Scottie Scheffler remaining focused at Tour Championship | Golf Central | Golf Channel

, SO COMING IN, I KNOW YOU HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT SCOTTY'S PUTTING. HISTORY TOLD US HERE THAT HE STRUGGLED, SO WHAT DID YOU DO? >> IT HAS TO BE SAID FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, ALL HE NEEDS TO DO IS AVERAGE AND HE WILL WIN PEER HE HAS BEEN FAR FROM AVERAGE HERE ON THIS PROPERTY. MATTER OF FACT, HE'S BEEN DEAD LAST OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS CUMULATIVE. IF YOU LOOK AT WHO HAS PUT IT THE ABSOLUTE WORST. COREY CONNOR STRUGGLED WITH HIS PUTTING. NOBODY HAS BEEN AS BAD AS SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER HAS BEEN ON THIS PROPERTY. TWO SHOTS WHICH HE HAS HAD AS AN ADVANTAGE LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE ARE NOT ENOUGH. SO THAT'S A BIG CONCERN. THE GOLF COURSE IS COMPLETELY MADE OVER. COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. DIFFERENT GRASS ON THE GREEN. DIFFERENT BRAKES ON THE GREEN. IT'S CLEAR HE WAS NOT READING THEM PARTICULARLY WELL THE LAST FOUR YEARS HERE HOW ELSE WOULD YOU DESCRIBE OR EXPLAIN WHY HE IS PUTTING SO POORLY. CLEARLY HE HAD THAT ONE WELL. NICE HERE AT THE 12 UP THE . NICE SPEED THERE. TO THE 13th, THIS IS REALLY WHERE HE WAS GETTING HIS RIDE. FINDING THE FAIRWAY PEER BUT SETTING UP WITH A GREAT IRON. GOOD LOOK FOR 30. WHAT A T SHOT HE HAD INTO THE 15th, WHICH GAVE HIM A NICE LOOK. NOT ABLE TO GET AT THEIR. AT THE 17th, HE MADE A NICE BIRDIE PUTT. SHE HAD A GOOD LOOK FROM ABOUT 20 FEET. BIG QUESTION MARK, BIG QUESTION MARK WITH AN OMISSION POINT IS HIS PUTTING COMING INTO THIS WEEK. ROUND ONE AND HE PUTTED VERY SOLID . AS WE POINTED OUT EARLY, JUST HOW POORLY BY HIS OWN STANDARDS HE WAS HEADING PEER MAYBE JUST NOT FILED AN WITH THE NUMBERS BUT IF YOU LOOK AT HOW POORLY, AND THIS IS ABOUT THE WORST I'VE SEEN HIM SLOG A GOLF BALL IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. HE HAD HIS IRONS AT THE BMW. YOU HAVE TO GO BACK A COUPLE YEARS TO FIND A WORSE WEEK WITH THE IRONS ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE PLAYERS AND 2022 YEAR THE LAST THREE YEARS, THIS IS THE THIRD WORST PERFORMANCE. MAYBE THERE WAS SOME NAGGING BECAUSE WE DID SEE HIM ATTACK LAST WEEK. SOME REASON WHY HE WAS NOT SPOT ON. AS HE WORKED HIS WAY THROUGH THIS ROUND, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS TO WATCH. AT THE THIRD, IT WILL HELP RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HAND, HE OWNS A SHOT. IN A GAME OF GOLF, HE NEEDS TO CUT IT BECAUSE HE IS SO UPRIGHT, HE CAN FINISH SO HIGH PEER BY THE WAY, THAT'S UNDERNEATH THE WHOLE WHERE HE CAN PUTT RIGHT UP THE HILL. THERE HE IS AGAIN, HI HAND, 143 YARDS ON THE HIGHWAY AND UNDERNEATH THE WHOLE. SO IMPORTANT TO FIND THE FAIRWAY PEER IT SO FIRM OUT OF THE ROUGH. SHE HAS NO CONTROL OUT OF THE BACK. BEAUTIFUL SHOT INTO THE 12. GO TO THE 14th. 219 YARDS AFTER A GREAT STRIDE. HANDS UP HERE THIS IS THE SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 FEET AWAY. THAT'S WHAT WE EXPECTED TO SEE LAST WEEK. IT WAS NOT THEIR. IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE IS PUTTING IS IN ORDER AND IRON PLAY IS IN ORDER WHICH MEANS THE OTHER GUYS REALLY HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT HERE >> IT'S OF NO CONCERN BUT YOU AND I KNOW WHAT ILL HAPPEN. HE SHOOTS 67 OR 66 TOMORROW. THE WEEKEND, HE WILL HAVE A TWO SHOT LEAD. WE HEAR IT EVERY YEAR. >> IT'S A YEAR-LONG COMPETITION. HE HAS ESSENTIALLY BLOWN THE FIELD AWAY IN TERMS OF PLAYING. RANKING BY A WIDE MARGIN. HE LEADS AND MONEY BY A WIDE MARGIN, SO IT JUST REFLECTIVE OF THE YEAR THAT HE HAD. >> THAT'S WHY THIS WAS IMPORTANT. FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE EXPECTATIONS WERE A BIT LOWER. ALL SORTS OF GRAPHICS SHOWING A BETTER PLAYER STATISTICALLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. THERE IS NO PLAYER OF THE YEAR TODAY. THAT IS OVER. MAYBE NO DRAMA. WE WILL SEE. >> I'M CERTAIN THAT IT CAN THEM TO VOTE AND TO GET A DECENT SHARE OF THE VOTES. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH. HE WOULD GET I THINK A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF VOTES IF HE WON THE FEDEX CUP. THE LAST FOUR YEARS, THERE'S BEEN A DIFFERENT PGA PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND A DIFFERENT PGA TOUR PLAYER OF WAY THEY SET UP THE GOLF COURSE TODAY WAS NICE IN TERMS OF IF YOU ARE HEADING FAIRWAYS, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY. I HIT A LOT OF FAIRWAYS AROUND THIS PLACE. THE GOLF COURSE IN FRONT OF ME WHICH IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE IN THIS PLACE. I'M PRETTY PROUD OF THE RESULTS >> WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE UNCERTAINTY IS GOING TO PLAY. DID YOU FEEL COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE OUT THERE? >> YEAH, THE WAY THEY SET UP A GOLF COURSE TODAY WAS NICE IN TERMS OF IF YOU ARE HEADING FAIRWAYS MOTHERS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME GOOD SHOTS IN THERE AND GET SOME LOOKS AT BIRDIE. YOU HAVE TO BE PATIENT BECAUSE THE GREENS ARE SO FIRM. I APPRECIATE THAT THEY DID NOT JUST TRY TO SET IT UP REALLY CHALLENGING AND AWAY TODAY. IF YOU ARE OUT OF POSITION, YOU ARE PUNISHED ACCORDINGLY FOR IT. THAT'S ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHERE I WAS IN POSITION A LOT AND ABLE TO GET LOOKS. >> YOU PLAYED SO BEAUTIFULLY TODAY. I KNOW YOUR MANTRA MOST OF THE TIME IS TO STAY IN THE MOMENT, NOT LOOK AHEAD, NOT LOOK BACK. ARE YOU MOTIVATED BY THE FACT THAT YOU COULD HAVE WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS? >> YEAH. I COULD HAVE BUT DID NOT WIN A LOT OF THEM. IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE I'M OFF TO A GOOD START THIS WEEK AND I WIL