Scottie Scheffler actually regarded just like the number-one ranked participant on the earth Saturday.
His 6-under 64 vaulted him to the highest of the BMW Championship leaderboard, as he and Matthew Fitzpatrick sit at 11-under via 54 holes.
Scheffler began his spherical with back-to-back birdies on the par-5 1st and par-4 2nd. These two par-breakers served as a harbinger of issues to return.
On the again 9, he made 4 birdies, together with three straight on the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth holes.
That three-hole stretch is the place Scheffler made his transfer up the leaderboard.
When he walked off the ninth inexperienced, the place he made his solely bogey of the day, Scheffler sat at 7-under for the event.
By the point he arrived on the quick par-3 thirteenth, Scheffler had acquired it to 10-under and was in a share of the lead.
However his shot of the day got here on the par-5 fifteenth, the place the previous Texas Longhorn determined to take a driver off the deck.
The CBS Sports activities tracker famous that Scheffler’s second shot on the fifteenth reached an apex of 31 toes, nevertheless it didn’t even look that top.
“I haven’t hit driver off the deck as a lot with this driver as I’ve drivers previously,” Scheffler admitted after his spherical.
“The shot is de facto formed nicely for that type of play. It’s only a low lower. I attempted it the primary day simply because I assumed it could be enjoyable, and I hit a fairly good shot, after which I did it once more at the moment as a result of it was enjoyable.”
Alas, his ‘enjoyable’ shot hurried as much as the entrance of the inexperienced, main to a different birdie.
By then, Scheffler was 11-under and briefly held a share of the lead till Fitzpatrick made an excellent birdie of his personal on the fifteenth within the group behind him.
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The 2022 Masters champion then cooled off over his closing three holes as he hit a few wayward tee photographs off the seventeenth and 18th tees. However he made two terrific par saves on each of these holes, thus sustaining his momentum heading into the ultimate spherical.
Ought to Scheffler go on to win the BMW Championship, he’ll head to East Lake ranked first within the FedEx Cup standings. That might be an enormous deal as a result of whoever is in first begins the Tour Championship at 10-under par because of the handicapped format.
However Scheffler will not be too involved about that fairly but.
“It was Saturday out right here, so I’m not likely too involved about subsequent week,” Scheffler mentioned. “I used to be simply making an attempt to have spherical of golf and simply attempt to transfer my method up the leaderboard.”
Jack Milko is a golf workers author for SB Nation’s Enjoying By. You’ll be able to observe him on Twitter @jack_milko for extra golf protection. Make sure you take a look at @_PlayingThrough too.