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Scottie Scheffler drains 12-foot birdie putt on No. 17 at THE PLAYERS<\/p>\n

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. \u2013 Did Scottie Scheffler find anything that helped him shoot a third-round 67 at THE PLAYERS Championship on Saturday?<\/p>\n

In Scheffler\u2019s view, that would imply he lost something \u2013 an assertion he was not ready to make just moments after his lowest round since the final day of The Genesis Invitational last month.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a little sharper today than I was the first two days,\u201d Scheffler said from TPC Sawgrass, \u201cI felt like I was swinging it better each day of the tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Scottie Scheffler keeps birdie train going on back nine at THE PLAYERS<\/p>\n

Scheffler\u2019s struggles in the first two rounds, if you\u2019re willing to call them that, have kept him from true contention. Scheffler estimated the only way he\u2019s in it on Sunday is if the winds kick up to a gnarly degree. But the weekend here carried significance for Scheffler\u2019s near-term and long-term future.<\/p>\n

That began with no mistakes. Starting the day at 1-over, Scheffler worked his way to 4-under overall, making five birdies and no bogeys, his first bogey-free round since the third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.<\/p>\n

A vastly improved driver helped elicit those results. Scheffler hit 11 of 14 fairways, playing from the short grass far more often than in his opening 36 holes. Scheffler birdied the friendly par-5 second hole to get his day started, before rattling off much tougher birdies at the fifth and sixth holes, holing birdie putts of 9 and 19 feet, respectively.<\/p>\n

His next birdie came on the driveable par-4 12th. Scheffler laid up, but hit his approach to 4 feet and sunk the putt. Scheffler\u2019s final birdie came on what he called his best shot of the day, a knockdown iron to the island green par-3 17th that came off exactly how he planned, landing past the pin and using the familiar front left slope to bring it closer to the hole.<\/p>\n

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Scottie Scheffler drains 12-foot birdie putt on No. 17 at THE PLAYERS<\/p>\n

\u201cI think with the way I hit it the first couple days, to kind of have the attitude that I did and the fight that I did, I think that — when I look at tournaments, I’m not thinking about winning, I’m thinking about approaching things the right way,\u201d Scheffler said. \u201cI did my best to stay committed and I did a good job I think of keeping the right attitude and keeping my head on straight in order to grind out a couple rounds that were difficult. And then I shot a nice round today as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scheffler will hope for more of the same on Sunday as he looks to gather further momentum in the build-up to the year\u2019s first major next month at Augusta National.<\/p>\n

Scheffler is undecided whether he will play before then, so his final round at TPC Sawgrass could be the last time he has a chance to test his game under top competition.<\/p>\n

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