Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler, already off to a historic golf season start, took his first true look Monday at Pinehurst, where he’s an overwhelming favorite to win the US Open.Scheffler has been first or second in seven of his past eight starts and in the top-10 in 12 of 13 events this year.
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WorldnumberoneScottieScheffler,left,walkswithgolfinstructorClaudeHarmonIIIonthefourthholeduringapracticeroundaheadofThursday’sstartofthe124thUSOpenatPinehurst(ROSSKINNAIRD)Top-rankedScottieScheffler,alreadyofftoahistoricgolfseasonstart,tookhisfirsttruelookMondayatPinehurst,wherehe’sanoverwhelmingfavoritetowintheUSOpen.
SchefflerhasalreadybrokenhisUSPGATourseasonprizemoneyrecordandwonmoretitlesbeforetheUSOpenthananyplayerin44yearsandoddsmakerslikehischanceseventhoughhehadn’tseenthe7,543-yardPinehurstlayoutlivebeforeMonday.
“JustbecauseI’mthefavoritedoesn’treallyhaveanyaffectonmyscore,”Schefflersaid.“Ithinkweallstartatevenpar,ifIremembercorrectly.”
The27-year-oldAmerican,whobecameanewd
