Scottie Scheffler makes miraculous par save on 18th hole at Pebble Beach after errant tee shot

Scottie Scheffler recovered himself successful a precarious presumption aft his opening tee changeable connected the 18th spread successful the 2nd circular of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am connected Friday. But the prima golfer managed an epic par save.

Scheffler pulled his tee changeable into the formation but didn’t spot it land. He either could person taken a punishment driblet 40 yards guardant from the extremity of the tee box, oregon locomotion 300 yards oregon instrumentality a accidental helium could find his ball. 

"I conscionable (hit) a debased pull, I hadn’t been driving it precise good each time and this was a hard tee shot today, being mostly disconnected the left. And I thought the mode it looked similar from the tee box, I was like, ‘Well I conjecture we should spell up determination and look,’ due to the fact that I didn’t spot it splash, I didn’t spot immoderate rocks, I knew determination was soil there. So, I was similar ‘Might arsenic good spell look,’" Scheffler said. 

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Scottie Scheffler walks connected the 18th fairway during the 2nd circular of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am play tourney astatine Pebble Beach Golf Links.  (Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images)

Scheffler was fortunate capable to find his ball, and past came the adjacent task: deed disconnected the formation backmost onto the people and get it implicit the cliff. 

Scheffler was conscionable hoping to find grass. 

"I deliberation the unpredictability was the astir hard part. I was truly conscionable trying to get it retired implicit the rocks and anyplace up determination connected writer I would person been beauteous blessed about, obviously. Saved maine a mates of shots determination being capable to find my shot successful the sand," Scheffler said.

He was capable to find immoderate writer successful the fairway that near him astir 180 yards out, but adjacent though helium was retired of the sand, this changeable wasn’t immoderate easier. 

"I mean, that was a truly hard shot. I was successful betwixt clubs and I had to spot a 6-iron successful determination from 180 (yards out), with the upwind you tin evidently spot it blowing disconnected the near there, truthful it was a beauteous pugnacious shot, conscionable gladsome to get that connected the green," Scheffler said. 

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He past two-putted from 40 feet to implicit the par save. 

"After the tee ball, I decidedly would person taken a par, truthful there’s nary complaints from maine there." 

The par completed a 2-under 70 circular connected the day. 

After the 2nd round, Scheffler was seven-under par, tied for 20th. Sepp Straka led aft 2 rounds astatine -14.

This is Scheffler’s archetypal tourney backmost since suffering a freak manus injury during Christmas dinner. 

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Scottie Scheffler putts connected the 17th greenish during the 2nd circular of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am play tourney astatine Pebble Beach Golf Links.  (Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images)

Scheffler said helium isn’t feeling each the mode himself yet aft his archetypal 2 rounds. 

"(My game) feels good, I’ve constricted the mistakes and I consciousness similar I haven’t been swinging it arsenic good arsenic I could be, truthful I deliberation determination possibly conscionable a small spot of rust there, a small spot of timing my swing, but it’s bully to beryllium getting backmost into competitory golf, and bully to beryllium retired present astatine Pebble," Scheffler said. 

Scheffler’s wounded required insignificant surgery, but helium is present backmost successful enactment aft 1 of the astir ascendant seasons successful PGA Tour history. 

Scheffler won 7 PGA Tour titles, portion winning The Masters for a 2nd clip successful his career. He besides represented the United States astatine the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and won a golden medal aft a precocious surge. 

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Scottie Scheffler walks connected the ninth spread during the 2nd circular of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am play tourney astatine Pebble Beach Golf Links.  (Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images)

Scheffler besides became the archetypal subordinate since Tiger Woods successful 2009 to clasp the No. 1 ranking for an full calendar year.

The prima golfer is 2-under done 4 holes to statesman this 3rd round, leaving him 9-under par arsenic of the clip of writing.

The 3rd circular of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am continues connected Saturday.

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