To know how Scottie Scheffler plots his way around Augusta National is to understand how a handyman tackles a leaky pipe.
“It’s kind of like he’s got a toolbox, right?” says Randy Smith, Scheffler’s swing coach since he was 7. “OK, you’re going to go fix some plumbing. You look in your toolbox and say, well, this seems to be the issue — I’m going to get a crescent wrench. That fixes that problem. There’s a new deal here — well, that looks like a Phillips screwdriver, I’ll use that.”
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When Scheffler, winner of two of the last three Masters Tournaments, faces a conundrum, a simple process occurs. First, he assesses.
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