Eight perfect shots? Numbers behind Scottie Scheffler’s magnificent Saturday

By playing their last holes in 5 below on Saturday night in the converted hollow club, Scottie Scheffler received 5.2 strokes on the rest of the PGA championship. According to golf data, 3.7 of these strokes came from the drive and the access footage.

“I was well executed,” said Scheffler, whose 6-less than 65 years pushed three shots of the second place of Alex. “Pretty after holes 11, I feel like I hit a lot of really good shots.”

Golf data went on.

“Basically I hit eight perfect shots”, the popular location for golf analytics tweeted.

Photos:

• Shot 1 – 305 meters up to 2 meters, 9 inches na no. 14 (eagle)
• Shot 2 – 302 yards to waterway at 15
• Taken 3 – 243 meters at 59 feet, 10 inches to no. 15 (twice bird)
• Taken 4 – 333 meters to waterway at 16
• Taken 5 – 194 meters to 12 feet, 5 inches to no. 16 (twice a couple)
• Taken 6 – 192 meters at 17 feet, 9 inches to no. 17 (bird)
• Taken 7 – 320 meters to waterway at 18
• Taken 8 – 166 meters at 9 feet, 1 inch na no. 18 (Pticie)

During this stretch, Scheffler also wildly improved his likelihood of victory. At 17:50 ET, Scheffler is 22.8% now. He will enter the Sunday at 78.2%.

“I definitely stole a couple of shots over there,” Scheffler added, “and he was a nice swing towards the end of the round.”