How did Scheffler actually win the Phoenix? Via his excessive S.C.O.T.T.I.E. rating!

By:

Nick Piastowski

February 13, 2023

Scottie Scheffler hits his second shot on Sunday on the 18th gap at TPC Scottsdale.

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Scottie Scheffler overcooked his brief iron on simply his second shot of the day, and … we had been on our method to our first S.C.O.T.T.I.E.! There have been extra.

On 5 at TPC Scottsdale, he ripped a putt 12 toes previous the opening, and practically right into a greenside bunker. S.C.O.T.T.I.E. time!

The most effective S.C.O.T.T.I.E., although, got here on 16, after Scheffler hooked an iron, and various of the 20,000 crazies who surrounded the opening let him know that even they might do higher, and his grip on the lead throughout Sunday’s WM Phoenix Open ultimate spherical was impulsively trying free. If we’re being trustworthy, we noticed an all-time S.C.O.T.T.I.E. there.

Cool, cool, cool. However what the heck is a S.C.O.T.T.I.E., you ask? Good query, and we’ll share. However first we should set issues up.

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Over the previous 12 months, the Texan has been on some kinda heater. 5 wins, together with a inexperienced jacket. World No. 1 standing. It’s domination, or any of its synonyms, together with being Tiger-like. However all of it’s come with out some zip. Some sexiness. Scheffler is sweet, if not nice, throughout the board, bodily and mentally, however so are a number of different gamers. How, then, was the 26-year-old separating himself? Nicely, perhaps now we all know. He’s been a famous person in:

Subpar

Membership

Providing

Then

Texan

Glorious

Or S.C.O.T.T.I.E.!

Sure, that’s an ideal acronym. Thanks. And sure, there’s a bit to unpack right here. For one, that is significantly UNscientific. And others have proven bounce-back-ability earlier than. Scheffler, although, does so from wherever and in every single place, tapping into these aforementioned bodily presents, and he dusts himself off nonchalantly, as a psychological big like himself would — AND he does so slightly rapidly. That’s uncommon.

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It manifested itself brilliantly on Sunday. In a Patacon.org evaluation of all 65 of his photographs by means of each the PGA Tour’s ShotLink leaderboard and the Golf Channel and CBS broadcasts, Scheffler had:

— Seven ‘Unhealthy Scotties!’ (We labeled this as a below-average shot.)

— 10 ‘Nice Scotties!’ (We labeled this as, Choose Smails would say, prime notch, prime notch.)

— And, most significantly, seven S.C.O.T.T.I.E.’s. Sure, all of his ‘Unhealthy Scotties’ had been quickly, if not instantly, adopted by ‘Nice Scotties.’ On seven holes, as well!

Right here, then, are the seven (and all 65 of his photographs are on the backside of this story):

Gap 1: 424 yards, par-4 (par)
Shot 1: 267 yards to left tough, 154 yds to gap
Shot 2: 165 yards to over the inexperienced, 32 toes, 3 inches to gap (Unhealthy Scottie!)
Shot 3: 32 toes. 8 inches to inexperienced, 4 inches to gap (Nice Scottie!)
Shot 4: Within the gap

Notice: Beginning the ultimate spherical with a two-shot lead, Scheffler hit his second shot of the day over the inexperienced — then hit to 4 inches. The gamers inside two of the highest — Scheffler’s enjoying companions, Jon Rahm and Nick Taylor — each birdied, so the par save was huge.

Gap 2, 435 yards, par-4 (birdie)
Shot 1: 285 yards to proper fairway bunker, 153 yards to gap (Unhealthy Scottie!)
Shot 2: 155 yards to inexperienced, 10 toes, 3 inches to gap (Nice Scottie!)
Shot 3: Within the gap

Notice: Scheffler hit into the correct fairway bunker, then, after backing off his ball twice and switching golf equipment, he hit to 10 toes. “That’s so good,” analyst Curt Byrum says on the Golf Channel broadcast. “Took some time to determine, however he flushed that one.” His birdie gave him again his two-shot cushion.

Gap 3: 548 yards, par-5 (birdie)
Shot 1: 323 yards to left tough, 235 yards to gap (Unhealthy Scottie!)
Shot 2: 245 yards to native space, 40 yards to gap
Shot 3: 43 yards to inexperienced, 9 toes, 10 inches to gap
Shot 4: Within the gap (Nice Scottie!)

