Raise your hand if you have heard this before: Scottie Scheffler nearly led the field in strokes gained approaching the green but ranked towards the bottom in putting during round one of The Open Championship.
The World No. 1 could not buy a bucket, scraping edges and lipping out more than one could count. He hit 13-of-18 greens, giving himself plenty of opportunities, but made only 57 feet of putts, good for 109th among the 158-man field.
“It’s definitely frustrating when you’re watching it three feet out, and you think it’s going to go in, and it just doesn’t,” Scheffler said after his 1-under 70.
“At the end of
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