Will the world’s No. 1 change again… Defending champion Schaeffler, cruising toward the top again
Will the world number 1 ranking change again? Scotty Scheffler (USA) The momentum is formidable.
Schaeffler made 6 birdies and 2 bogeys in the first round of the PGA Tour Arnold Palmer Invitational (total prize money of 20 million dollars) held at the Bay Hill Club and Lodge (par 72) in Orlando, Florida on the 3rd (Korean time). and shot a 4-under 68.
He maintained second place with a ranking point of 9.0307 in the men’s golf world rankings announced on the 27th of last month. It is 0.5611 difference from John Rahm (Spain) who placed first. Recently, on the PGA Tour, Rahm, Scheffler, and Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) are fighting for the number one spot in the world.
McIlroy seemed to solidify his first place, then Schaeffler won the WM Phoenix Open and regained the first place, and then Ram won the Genesis Invitational and rose to the top of the world rankings.
Scheffler’s play was solid. He pulled out with an overall batting average of 4.216. The fairway landing rate was 57.14%, but the green hit rate was 72.22% and the number of putts was 27. Schaeffler, who was the first of his competitors to make a first-round play, got the head start right with a 68.
In an official interview before this tournament, he watched the world No. 1 fight and said, “I don’t like losing to people. Whenever I don’t win a tournament, I always get motivated. I want to be a good player throughout my career. It’s fun,” he said. 안전놀이터
After the first round, Schaeffler said, “I played pretty solid. It’s a pretty difficult course and it’s easy to make bogies. It was difficult to keep the fairways on some dogleg holes,” but “It’s a challenging golf course, but I feel like it’s a place where I can try and persevere.” said.
Schaeffler came out on top in this competition last season. Like the Phoenix Open, if he succeeds in defending his title at this event, he can regain the world No. 1 ranking.
“I’ve never been able to do it because I set a great goal. I did my best at the present time,” he said. “I didn’t play amazing for four days last year. During the practice round, when someone asked me what I did well, I said I survived.” I also promised to do my best in the present.
