Scottie Scheffler not being silly about riding momentum into PGA

CHARLOTTE – World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler puts all of his success behind him and starts each tournament with a clean slate at even par.

But even the consistently even-keeled Scheffler admitted on May 13 that he has momentum going into the PGA Championship this week at Quail Hollow. To say otherwise “would be silly”.

“When I got my first win in 2022, I won some tournaments pretty quickly after that,” said Scheffler, 28.

“So it would be silly to say that I don’t ride some of that momentum. But I do try to do my best to treat each week as their own tournament, but it’s silly to not ride positive momentum.”

Scheffler captured his 14th career title on the PGA Tour, and his first in more than eight months, in dominant fashion at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson on May 4 in McKinney, Texas.

The Dallas native won by eight strokes and tied the PGA Tour record for lowest 72-hole score at 31-under 253.

“I think there’s definitely a balance there,” he said of transitioning from one tournament to the next.

“It would be silly to say that I can’t ride the positive momentum from a good week like that. To finish off that tournament the way I did and have it not really be too close on the back nine, I played some really nice golf.

“I talked a little bit about how I felt like my game was trending, so it was nice to see some results from a lot of hard work to start the year, and I feel like my game is in a good spot. I think it would be silly to say I can’t ride a little bit of that momentum going into this tournament.”

He called his ability to “stay in