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By Julio Cesar Valdera Morales
Contributing Sports Writer
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A true hardcore golfer will never be entirely satisfied with their performance, even when their score might be the envy of others less fortunate. Scottie Scheffler provided further proof of this during the third round of the Tour Championship.
The world No. 1 carded a 4-under 66 during the moving day to remain firmly in contention for the title. After 54 holes, Scheffler is fifth with a score of 12-under, four strokes behind leaders Tommy Fleetwood and Patrick Cantlay.
However, Scheffler's choice of adjective to describe the day was "frustrating."
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"Felt like another frustrating day," he told the reporters after the third round, according to the transcripts of his presser. "I felt like I did some things well out there. I was just a little bit off on my reads most of the day. I hit some good putts that just didn't fall."
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Anyone might wonder where the frustrating part of a 4-under is. Well, for Scheffler, it was on the first two holes of this round, where he carded consecutive bogeys.
However, he drew on his extraordinary golfing prowess and played bogey-free the remaining 16 holes, adding six birdies to his card.
"After the start I did a good job bouncing back and getting back into it," he said, according to the transcripts. "Overall I didn't shoot myself out of the tournament, which making bogeys around this place can very easily do that. Proud of the turnaround, but man, I wish I could have gotten a little bit more out of the round."
'Frustrating Day' Isn't Changing Scottie Scheffler's Tour Championship Game Plan
Scheffler's 64 was the third-best score of the round, two strokes behind Cantlay and three behind Keegan Bradley. It was also Scheffler's 20th consecutive under-par score on the PGA Tour, a streak that began in the fourth round of the Travelers Championship. It's worth noting that all of those rounds have featured scores in the 60s, and he's won two titles during that span.
It's no surprise that he has no intention to change his game plan for the final round, despite not feeling entirely comfortable on Saturday.
"Let's say I have the same game plan tomorrow," he said, according to the transcripts, "I par the first two holes instead of bogey them and I hole a couple putts, I would have had a pretty special round today if that was the case because I still shot 4-under without really holing anything and getting off to a bad start. Without that, I did some good stuff out there. Just got to continue to do that and hole a few more putts."
Scheffler is looking to repeat the title he won a year ago at East Lake. If he does, he would be the first player to win the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup in consecutive years.
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