Justin Thomas perfectly explains underrated Scottie Scheffler skills

Oakmont, Pennsylvania – Justin Thomas’s question is simple. There is a guy in the golf world doing things we have never seen before since Tiger Woods. But what do you say when people ask you “What is Scottie Scheffler doing so special?”

“What is he doing?” Thomas responded at a pre-tourist press conference at the U.S. Open. “Okay, everything.”

You’ve heard of it before. (Jordan Spieth offered something similar a month ago.) Hearing top professionals describe Scheffler’s talent as Scheffler showed a very common performance. Of course, there are 9 victories in 2024. But technically speaking, the most important version of Scheffler is what we see now. Five wins in the PGA Championship. There were eight wins in the CJ Cup before this. Two weeks ago, he won four shots in the Memorial Championship. These not only win. They are blowouts and look really good in the dataset. Simply ask Golf Media’s leading analytics website, DataGolf, which ranks golfers on the absolute top.

You can find evidence on the numbers – Scheffler’s peak is better than anyone else in the modern world except Tiger Woods – or you can keep the pros swaying.

“It’s effortless,” Thomas said. “Every aspect of his game is incredible. I think his psychological game is better than anyone here. Being able to play with these expectations and keep yourself at a frequency is perhaps more impressive than what I have, even more impressive than what he is playing golf. I just think it’s hard to do. Better.”

The difference between Thomas and Schefler is both small and huge at the same time. Thomas is actually better than Schefller’s short game than Sliver. Scheftler stands out again on his green. Near green, there is not much difference – Thomas (PGA Tour Pros) has the 95th percentage point; Scheffler is in the 99th percentile. The biggest difference comes from the tee, and even though Thomas hit it, Scheffler still becomes very accurate and still a long time.

In short, Thomas often It’s right theretrying to keep pace but slightly behind. So why he wanted to follow Scheffler’s impossible Quantify mental game. Put yourself in controversial ideas – ignore expectations and noise, just play the game and believe it boosts your ideas on the rankings – he has been trying to do more lately.

“I’m getting better at getting myself into controversy,” Thomas said. “I feel like I’ve let myself last year, but then Saturday, Sunday, I force it and try to win the game instead of just playing, trust and faith.”

He felt like he did a great job at the Valspar Championship in March, where he almost won but finished second. He felt like he did this on the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) legacy in April, where he broke in and won his first victory in years. He felt that he had done this on May’s truist, but felt the walls of the game gradually fell into trouble, and he forced the problem at the age of 16, leading to unnecessary taboos.

“Like in Hilton Head King, I just had enough, like I was going to play here,” Thomas said. “Of course, I want to win, but it’s like I’m doing my best. [mindset] More will be better. ”

However, there is a baseline problem in entering that acceptance location. It competes at the same time as Scottie Scheffler, who is still the best in 72 holes than anyone else. Thomas made it clear when asked that he had to climb the mountain to try to reach the world’s number one mountain again.

“[That’s] “Still in my mind. I even thought of it last week – I’m sure there are people who will laugh, but if I could even catch him this year. For the rest of the year, winning a lot of games… Maybe Scotty isn’t playing.”

This may be what is needed at the moment.

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