came out firing on all cylinders Sunday morning to enact his third spherical. Scheffler made five birdies in a row to push him into competitors. On the opposite hand, more placing woes down the stretch saved him from making history.
“I’m a bit pissed off. I didn’t enact the vogue I desired to, but I gave myself a authorized probability this week,” Scheffler acknowledged. “Conducted deal of salvage golf, did deal of authorized issues. Clearly, I’m a little bit of bit pissed off, I judge, with how I accomplished, but birth air of that, I gave myself a authorized probability, good wasn’t able to conclude.”
A bogey on 14 and 18, where he putted off the fairway into a bunker to conclude his third spherical had been the first signs that urged the three-peat may maybe maybe well no longer reach to fruition.
The Texas Longhorn had a handy book a rough memory after he started his final spherical with four birdies in his first five holes.
On the opposite hand, a 3-putt par on the 13th is when issues went sideways for the No. 1 ranked player on the earth. Then he made a bogey on 14 and settled for par on 15. Scheffler obtained to 5-under on his spherical at the 16th, but two straight pars left him settling for one other High 3 enact.
His T3 Sunday marked his 20th high-3 enact on the PGA Tour within the closing three seasons. That’s still noteworthy, three-peat or no longer.
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