Scottie Scheffler relishes pre-major form ahead of US Open after Memorial Tournament win on PGA Tour | Golf News | Sky Sports
Scottie Scheffler insists he feels no extra pressure about heading into the US Open as overwhelming pre-tournament favourite, following his latest victory at the Memorial Tournament.
Scheffler came through a final-round tussle with two-time major champion Collin Morikawa and Canada’s Adam Hadwin to claim a one-shot victory at Muirfield Village, his fifth PGA Tour title in his last eight starts.
The world No 1 has also won the Arnold Palmer Invitational, The Players, The Masters and the RBC Heritage in a dominant start to the year, where he has only finished outside the top 10 once, with many expecting him to extend his winning streak at the third major of the year.
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Scheffler has now won 11 times on the PGA Tour in the past 27 months
Scheffler has finished inside the top seven in his last three US Open appearances, including a share of third last year, with the 27-year-old pleased with his game heading to Pinehurst as he challenges for a second major win of the season.
“Just because I’m the favourite next week, it doesn’t really have any affect on my score,” Scheffler said after his Memorial victory. “I think we all start at even par, if I remember correctly!
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Highlights from the final day of The Memorial Tournament from Dublin, Ohio
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“It’s a good place to be. I like how my game’s feeling right now and I feel like I’ve been playing some good golf. It’s great to see some results too and some wins. Out here the margins are so small between winning and losing. It’s a putt or a shot here or there. Fortunately, I was able to hit the shots when I needed to.
“Hopefully going into next week I’m going it stick to my game plan and prepare the way I usually would and get ready to go out and compete again on Thursday.”
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Paul McGinley sings Scottie Scheffler’s praises following his victory at The Memorial tournament
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The men’s major season continues at the US Open, live on Sky Sports. Will anyone stop Scheffler from claiming victory at Pinehurst?
Morikawa excited by pre-major formScheffler finished a shot clear of playing partner Morikawa, who has now posted top-four finishes in four of his last six starts and could move three-quarters of the way to the career Grand Slam with victory at the US Open.
“If I could play like this heading into every major, I would take it in a heartbeat,” Morikawa said after a one-under 71. “Scottie’s obviously proven himself this year and the past, let’s call it three, three-and-a-half years of what he’s capable of doing.
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Collin Morikawa has posted top-four finishes in the first two majors of the year
“But majors are majors and you’ve got to show up and you’ve got to have the good bounces, especially I think next week. Things have got to go your way and then sometimes, you know, it’s not, but hopefully next week is one of my good ones.
“It [form] probably all started right around Augusta, but it’s just kind of keeping things simple and just playing with what I have and truly not trying to go against the grain.
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“It’s hard to do that in this kind of sport that we play in because we want to perfect things, but things are coming together nicely. It’s now just about going out for next week, the next couple of weeks, for me of just staying true and not trying to force anything.”
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Scheffler is the pre-tournament favourite to win the US Open this month, live on Sky Sports
McGinley: Scheffler and Morikawa to contend again?Morikawa has gone out in the final group in both the first two majors, partnering Scheffler on the final day of The Masters and going out with Xander Schauffele on the Sunday of the PGA Championship, with former Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley expecting this week’s top two to impress again at the US Open.
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Scheffler and Morikawa were part of the final group at the Memorial Tournament
“Confidence is a big thing at this level and both of them are going in with a lot of confidence,” McGinley told Sky Sports. “Both of them are, for different reasons, walking away from the Memorial Tournament with a lot of confidence.
“Scheffler because he got the job done not with his A-game and Morikawa stood up on a very difficult golf course and pushed him all the way. It’s not just Scheffler in a great vein of form with all those wins, as Morikawa has as well too with two top fives in the majors this year.
“Both of those will be strongly fancied, but it’s going to be a very different test.”
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