Scottie Scheffler has never seen the Old Course before

Scottie Scheffler has never seen the Old Course before last Sunday. This week's British Open will be a

learning experience. It's hard to win the oldest championship in golf without a crash course at the historic venue. Scheffler

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has done unexpected things throughout the year. He won the Waste Management Phoenix Open for the

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first time and then went on to win a few more. Scheffler was ranked No. 1 in the world, but he made it to Augusta

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National. After another difficult day on the Old Course with many low scores and lots of stress, there were no tears

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Saturday night. Scheffler is fifth, five strokes behind Rory McIlroy (leader) and Viktor Hovland (leader). It will be

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difficult, but Scheffler is only two strokes behind leaders Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland. Scheffler replied, "I think so,

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when asked if it was possible to make up the deficit. You can get moving here quickly. I was rolling it very well

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today, and I could have gone really low. I couldn't get the putts in. I had a terrible break on 12 (where he made an

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eagley), which cost me probably two shots. Instead of the ball running off the green, it ends in the lip of a pot

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bunker. Scheffler may need that to happen in order to win the second major title of this year. While scores of 68-6869-69

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are acceptable for most weeks, Scheffler is left fighting for his life here in relatively benign conditions.

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Scheffler was not a winner on the PGA Tour when this year began. The list of winners at Augusta National and Old Course

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begins with Nick Faldo (1990), and ends with Tiger Woods (2006). The list of five players who have won the

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Masters and Open five times in one year is also quite short: Ben Hogan (1953), Arnold Palmer (622) and Tom Watson (1977).

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