Scottie Scheffler is already preparing for the U.S. Open later this month.
The world No. 1 golfer dished out a scouting report for Shinnecock Hills Golf Club ahead of this weekend’s Memorial Tournament.
“That was my first time on [the] property,” Scheffler told reporters Wednesday. “It was kind of what I expected. I had heard some rumors about how difficult the greens were. I was a little surprised at the width of the fairways, but the green complexes there are extremely difficult, and I think that’s where the greatest challenge comes from.”
Shinnecock provided a tough test for the field eight years ago when it hosted the 2018 U.S. Open.
Not a single golfer finished that tournament under par, with Brooks Koepka walking away as the major winner at 1-over.
“The rough, also, was a really good penalty, I think for the width,” Scheffler said of the golf course in Southampton. “Once you start missing fairways out there, you have no chance. But the fairways are generous enough to where it provides you some opportunity, and that way it’s just that the green complexes are extraordinarily difficult, and so they can put the pins wherever they want and make the scores as high as they could possibly want them to be.”
Scheffler, a four-time major champion, is looking to become the seventh golfer ever to complete the career Grand Slam with a U.S. Open victory.
He already has two Masters victories and a win at the PGA and Open Championships, both of which came last year.
For his standards, though, it’s been a while since Scheffler has been in the win column.
Despite competing nearly every week, Scheffler hasn’t won a tournament since the American Express in late January.
He’s finished in the top five six times since then, including three straight solo second-place finishes earlier this spring.