Notice: Scheffler hit his tee shot effectively left — “big double cross,” Golf Channel analyst Arron Oberholser known as it — managed to get his ball left of the inexperienced on his second shot and chipped to about 10 toes, then made that. The third S.C.O.T.T.I.E. in three holes helped him keep his two-shot lead after Taylor and Rahm each birdied.

Gap 5: 470 yards, par-4 (par)
Shot 1: 324 yards to left tough, 145 yards to gap
Shot 2: 157 yards to inexperienced, 57 toes, 10 inches to gap
Shot 3: Putt 69 toes, 11 inches, 11 toes, 11 inches to gap (Unhealthy Scottie!)
Shot 4: Within the gap (Nice Scottie!)

Notice: Right here the S.C.O.T.T.I.E. got here on the inexperienced. Putt one, from about 70 toes away, cruised previous the cup and practically rolled right into a bunker. “Big mistake from Scheffler,” Golf Channel analyst Frank Nobilo mentioned. Putt two went in. “Does something faze this man?” Oberholser requested on the printed.

Gap 11: 474 yards, par-4 (par)
Shot 1: 293 yards to proper tough, 177 yards to gap (Unhealthy Scottie!)
Shot 2: 162 yards to left fairway, 78 toes, 5 inches to gap
Shot 3: 80 toes, 9 inches to inexperienced, 4 toes, 2 inches to gap (Nice Scottie!)
Shot 4: Within the gap

Notice: At this level, Taylor had pulled right into a share of the lead thanks to 5 birdies over his first 10 holes. On 11, Scheffler hit his tee shot proper, his second shot brief, then chipped to 4 toes. “That is one a part of Scottie’s sport that he simply doesn’t get as a lot credit score for,” analyst Ian Baker-Finch mentioned on the CBS broadcast. “I believe drives are nice, irons are nice, however these little chips, he’s simply beautiful.” His S.C.O.T.T.I.E. play ain’t dangerous, both, Ian.

Gap 14: 483 yards, par-4 (par)
Shot 1: 276 yards to native space, 192 yards to gap (Unhealthy Scottie!)
Shot 2: 192 yards to left intermediate, 52 toes, 0 inches to gap (Nice Scottie!)
Shot 3: 49 toes, 10 inches to inexperienced, 2 toes, 3 inches to gap
Shot 4: Within the gap

Notice: Right here, Scheffler led by one after an eagle at 13, however this was perhaps the worst ‘Unhealthy Scottie’: Scheffler hooked his tee shot so terribly, he dropped his membership on his follow-through. Then he ‘Nice Scottie’d.’ Standing with the ball barely under his toes, with a pebble-y tough beneath him and timber and a greenside bunker in entrance of him, Scheffler hit to simply left of the inexperienced. “No issues in anyway,” Baker-Finch mentioned on the printed.

Gap 16: 175 yards, par-3 (par)
Shot 1: 173 yards to left tough, 55 toes, 1 inches to gap (Unhealthy Scottie!)
Drop in left tough, 57 toes, 0 inches to gap
Shot 2: 72 toes, 5 inches to inexperienced, 15 toes, 4 inches to gap
Shot 3: Within the gap (Nice Scottie!)

Notice: This S.C.O.T.T.I.E. will lead the spotlight movie. Up one, Scheffler hooked his brief iron left, was booed by a number of of the 1000’s who surrounded the opening, then chipped 15 toes previous the opening. He rolled that in, then Taylor bogeyed, and Scheffler’s benefit was two with two holes to go. Mentioned Nobilo on the printed after Scheffler’s putt: “Mammoth three. Spare a thought for Nick Taylor — that putt simply acquired 5 toes longer.”

Nobilo’s remark brings up one other level, too: S.C.O.T.T.I.E.’s put on on you, when you’re chasing Scheffler, like Taylor and Rahm had been. Consider it this fashion: Think about the temper swing if an opponent goes from ‘dangerous’ to ‘nice’ — not simply as soon as, however seven instances! After 16, you bought the sense issues had been principally over. Because it turned out, Scheffler birdied 17 whereas Taylor parred, and on 18, Scheffler parred for the win, his second straight on the WMPO.

We’ll finish issues this fashion. Afterward, a reporter requested Scheffler about S.C.O.T.T.I.E., kind of; that’s our child. Anyway, right here’s that change:

“You appear to have simply this uncanny capability to grind it out after a poor swing or one thing doesn’t go your method. Are you able to speak about the way you developed that capability and what goes into it?”

