As the winds got rougher Scottie Scheffler struggled again with Pinehurst No. 2. The World No. 1 didn’t find the “groove” on the greens at the US Open 2024 moving day. With a stimp meter of around 13 they where difficult as they can be and brought Scheffler more than a few missed birdie putts and a few bogeys. With two bogeys and just one birdie on the front nine Scheffler couldn’t keep an even par score. On the back nine he stabled his score and contained even par with one birdie and one bogey. He starts round 4 with a total score of +6.
For the first time as a professional, Scottie Scheffler has shot four consecutive rounds over par. pic.twitter.com/o6VbGinVae
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) June 15, 2024
US Open 2024 – Scheffler: “I thought I played a lot better than my score”
Q. How was today?
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: How was today? No, another frustrating day. Today was a day where I thought I played a lot better than my score. I’m having a lot of trouble reading these greens. I had a lot of putts today where I felt like I hit it really good. I looked up and they were not going the way I thought they were going to go. Really my swing today felt a lot better than it did yesterday. I felt like the last 27 holes I’ve played, I’ve hit it really nice, but I just haven’t been able to hit it quite close enough, which is difficult around this course. I haven’t been able to hole the putts the last few today.
Q. (Question regarding the course setup.)
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: Definitely tricky pin positions. It’s going to get firmer. The sun is out. The wind is blowing enough that the greens are definitely going to dry out. I definitely in noticed that coming down the stretch. They’re getting pretty firm. With the way these runoffs are, it’s
going to be pretty challenging this afternoon. If you’re in play, with how firm the fairways are, you will be able to able to stop it. The minute you hit it out of the fairway…
Q. What are some of your goals the rest of the time here at Pinehurst?
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: The rest of my time here at Pinehurst? Hit the gym this afternoon, pack up, put my feet up for the rest of the day, hang out with my little man and my wife. I’ll show up tomorrow morning ready to play. Like I said, I’ll go to the gym today, wake up in the morning, get ready to come out to the course again, see if I can learn. Like I said, the last 27 holes I played a lot better. I just haven’t been able to hole any putts. Hit a lot of putts from seven to 10 feet, where it would be good momentum for me to get going in the round. Hit the putt, it will be burning the edge. There’s another missed opportunity. So I feel like that’s a lot of what this week was for me so far. Hopefully going into tomorrow, as far as goals, I don’t really think about it. I’ll try to have a good round tomorrow.
Q. (No microphone.)
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: The game of golf is a mental torture chamber at times, especially the U.S. Open. Yeah, I thought it was challenging. The first 27 holes, I was in the native area way too much of the times. Everything felt really tough. Now that I was able to hit a lot more fairways today, it maybe felt a touch easier to me. Wouldn’t be using me as a bearing for what’s good right now. Pretty mediocre at best right now.
I think going into the major championships, especially the ones we know are going to be really challenging, it may be in my best interest not to play the week before. Like I said, that’s stuff for me to figure out later in the year. That’s some of my thoughts sitting around watching the cut.