Though Scheffler’s begin to the season has been gradual by his lofty requirements, he stays the person to beat.
Hampered initially by a hand harm sustained when attempting to roll out ravioli with a wine glass on Christmas Day, the 28-year-old American arrived at Augusta feeling he’s peaking on the proper time.
Scheffler completed joint runner-up in Houston two weeks in the past and, with the foremost season getting beneath approach on the Masters, laid down one other warning to his rivals that he’s discovering kind.
Whereas not at his scientific greatest, he has put himself in a powerful place with a bogey-free spherical – and, ominously for his rivals, has the capability to go additional via the gears over the following three days.
His driving and iron approaches have been stable, enhanced by changing a few prolonged putts.
Scheffler set the tone with a assured birdie putt on the second, touchdown a monster from 62 toes on the fourth – sending the patrons into raptures – and including one other shorter one on the ninth.
The 2-time champion’s first actual mistake of the day got here when he lipped out from seven toes on the thirteenth and needed to accept a par.
However he made amends by holing from 42 toes for a two on the par-three sixteenth.
“I felt fairly good. Anytime you may hold a card clear out right here, it is a actually good factor,” Scheffler stated.
“I needed to make two actually good up-and-downs. However apart from that, the golf course was in entrance of me many of the day, saved the ball in play, did a number of actually good issues on the market.”
