NAPA, Calif. — World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler stated Wednesday that he is doing issues otherwise this yr after his preparation going into the 2023 Ryder Cup, which america misplaced to host Europe, was “inferior to it ought to have been.”
“Once I look again on the ’23 Cup, I feel I halved two matches and misplaced two, so I feel I left there with out successful a single match, and that damage,” Scheffler stated. “I feel I might have been a little bit bit sharper at that match. That was a studying expertise for me.”
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“It sucked,” U.S. teammate Collin Morikawa stated of dropping in Rome. “It sits with you for a little bit bit.”
This time round, Scheffler is together with the Procore Championship — the place he’ll play alongside Morikawa and eight different members of the U.S. staff — as a part of his preparation for the Ryder Cup, which takes place Sept. 26-28. The four-time main winner stated that regardless that among the staff members made a scouting journey to Rome forward of the 2023 occasion, nothing compares to staying sharp by taking part in aggressive golf.
“It might be uncommon for me to have 4 or 5 weeks off earlier than the Masters or the U.S. Open or one thing like that,” Scheffler stated. “So there is no motive that I ought to be doing that going into the Ryder Cup.”
Scheffler stated that as quickly because the Open Championship resulted in July, he began excited about and making ready for the matches at Bethpage Black, and he lauded the work captain Keegan Bradley has performed to arrange and energize the staff.
“You’ll be able to observe and do all you’ll be able to at house, however there’s one thing totally different about taking part in competitors, preparing for a match,” Scheffler stated. “All people’s excited to be right here. … I really feel like going to this yr’s Ryder Cup, I will be as ready as attainable after which exit and compete.”
Whereas Scheffler is likely to be one of the best participant on the planet for the time being, his function on the staff is not as outsized as one would possibly count on. He stated he would not take into consideration his specific place as something greater than being ready and placing up factors for his staff.
Bradley praised Scheffler’s ego-less strategy, in addition to the truth that he would not draw back from the large moments.
“I feel he would hope that it comes all the way down to him in singles,” Bradley stated of Scheffler. “I wager he, like, goals about it. That sort of separates Scottie from the remainder of the fellows.”
