10 things to know about Scottie Scheffler: World’s top golfer is Highland Park’s latest sports star
may have been what vaulted him to the top of the Official World Golf Rankings, but it was far from his only success in match play format.he beat then-World No. 1 Jon Rahm in a head-to-head matchup on Sunday
Scheffler’s most significant amateur title -- the U.S. Junior Amateur, which consists of a 64-person match play tournament -- came in 2013, one year after Jordan Spieth won his second title in 2011 and one year before Will Zalatoris won the event in 2014.State champion on a bum ankle. Scheffler won the 4A 2013-2014 state title by six shots in a two-round event. He was the only golfer to post a round in the 60s at any stage of the tournament, and he did so by shooting a Day 1 round of 66.
“I stepped on an acorn. Because they were freaking out. They’re like, Oh, my gosh, we heard a pop, we heard a pop. And I was like, my ankle isn’t broken, but it definitely was stinging for a while. It was my left ankle, and I just played all week with my foot turned out to the side and just kind of grinded it out I guess.”“Left ankle. So I flipped it like that and just kind of used my hands and just went out and played.
, gave him top billing for the day, even though a handful of golfers still on the course were a shot or two better at -3 and -2.
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