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Scottie Scheffler

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Scottie Scheffler is a professional golfer and world number one from the United States.

Notable Quotes

"It would be special. This tournament means so much to me."
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"The crowd was tough. New Yorkers are tough people."
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"It was a little tricky. It actually went right to start, and there was a tonne of break right to left at the end."
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"Overall it was a really solid day. I was pretty happy with my execution."
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"Hard to keep up that pace, but continue to execute, continue to give myself looks."
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"I heard some fairly choice words when I was leading the tournament in Ireland."
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"It needs to work within the new schedule."
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"It felt like nothing was going right."
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"Really just a dream start. Probably one of the best starts I've had on tour, to be honest with you. I couldn't tell you a time where I've been lower early in the round."
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"Strategy is still the same, just go out there and execute."
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"I've had some close calls this year. It is always challenging playing with one of my best friends but I wanted to do my best."
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"I felt like I was starting online, could have been speed on a couple of putts, but overall today I felt like I definitely played better than my score."
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"We'll see what happens this afternoon. I don't feel like I'm out of the tournament."
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"We’ll see what happens this afternoon. I don’t feel like I’m out of the tournament."
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"Tiger did a lot for the game of golf and he put us in a position where we're able to earn some pretty good stuff financially, so that's something we're very grateful for."
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"That’s just a terrible question. Next question. Awful."
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"I guess to answer your question — it wasn’t maybe that bad — but it definitely could have been lower."
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