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Scottie Scheffler finds groove, climbs leaderboard at Charles Schwab Challenge
The No. 1 player in the world was a bit of a mystery early at the Charles Schwab Challenge. He shot 68-71 on a scoreable par-70 course he knows and historically plays well. He never factored. He slid down the leaderboard. He made the cut by one. He started the third round Saturday in a tie for 49th place.
Then Scottie Scheffler birdied the first and second holes at Colonial Country Club. He made two more, at the sixth and ninth, the machine humming as it did last week, at the PGA Championship that he won by five, and his previous start, THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson, which he won, an astounding 31 under par. Another birdie Saturday at the iconic par-4 tenth. Scheffler sank a 14-foot eagle putt on the arduously long par-5 11th, and all of a sudden he was 8-under par, 7-under on his round, and right where he typically is found these days at a golf tournament: near the lead. Mystery solved.
Scheffler finished with a 64. He bogeyed three holes on the back nine. But the seven birdies and the eagle, a “dream start” in Scheffler’s own words, suggested that Matti Schmid, Ben Griffin, Andrew Novak, 2023 champion Emiliano Grillo and the others ahead of him might not want to take anything for granted.
“You are always going to hope to go play a perfect round,” Scheffler said. “It basically never happens. I mean, three bogeys definitely hurts, especially when you are trying to chase, but overall I did some good things today. I’m definitely going to need to do more of the same tomorrow.”
Scheffler has made six starts at the Charles Schwab. He was there in 2020, when the PGA TOUR restarted its season during the pandemic, and tied for 55th. He missed the cut a year later.
Then he figured out Colonial in a deeper way. He was runner-up in 2022. He tied for third in 2023. He shared second in 2024.
Since his first appearance at the Schwab, Scheffler has won 15 tournaments, including three major championships. He’s a manifestly different player in every way — a better putter, the best game manager in the sport, a dead-eye closer and that rare competitor who looks at a difference of seven shots, which is how far back he was from the lead when he finished, and sees nothing but potential.
“I’m just out here battling,” he said. “I had a good day today. The first two days definitely could have been a bit better, but we’ll see how things shake out during the course of the afternoon and see what I can do tomorrow.”
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We’re reaching the business end of the Paris Masters, as eight players become four in the French capital. Jannik Sinner is the overwhelming favourite to lift the trophy after Carlos Alcaraz was dumped out by Cameron Norrie in the Spaniard’s opening match. Norrie was then beaten by Valentin Vacherot, whose amazing 10-match winning streak at Masters 1000 level came to an end when he lost to Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Canadian star Auger-Aliassime will face Alexander Bublik in the semis. Bublik defeated Alex de Minaur, who is among those to have already qualified for the year-end ATP Finals. Sinner is through to his first Paris Masters semi-final after beating Ben Shelton. He’ll face defending champion Alexander Zverev, who survived a tough match against Daniil Medvedev.
Novak Djokovic is not involved in the Paris Masters, having decided to skip the event for the second year in a row, but he has learned his fate in the draw of next week’s ATP 250 in Athens. And over in Riyadh, the WTA Finals are about to get underway.
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