Scottie Scheffler seems to be operating on fumes after an exhausting Masters victory simply 4 days in the past as he trailed J.T. Poston by six pictures after the primary spherical of the RBC Heritage.
World No 1 Scheffler carded a two-under 69 at Harbour City Golf Hyperlinks 4 days after claiming his second Masters title.
Scheffler, who’s in search of his fourth win in his previous 5 begins, rebounded from a double bogey on the third gap to sink 4 birdies on the day and report his thirty seventh consecutive spherical of par or higher.
“I felt like I performed rather a lot higher than my rating,” Scheffler stated. “I attempted to present myself somewhat little bit of grace in the present day, simply because I used to be a bit drained. I shanked that bunker shot in the present day on three and I used to be type of like, OK, that is a bit uncommon. I believe possibly mentally I won’t fairly be there.’
“However I did not present as much as the match to listen to any kind of ceremonial, to listen to a bunch of congratulations and whatnot. I got here to play and to compete, and so I used to be pretty annoyed by the point we acquired to about 13 or 14 and I lookup and J.T. is already eight beneath or no matter it’s and I am sitting there virtually over par.
“However I put up a very good battle, had a very good end. It was good to place one thing up in pink numbers in the present day.”
Poston set the tempo on an idyllic day on Hilton Head Island with 9 birdies – six of them in a seven-hole stretch – for a 63 that gave him a two-shot lead over Collin Morikawa and Seamus Energy.
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Ludvig Åberg, the runner-up at Augusta, was within the group one other shot behind whereas Rory McIlroy birdied his final two holes to salvage a scrappy day with the irons for a 67.
“I felt prefer it was a kind of days the place if I may give myself a glance, and I felt fairly assured in having the ability to make these putts, whether or not it was a detailed one or a 20-, 25-footer,” Poston stated. “It kind of freed up the tee to inexperienced somewhat bit, I assume you may say.”
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