It was 24 hours before the latest chapter in Scottie Scheffler’s legend. Following a third-round 66 and holding a five-shot lead heading into the final day of the Tour Championship, Scheffler was asked the type of question on Saturday that can expose all kinds of scar tissue.
Unquestionably the best player in the world since 2022, Scheffler was asked about leaving East Lake the last two years without the PGA Tour’s final tournament title. Those moments — they were so easy to remember because they were so out of character. Scheffler began last year’s Tour Championship as the top seed with a two-stroke lead, then posted only one round under par and stumbled to T6. He held a six-shot lead the year prior and finished with a final-round 73, losing by one stroke to Rory McIlroy.
Asked about those endings, though, Scheffler thought back and said, yeah, he recalled having a “good chance” to win two years ago and couldn’t recall if he played well or not last year. “I didn’t, did I?” he asked reporters in Atlanta.
At this point, it’s the kind of answer you come to expect from Scheffler.
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