NAPA, Calif. — World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler stated Wednesday that he is doing issues in another way this yr after his preparation going into the 2023 Ryder Cup, which the USA misplaced to host Europe, was “not so good as it ought to have been.”
“Once I look again on the ’23 Cup, I feel I halved two matches and misplaced two, so I feel I left there with out successful a single match, and that harm,” Scheffler stated. “I feel I may have been a little bit bit sharper at that event. That was a studying expertise for me.”
“It sucked,” U.S. teammate Collin Morikawa stated of dropping in Rome. “It sits with you for a little bit bit.”
This time round, Scheffler is together with the Procore Championship — the place he’ll play alongside Morikawa and eight different members of the U.S. group — as a part of his preparation for the Ryder Cup, which takes place Sept. 26-28. The four-time main winner stated that although among the group members made a scouting journey to Rome forward of the 2023 occasion, nothing compares to staying sharp by taking part in aggressive golf.
“It could be uncommon for me to have 4 or 5 weeks off earlier than the Masters or the U.S. Open or one thing like that,” Scheffler stated. “So there is not any cause that I needs to be doing that going into the Ryder Cup.”
Scheffler stated that as quickly because the Open Championship led to July, he began enthusiastic about and making ready for the matches at Bethpage Black, and he lauded the work captain Keegan Bradley has completed to prepare and energize the group.
“You may follow and do all you’ll be able to at dwelling, however there’s one thing completely different about taking part in competitors, preparing for a event,” Scheffler stated. “All people’s excited to be right here. … I really feel like going to this yr’s Ryder Cup, I’ll be as ready as potential after which exit and compete.”
Whereas Scheffler could be the perfect participant on the planet in the meanwhile, his position on the group is not as outsized as one would possibly anticipate. He stated he would not take into consideration his specific place as something greater than being ready and placing up factors for his group.
Bradley praised Scheffler’s ego-less strategy, in addition to the truth that he would not draw back from the large moments.
“I feel he would hope that it comes all the way down to him in singles,” Bradley stated of Scheffler. “I wager he, like, goals about it. That form of separates Scottie from the remainder of the blokes.”