With sublime short games, Scottie Scheffler mince in the way in Torrey Pines

San Diego – Enter Scottie Scheffler, “Game Manager.”

World no. 1 is striking with a ball whose tee-green game in recent years rivaled the best versions of tiger woods. But he relies on the second façade in the last two days in a relocated breeding invitation, where that legendary momentum took the last seat in his sublime short game.

“Usually, if you look last year, if I had results as I did, you would see something with my putting, I think. If I didn’t compete last year, it was usually because of my placement I felt like it was Weird in the sense that I don’t drive him very well, “Scheffler said in Torrey Pines.

It was an impressive level of self-awareness considering that for two soggy days on the south road, Scheffler is 30^th In the field acquired, it is prone to Tee and hit only 13 out of 28 available. He missed his first bolt Friday left, left his second, his fourth left, his seventh left – you get an idea.

However, despite the passageway on one of the most demanding tests of the PGA driver, Scheffler published a second round 67 and in second place, hitting the lead Davis Thompson, thanks to almost perfect short games.

He was 5-za-5 in the Flow on Dan 2 – and 5-ZA-6 on day 1 – including sensitive up and down on two of his first two holes to be pace.

“A lot was missing on the correct sides. It is part of the injured and to get hurt, a short match continues to improve as I start playing more. It was definitely that he had a day where I felt like I didn’t play flawless golf But the scene was clean, “Scheffler said, who hurt his right hand in bizarre cooking during the holidays and did not do his first beginning of the year to the last month AT & T pebble beach Pro-am.

This injury has become a focus last week during WM Phoenix, where tied up for 25^th (His worst ending on a tour of the last year’s BMW Championship), thanks in a large part thanks to the substandard blow of the ball that included lost moves with Tee and with his approach.

The first two days in positioning the Genesis, which was moved from the Riverhia Coastal Club after the last month of the executive fires in Los Angeles, was more the same. Fortunately, a player who is famous for his blow of the ball is kicked out of his short game.

“I felt like my short game for the last few weeks wasn’t almost where it should be,” Scheffler said. “I hit some snapshots around the green color that were a little unusual for me and this week I feel like, especially today around the greenery I was really good. So I feel like these short-like touching are always those who are the last ones returning After a long release. And yes, it’s nice to get those feelings. “

Tee Times for the third round of the invitation genesis at the southern course of Torrey Pines’.

Scheffler went to the range after the second round, which is his normal post-routine, and he is convinced that his swing is closer to what we used to the best world. But he also understands that golf is rarely perfect.

“I’d rather be in the middle of the relationship and put 10 feet for the bird. It’s part of the game. Over four days of the tournament, you will have the days where you hit it great and the days where you don’t guess it,” he said. “Today was the day I didn’t hit the ball as I would, I would hoping, but there are no in total Gods, three birds and eagles. I mean, I really hit good today.”