Scottie Scheffler He was the main star on day three of the RBC Heritage. The winner of the Masters He had a great third round, where he scored a -8 card to take the lead in the absence of the last day.
The American, tied for 10th place, lead at -16, one stroke ahead of Sepp Straka. Collin Morikawa, who played with Scheffler in the final pairing at the Masters in Augusta, Georgia, last week, is third at 14 under after a 68 on Saturday.
Thousands of fans didn’t want to miss Saturday’s Masters champion at the RBC Heritage, and Scheffler didn’t disappoint. His shots were like lasers on the greens, he quickly went to the lead and stayed there. A final birdie on the 18th hole at Harbor Town gave Scheffler a bogey-free 63 and a one-stroke lead over Sepp Straka.
Scheffler started three shots back and tied for the lead with a tee shot to a flag in the back right corner of the 221-yard seventh hole, making a 10-foot birdie. Even bad luck led to birdies.
On the reachable par-4 ninth hole, his drive stopped short of the bunker on a grassy slope, leaving him to flop a short flag with the green moving away from him. All he managed was a 35-foot throw. He birdied the putt, and didn’t stop until a 7-foot birdie at the 18th.
For a while, it was shaping up to be a showdown with Aberg, the Swede who has been a professional for 10 months and is considered Scheffler’s biggest threat because he doesn’t seem to disappoint. However, on the 12th hole he missed a drive against the trees and made bogey, which cost him a split lead, and Aberg had to settle for pars for the rest of the round.
The heat and sun delighted the public, who often crowded in twos or threes across the fairway to catch a glimpse of the new golf sensation. Scheffler has three wins and a second place finish in his last four contests.
Source: La Verdad
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