At 45, Justin Rose Is Still Winning and Still Learning<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cI mean, when you look at Justin specifically, you see a guy that not only works really hard on his golf game, and has for a long time, he also works really hard on his body,\u201d Scheffler said. \u201cFor me, I look at a guy like that at 45 years old to be in the shape he is still in is extremely impressive, and I don’t think you luck into that.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI think it’s inspiring for the young guys to see somebody at that age do the things he does. I mean, I’m 29 and I feel tired already. I can’t imagine what I’ll feel like at 45. I can’t say enough about how impressive it is for him to still be putting up the scores.\u201d<\/p>\n
The two played together for the first three rounds of the American Express a few weeks ago, a tournament Scheffler won by four, and the Texan said Rose was right there with him off the tee, thanks to his impressive ball speed.<\/p>\n
Like Rose, the start of Scheffler\u2019s season couldn\u2019t have gone any better. His win at PGA West seemed inevitable by Thursday afternoon. He joked that his pre-season prep was a little different than last year.<\/p>\n
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\u201cDefinitely a lot easier starting off that way instead of missing the first few tournaments due to hand surgery,\u201d Scheffler said. \u201cDid a bit less cooking in the offseason this year. Stuck to plastic silverware instead of metal stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n
At a tournament he\u2019s won twice, Scheffler enters the WM Phoenix Open as the heavy, heavy betting favorite at +220\u2014shocking, I know. We\u2019re getting to prime-Tiger territory with these odds.<\/p>\n
He\u2019ll play alongside Chris Gotterup and Jordan Spieth for the first two rounds in Arizona, starting at 10:15 a.m. ET on Thursday.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m already anticipating seeing Bennett again in four days\u2019 time.<\/p>\n
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