{"id":853004,"date":"2026-08-12T21:18:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T21:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/853004\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:18:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T21:18:22","slug":"what-scottie-scheffler-said-about-rory-mcilroys-pace-of-play-during-the-playoffs-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/853004\/","title":{"rendered":"What Scottie Scheffler said about Rory McIlroy&#8217;s pace of play during the playoffs in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy have been paired together for the first time this season at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The last time Scheffler and McIlroy were drawn together was at the Tour Championship in August last year.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, the American and the Northern Irishman were paired together the previous week as well, at the BMW Championship.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/scottie-scheffler\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"98399\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scottie Scheffler<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/rory-mcilroy\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"98400\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rory McIlroy<\/a> have not played alongside each other so far in 2026, but that will change this week at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/fedex-st-jude-championship\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"98952\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FedEx St. Jude Championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2231366972-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy watch on from the ninth tee during the first round of the Tour Championship\" class=\"wp-image-2533199\" \/>Photo by Kevin C. Cox\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Golf fans are seriously excited at the prospect of seeing the two best golfers in the world in the same group.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/scottie-schefflers-comments-about-rory-mcilroy-prove-why-theyre-the-best-two-golfers-in-the-world\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scheffler and McIlroy have huge respect for one another<\/a>, but they will both be desperate to beat each other this week at TPC Southwind.<\/p>\n<p>What Scottie Scheffler said about Rory McIlroy\u2019s pace of play in 2025<\/p>\n<p>Scheffler got the better of McIlroy when they played together at the BMW Championship last year.<\/p>\n<p>The world number one went on to win that week at Caves Valley, while the Northern Irishman ended up in a tie for 12th.<\/p>\n<p>After the opening round, Scheffler was asked how he found McIlroy\u2019s pace of play.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"689\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2215485245-1024x689.jpg\" alt=\"Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland, left, shakes hands with Scottie Scheffler of the United States on the 18th hole green after finishing the second round of the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Country Club\" class=\"wp-image-2547474\" \/>Photo by Alex Slitz\/Getty Images <\/p>\n<p>MORE SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER STORIES<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, it\u2019s always fun playing with Rory, we draw a nice crowd,\u201c the 30-year-old said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe crowd did a great job of cheering us both on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a great pairing. He plays fast, he plays well and we had a good time out there.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>What Rory McIlroy said about Scottie Scheffler\u2019s pace of play<\/p>\n<p>McIlroy spoke about Scheffler\u2019s pace of play after they were paired together at the BMW Championship last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love playing with Scottie. I always have,\u201d said McIlroy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like the cadence that he plays the game at. I like his rhythm. He doesn\u2019t really take a ton of time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like there\u2019s guys that you like to get paired with, and there\u2019s guys \u2013 some guys that you don\u2019t. I\u2019ve always enjoyed playing with Scottie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Judging by those comments, Scheffler and McIlroy will surely be happy that they\u2019ve been drawn to play together at the FedEx St. Jude Championship this week.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy have been paired together for the first time&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":853005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,48016,755,756,1657,85],"class_list":["post-853004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fedex-st-jude-championship","tag-golf","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-scottie-scheffler","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=853004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/853005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=853004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=853004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=853004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}