Was Scottie Scheffler unjustly punished for the rules decision? He thought so

Scottie Scheffler says he was in a hurry.

In the 9th hole in the Cave Valley. In the 10th hole. In the 11th hole.

Then his time was searched.

Nothing.

“We somehow won a second with the pace of the game,” villain said “I’m not really sure how it is possible.”

But that was just part of the disappointment of the highest ranking player with time on Saturday BMW championship The third round. After all, Scheffler shot a three-nine 67-year-old, and he began Sunday in the last round of Sunday in the second and four leaders back Robert Macintre – But he left Maryland’s course feeling frustrated after a moment in the 9th hole.

There, Scheffler and Macintyre, his game partner, were warned they were behind the country, but Scheffler said he was confused.

“I mean, it’s disappointing,” he said. “I really didn’t feel like I did anything to put us behind in time.”

Even “some very good things” at 9, 10 and 11 didn’t work, Scheffler said. And he even said Ludwig abergPlaying in the group in front of him and one of the fastest players in Pro Golf, was put on the hour, along with the game partner Hideki Matsuyama.

“So I don’t know how fast he was today,” Scheffler told Aberg.

“It is just one of those things where all of a sudden now I am punished for a ruling decision that I have not completely agreed with, and then I can feel it is dealing with 12, I can feel it is dealing with 13, and there was nothing I can do with it; you have to get there and hit.

“In general I did what I could keep us with the pace, and I hope we will not get into that situation tomorrow.”

Another group was also announced on Saturday – and Golf Channel viewers were given specific details. As a group of Patrick Cantlay AND Shane Lowry He played the 13th hole, the PGA Tour official arranges Mark Dusbabek said in the broadcast that they were coming in hours after being announced in the 4th hole -then Golf Channel displayed a graph showing how far after the game rhythm they were from holes 6 to 11.

In the 6th hole, they were 3 minutes and 29 seconds after the rhythm. At 11, they were 7 minutes after.

“They have been constantly lost time along the way,” Dusbabek said in the broadcast. “Now we have not chosen them earlier because of the situations that were taking place in front of them with the groups ahead of them. So now they have reached plus seven, that hole, the 12th hole is open forward, so now we have no choice but to push that group together.”

The pace of the game has been a constant theme in Golf, though this year, it has received renewed attention. In January, the tournament announced a number of movements – including an opinion on players ‘name and shame’.