Scottie Scheffler, the favorite for the Cadillac Championship, plays the Blue Monster for the first time. He has one win this season and five top-five finishes in eight starts.
Key points
Scottie Scheffler is the favorite for the Cadillac Championship.
He played the Blue Monster for the first time.
Scheffler has one win this season.
He has five top-five finishes in eight starts.
He recently finished as a runner-up at The Masters and RBC Heritage.
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Scottie SchefflerCadillac Championship
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Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images
Scottie Scheffler is the favorite to win the Cadillac Championship at Trump National Doral this week.
Scheffler has already won once this season and has recorded five top-five finishes in just eight starts.
The 29-year-old definitely hasnât been at his best, but he is clearly trending in the right direction after recording back-to-back runner-up finishes at The Masters and the RBC Heritage respectively.
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âYeah, I played the back, no, front nine yesterday and back nine today,â
âGolf course is good. Greens are in good shape. Felt like the rumors about the course were true. Itâs long, itâs difficult. Should be a good test this week.â
The golf course at Trump National Doral will represent an incredibly difficult challenge for the players.
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Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
The Blue Monster stretches out to just under 7,800 yards and anything under par will be a good score this week.
Scheffler should be in pole position to win this week, given his ability to play extremely challenging golf courses well.
Scottie Scheffler on what goes into winning
Scheffler told reporters about what goes into winning golf tournaments behind the scenes.
âI think sometimes people donât have a great understanding of what it takes in order to be in those positions,â he explained.
*â*For me to have a chance to win the PGA Championship, it is quite literally a lifetime of work and sacrifice and dedication to a sport to have a chance to win just one tournament.
*â*So itâs not just the four days, even though the four days are very difficult. And particularly when you look at Sunday, you know, I started the day with maybe like a three-shot lead, I lost that lead going into the back nine, ended up winning the tournament by four, five strokes I think.
*â*So not only was it a lifetime of work in order to get to a position where you have a chance to win, but then the ability to pull it off as well. I think in the fashion that we did, that week in particular, where I had the great finish on Saturday in order to take the lead, I lose the lead the front nine on Sunday, and then I just play a really great back nine in order to be able to have a nice walk up the 18th hole.
âSo I think itâs just a combination of factors. I always have those feelings when youâre able to win tournaments just because no matter what tournament it is, itâs a lifetime of work in order to achieve something like that, so sometimes I show it and other times I donât. But the feeling is always there.â
