{"id":1252159,"date":"2024-06-19T16:41:59","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T16:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/?p=1252159"},"modified":"2024-06-19T18:55:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T18:55:32","slug":"scottie-scheffler-not-worried-about-poor-performance-at-the-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/scottie-scheffler-not-worried-about-poor-performance-at-the-us-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottie Scheffler not worried about poor performance at the US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scottie Scheffler insists he isn’t concerned about his disappointing showing<\/span><\/strong><\/a> at the US Open as he prepares to return to action at the Travelers Championship.<\/p>\n

The world number one was a strong favourite at Pinehurst last week after claiming his fifth victory of the season at the Memorial Tournament a fortnight ago.<\/p>\n

But the 27-year-old finished 14 shots behind winner Bryson DeChambeau after carding his fifth successive over-par round.<\/p>\n

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The Masters champion said at a press conference: \u201cWell, I didn\u2019t really think about it very much when I was shooting under par, so I\u2019m probably not going to think about it too much when I\u2019m shooting over par.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just one of those deals, like when I was playing good and I was able to survive the harder golf courses.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just kind of (one of) those weird little stats. It\u2019s not like I played that bad and shot over par.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scheffler did voice his frustration with the calendar last week, suggesting the scheduling of the Memorial Tournament \u2013 one of the PGA Tour\u2019s eight \u2018signature\u2019 events \u2013 the week before the third major of the year was not ideal.<\/p>\n

Since then it has been announced the Jack Nicklaus-hosted tournament will be moved a week earlier from 2025 to allow greater preparation time for the US Open.<\/p>\n

The signature events concept of lucrative, limited-field tournaments is in its first year and was developed in response to the threat of rival Saudi-backed LIV Golf.<\/p>\n

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Scheffler has generally welcomed the series but expects further tweaks to be made to the format in due course.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cAs far as playing multiple weeks in a row, having the ability to play twosomes makes it a lot easier to get guys around the golf course, especially if we\u2019re going to be asked to play numerous weeks in a row with these events.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs far as the actual on-course product goes I think it\u2019s great to have the best players together as often as you can on our Tour, and how do you make that happen is the biggest question to ask.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think as the year goes on into the off-season I think we\u2019ll have a lot more of those discussions to sit back and look at.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut is the last of this year\u2019s signature events.<\/p>\n

Reports on the eve of the event have suggested there have been no significant developments in the Tour\u2019s ongoing discussions with the Saudi Public Investment Fund over a potential coming together with LIV.<\/p>\n

Scheffler said: \u201cI don\u2019t know if they\u2019re going great or if they\u2019re going poorly. Hopefully they will continue to progress but it\u2019s out of my control, so I\u2019m not too worried about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scheffler was this week confirmed as one of the United States team for this summer\u2019s Olympics.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cRepresenting your country is really special and to do it on the Olympic stage is going to be pretty surreal. I\u2019m just excited to go there and experience the Olympics.\u201d<\/p>\n