Scottie Scheffler fights off wind to retain the TOUR Championship lead | Golf Central | Golf Channel

SEVEN IN 2007. HERE IS SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER WITH THE MEDIA. >> SCOTTIE, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE DAY? >> I HAD A REALLY GOOD FINISH. OVERALL I FELT LIKE I DID STUFF PRETTY WELL TODAY. IT WAS NICE TO FINISH THE WAY THAT I DID. >> I FELT LIKE WITH THE WAY THAT YOU WERE FINISHING YOUR BACKSWING, A COUPLE OF BALLS GOING LEFT. >> IT IS PRETTY UNUSUAL FOR ME TO FINISH AWKWARDLY. I WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO GO AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. >> IT WAS NICE THE BALL ENDED UP IN THE MULCH INSTEAD OF THE ROUGH. I HAD A CLEAN LIE. UPHILL, RIGHT TO LEFT LIE. I DID A GOOD JOB OF HITTING IT IN THERE TO THE LEFT OF THE PIN AND DID A GOOD JOB OF JUDGING THE DISTANCE. >> DID YOU DELIBERATELY LAY UP AT THE PAR 5 6th, AND IF SO WHY? >> NO, I DID NOT. I WASN'T NECESSARILY REALLY GOING FOR IT IN A SENSE OF LIKE I WAS TRYING TO CHALLENGE THE FRONT OF THE GREEN AND WHERE THE PIN WAS TODAY. IF YOU LAND IT ON THE GREEN, THE BALL IS TYPICALLY GOING INTO THE BACK BUNKER. YOU DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL STAY ON THE DOWNSLOPE OR OVER TO THE UPSLOPE. I WAS TRYING TO CHALLENGE THE FRONT LIP OF THE BUNKER AND IF I GOT IT OVER IT WOULD STAY ON THE GREEN BUT THAT WASN'T A BAD SPOT. THE WIND DID A 180. DOWN OFF OF THE RIGHT AND I PUREED A 6 IRON AND IT WENT 20 YARDS SHORTER THAN IT WAS SUPPOSED TO WITH THE WIND WE ORIGINALLY HAD. WE PLAYED 1 AND 2 IN TO THE WIND. 3 DOWNWIND. WE PLAYED THE TEE SHOT ON 4 INTO THE WIND. 5 GOES THE OTHER WAY. 6 DRIVER WAS DOWNWIND. SECOND SHOT WAS IN TO THE WIND. 7, TEE SHOT WAS MAYBE STRAIGHT ACROSS. THERE WAS A LOT. THE WIND ON THE FRONT NINE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GOING STRAIGHT ACROSS AND INSTEAD IT WAS MOVING AROUND A LOT. THAT WAS PRETTY CHALLENGING FOR US. >> YOU ARE GOING TO BE WITH COLLIN AGAIN TOMORROW. >> WE BOTH PLAYED YESTERDAY AND HE HAD A FANTASTIC ROUND AND I PLAYED SOLID AND TODAY WE BOTH HAD SOLID DAYS OUT THERE. >> WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO TOMORROW TO FINISH THE DRILL? >> KEEP DOING WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING. I BOGEYED THE 1st HOLE 2 OF THE LAST 3 DAYS. I DIDN'T MAKE ANY BOGEYS AFTER THAT. GOOD MOVEMENT FOR ME. I PLAYED SOLID. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CHALLENGE OF TRYING TO FINISH OFF THE TOURNAMENT TOMORROW. >> HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE YOUR LEVEL OF DISAPPOINTMENT LEAVING HERE THE LAST TWO YEARS WITHOUT THE TROPHY? >> I DON'T KNOW. IT IS DISAPPOINTING ANY TIME THAT I DO NOT WIN. LAST YEAR I WAS CLOSE. I THINK I HAD A COUPLE OF BAD LAST ROUNDS. I DON'T REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY. I DON'T KNOW IF I PLAYED GOOD HERE AT ALL LAST YEAR. I DIDN'T, DID I? >> NO. >> NO. I DON'T REMEMBER PLAYING WELL. ANY TIME

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