{"id":6474,"date":"2026-07-19T20:06:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T20:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6474"},"modified":"2026-07-19T20:06:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T20:06:44","slug":"scottie-scheffler-gets-bad-bounces-and-a-big-break-it-adds-to-a-close-call-at-british-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6474","title":{"rendered":"Scottie Scheffler gets bad bounces and a big break. It adds to a close call at British Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>SOUTHPORT, England (AP) \u2014 The image of Scottie Scheffler at Royal Birkdale might be the world\u2019s No. 1 player missing one birdie chance after another to waste a great week from tee-to-green in the British Open.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6472\">5 family members found dead after flash flood in a scenic Utah canyon, authorities say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All he could think about Sunday when he finished were the bounces that didn\u2019t go his way.<\/p>\n<p>Scheffler managed to stay in the game until the very end and capitalized on a huge break \u2014 which followed another unfortunate bounce \u2014 with a birdie on the par-5 17th hole. Needing birdie to have any chance of a playoff, he missed a putt from off the green, missed the par putt that followed and settled for a 3-under 67 to tie for fourth behind Ryan Fox.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess it just wasn\u2019t my week,\u201d said Scheffler, who had top 4-finishes in three of the four majors.<\/p>\n<p>Scheffler, who began the final round six shots out of the lead, quickly made up ground with three birdies in five holes \u2014 as many birdies as he had made in the previous two rounds combined. And when he holed a 15-foot birdie putt on the 12th, he was at 8 under and closing.<\/p>\n<p>And then he was chasing after a few frustrating bounces.<\/p>\n<p>His tee shot right of the fairway on the 13th headed for the wispy grass but wound up in a deep hole, leaving him no chance but to advance it about 5 feet. Scheffler did well to make an 8-foot putt to escape with bogey.<\/p>\n<p>Scheffler thought his drive was ideal on the par-5 14th until it bounced just enough to the left to catch a pot bunker, leaving him no shot at the green. A potential birdie turned into par.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat stuff hurts,\u201d he said. \u201cMy ball on 13 goes into that hole. It wasn\u2019t my best tee shot, but it was a time where I needed to be aggressive, and I saw some good stuff happening with guys that hit the ball over there the last few days, and it didn\u2019t happen for me today. Just those little bounces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy ball on 14 I think is in the fairway, I come up there, it\u2019s in the pot bunker,\u201d he said. \u201cLittle stuff like that over the course of the week tends to add up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His frustration boiled over on the par-5 17th when his tee shot moving left-to-right looked as though it would kick into the fairway leaving him a shot at the green. But it bounced left and stayed in the rough in front of a steep mound.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6471\">Conor McGregor suffered torn ACL in shortened return fight against Max Holloway<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWHY?\u201d Scheffler screamed at himself. \u201cWhy does this happen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to links golf, which he conquered a year ago at Royal Portrush.<\/p>\n<p>Remarkably, the bad bounce led to birdie. He tried to go over the mound and the ball went so far to the left that he figured it was never to be found, He hit a provisional for a lost ball, and that wasn\u2019t much better, And then luck seemed to finally show up.<\/p>\n<p>The entire area near a massive hospitality structure was deemed a temporary immovable obstruction. Spectators said they saw the ball disappear into gorse and rough. A security guard and NBC reporter John Wood began searching.<\/p>\n<p>But once a golf ball has been identified going into the TIO, it does not have to be found.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe tried to figure it out. I said: \u2018If I find it, does that help me? Can I drop it since that would be about 50 yards closer to the hole?\u2019\u201d Scheffler said about his conversation with the rules official. \u201cHe said, \u2018Yes, you can then use that spot, but you might have to go to the other side of the TIO.\u2019 I didn\u2019t know exactly where that would be, and that\u2019s not a great angle coming across there. So I decided to drop the search.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scheffler received a free drop 94 yards away on a baked, dusty lie. He hit wedge to 10 feet and made birdie.<\/p>\n<p>The hope didn\u2019t last long, and he walked off the 18th green knowing he would not get his hands on the claret jug he won last year, and it would be eight-plus months before the next major.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like this was a week I played a lot better than my score,\u201d Scheffler said. \u201cThirteen and 14 really hurt, not being able to advance the ball. I feel good that I could compete when things weren\u2019t going my way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Padraig Harrington remains the last player to win back-to-back in the British Open, in 2007 and 2008. It\u2019s the longest such stretch in the majors. And now it falls to Fox near year at St. Andrews.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6469\">Duane Ward, former Blue Jays pitcher and World Series champion, dies at 62<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP golf: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/golf<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOUTHPORT, England (AP) \u2014 The image of Scottie Scheffler at Royal Birkdale might be the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Scottie Scheffler gets bad bounces and a big break. 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