Scottie Scheffler has suggested that he was very pleased with how he hit his irons despite a largely frustrating week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
It has been a bizarre start to the season for Scheffler. After winning The American Express and nearly ending up in a playoff at the WM Phoenix Open, the world number one has gone somewhat off the boil more recently.
Scheffler finished outside the top 20 at Bay Hill. It was the first time since last year’s US Open that the 29-year-old has failed to break 70 in any of his four rounds of a tournament.
It is a far cry from the form he was in midway through 2025. But Scheffler was still able to take some positives from his performance this week.
Scottie Scheffler happy with his iron game at the Arnold Palmer Invitational
Scottie Scheffler began the week in 57th for strokes gained approach on the PGA Tour. But speaking after his final round in Florida, he suggested that he was happy with that area of his game.
“I hit my irons really nice. I wish I could have drove it a little bit better. Yeah, I got on the wrong side of a couple things out there, which cost me some shots. But overall, I felt like my iron play today was pretty sharp,” he said.
“Really today one of the things I was hoping to feel a little bit better about was my iron play and got out there and I hit a lot of really, really nice iron shots. Some worked out, others got some wind shifts, but overall, I felt like I struck it really nicely today, which was an improvement I was hoping to see after yesterday,” he went on to add.
Scottie Scheffler assesses his new driver’s performance at Bay Hill
Scheffler was second for strokes gained off the tee before the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Nevertheless, he made a significant change at the top end of his bag.
Scheffler was using a new driver this week, and he issued his verdict on how he performed off the tee.
“Yeah, I feel like I saw some good things out of it. We’ll see kind of going forward where I’ll be at. But overall, I definitely saw some good things from it this week,” he said.
It is alarming to see Scheffler looking so fallible with major championship season just around the corner.
While he also got off to a slow start in 2025, this year is different because he began the season with a victory at La Quinta.
He appears to have regressed since then. Few would have ever seen that coming.