- Scheffler’s tee shot on the par-four 4th hole went well left and required a drop shot.
- He missed his next chip shot and made bogey to lose four strokes in three holes.
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After starting Friday with off-course issues, Scottie Scheffler got off to a rough start Saturday after the world No. 1 scored poorly on the first four holes.
Scheffler was high on adrenaline Friday morning after his shocking arrest, but was able to play well enough to finish the day at nine under par through two rounds.
However, his start to Saturday’s third round was nothing like the day before: Scheffler made a double bogey-bogey-bogey on holes 2-4 with truly terrible golf.
His tee shot on the second hole found a fairway bunker and his rescue shot from the sand found very deep, rugged terrain. Shot number three got caught in that thick grass, forcing him to take a fourth shot long before needing two putts to hole out for a double.
After hitting that six on the par-four second, he hoped to bounce back on the third hole. Unfortunately, his six-foot par putt simply went wide and he made bogey.
Scottie Scheffler forced to drop after poor stretch of holes at PGA Championship
On the 2nd hole, Scheffler’s third shot from deep grosso missed and he made double bogey.
On the 3rd hole he saw Scheffler’s putt for lip par and dropped another shot.
That led to his tee shot on the fourth hole, which sailed left and rolled down the gallery.
He stopped in a penalty area, forcing Scheffler to take a drop and a penalty.
His next shot was a miss as he took too much grass in his swing, holing out for another bogey.
That led to his tee shot on hole no. 4-he was going far to the left, he bounced near the gallery and rolled between the legs of the fans, passed the path of cars and went under a fence.
The ball stopped in the penalty area and Scheffler was forced to dive just over 60 feet from the hole off the green.
All it took was a simple chip, but Scheffler missed his shot and came up close to the short grass. His fourth shot went over the hole and he finally made a bogey putt from ten feet away.
It was a horrible start for Scheffler, but things didn’t get much better.
He shot a 2-over 73 in the third round to close the tournament at seven under par and drop from fourth place to a tie for 24th.
It broke a streak of 42 consecutive rounds of par or better for the best player in the world, dating back to Saturday at last year’s Tour Championship.
Scheffler shot a two-over 73 in the third round to drop from fourth place to a tie for 24th at Valhalla.
“I definitely didn’t feel like myself today,” he said.
‘It happened yesterday, I did my best to recover and go out and compete. This morning was not my usual routine for a round. At the end of the day, I went out hoping to have a good round but I couldn’t do it, which was frustrating.”
It’s been a wild 48 hours for the Masters champion after he was arrested and charged with felony second-degree assault on a police officer, as well as three other non-serious charges.
Scheffler’s attorney says the golfer plans to plead not guilty if the charges are not dropped and said his client “did nothing wrong.”
Louisville’s mayor revealed Saturday that the officer who was allegedly dragged by Scheffler’s vehicle did not have his body camera on to record the incident.
