Scottie Scheffler had the most Scottie Scheffler reaction to learning this weird, unflattering stat about himself
Jared C. Tilton
There are countless stats that show Scottie Scheffler's recent dominance. The World No. 1 remains on an extended—and historic—heater that has drawn comparisons to Tiger Woods. But there's at least one odd hole on his PGA Tour résumé. And Scheffler was reminded about it on Wednesday.
Coming off another incredible season in which he won two major championships, Scheffler is one of 10 U.S. Ryder Cup team members playing in this week's Procore Championship in Napa. It's Scheffler's first appearance at the event, and to start his pre-tournament press conference he was asked not about any of the stuff he's accomplished, but about what he hasn't done yet.
"You've never managed to win in California, in the state of California, won pretty much everywhere else," a moderator with the tour said to kick things off. "What's the plan to get across the line this week?"
And Scottie Scheffler had just about the most Scottie Scheffler reaction.
"Yeah, I did not know that stat, so thank you for that," the four-time major champ said with a smile.
"I'm sorry to bring it up," the moderator responded, cracking Scheffler up.
But seriously, that is pretty wild. The guy has won 18 PGA Tour titles in the past three-and-a-half years, but none in California? Not at Riviera? Not at Pebble? Not at Torrey Pines? Tiger Woods had a Hall-of-Fame career just playing in his home state.
Anyway, you can watch the funny exchange at the end of this clip, which also shows Scottie correcting a reporter on another stat:
And as for Scheffler's reason for this weird stat? Well, he doesn't have much of a reason. And he doesn't seem too concerned about it.
"No, I mean, yeah, I have no idea," Scheffler added. "Yeah, just getting ready for the golf course. Like I said, it's in good shape, it's starting to firm up and it's a golf course that I think you get a pretty good reward for getting the ball in play and they've some good little holes where you've kind of got to work the ball both ways. Some trees in play—there are some trees in play on some holes and I think it's a good little track."
And considering Scheffler is an overwhelming 2-to-1 favorite to win in Napa, there's a pretty good chance he gets it done this week.