“I’m not likely positive,” Scheffler mentioned. “I’ve all the time been actually aggressive and I don’t like making bogeys. I don’t take pleasure in that. Any time I hit a nasty shot, it’s all about the way you reply. As a result of dangerous photographs are going to return. You’re not going to play 72 holes of excellent golf. Numerous it’s the way you reply. I felt like I did a extremely good job of that this week. Simply hoping to construct on it going ahead.”

Boring.

Subsequent time, Scottie, inform all of them in regards to the S.C.O.T.T.I.E.!

A have a look at each shot from Scottie Scheffler’s ultimate spherical on the WM Phoenix Open:

Gap 4: 193 yards, par-3 (par)
Shot 1: 176 yards to inexperienced, 51 toes, 1 inches to gap
Shot 2: Putt 48 toes, 4 inches, 3 toes, 3 inches to gap
Shot 3: Within the gap

Gap 6: 448 yards, par-4 (par)
Shot 1: 296 yards to left tough, 143 yards to gap
Shot 2: 127 yards to inexperienced, 48 toes, 2 inches to gap
Shot 3: Putt 43 toes, 8 inches, 4 toes, 9 inches to gap
Shot 4: Within the gap

Gap 7: 216 yards, par-3 (par)
Shot 1: 220 yards to inexperienced, 31 toes, 6 inches to gap
Shot 2: Putt 34 toes, 5 inches, 3 toes, 5 inches to gap
Shot 3: Within the gap

Gap 8: 487 yards, par-4 (par)
Shot 1: 293 yards to proper fairway, 196 yards to gap
Shot 2: 190 yards to inexperienced, 30 toes, 2 inches to gap
Shot 3: Putt 30 toes, 2 inches, 12 inches to gap
Shot 4: Within the gap

Gap 9: 458 yards, par-4 (birdie)
Shot 1: 302 yards to proper fairway, 156 yards to gap
Shot 2: 157 yards to inexperienced, 5 toes, 9 inches to gap (Nice Scottie!)
Shot 3: Within the gap

Gap 10: 429 yards, par-4 (par)
Shot 1: 284 yards to left fairway, 154 yards to gap
Shot 2: 158 yards to inexperienced, 24 toes, 11 inches to gap
Shot 3: Putt 27 toes, 1 inches, 2 toes, 1 inches to gap
Shot 4: Within the gap

Gap 12: 159 yards, par-3 (par)
Shot 1: 155 yards to inexperienced, 36 toes, 6 inches to gap
Shot 2: Putt 37 toes 2 inches, 2 toes, 1 inches to gap
Shot 3: Within the gap

Gap 13: 576 yards, par-5 (eagle)
Shot 1: 366 yards to proper fairway, 202 yards to gap
Shot 2: 200 yards to inexperienced, 21 toes, 11 inches to gap
Shot 3: Within the gap (Nice Scottie!)

Gap 15: 545 yards, par-5 (par)
Shot 1: 316 yards to proper intermediate, 232 yards to gap
Shot 2: 237 yards to entrance left greenside bunker, 34 toes, 8 inches to gap|
Shot 3: 50 toes, 2 inches to inexperienced, 15 toes, 2 inches to gap
Shot 4: Putt 15 toes, 8 inches, 19 inches to gap
Shot 5: Within the gap

Gap 17: 316 yards, par-4 (birdie)
Shot 1: 304 yards to proper fairway, 92 toes, 0 inches to gap
Shot 2: 87 toes, 3 inches to inexperienced, 4 toes, 9 inches to gap (Nice Scottie!)
Shot 3: Within the gap

Gap 18: 434 yards, par-4 (par)
Shot 1: 337 yards to proper tough, 112 yards to gap
Drop in proper tough, 112 yards to gap
Shot 2: 123 yards to inexperienced, 35 toes, 10 inches to gap
Shot 3: Putt 34 toes, 11 inches, 12 inches to gap
Shot 4: Within the gap

Whole:
Unhealthy Scotties!: 7
Nice Scotties!: 10
Unhealthy Scotties! adopted by Nice Scotties!: 7

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Nick Piastowski
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Nick Piastowski is a Senior Editor at Patacon.org and Golf Journal. In his function, he’s chargeable for modifying, writing and growing tales throughout the golf house. And when he’s not writing about methods to hit the golf ball farther and straighter, the Milwaukee native might be enjoying the sport, hitting the ball left, proper and brief, and ingesting a chilly beer to clean away his rating. You possibly can attain out to him about any of those matters — his tales, his sport or his beers — at [email protected]

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