world number one golfer Scotty Sheffer has denied that Rory melroy's advice earlier this season led to the putter switch which has worked wonders for him Scotty sheffler says rumors that Rory melroy's advice led him to change his putter are untrue mroy openly encouraged the world number one golfer to make the alteration earlier this season but is said to have shot himself in the foot due to sheffer's significant improvements sheffler for a long time used a Scotty Cameron Timeless tour type GSS putter which helped him seal six PGA Tour victories last year but the relationship between the American and his putter deteriorated in the summer of 2023 prompting him to experiment with different models each week his rival melroy stated at the Genesis Invitational in February that the 28-year-old should consider a mallet style putter Sheffer went on to use such a model a tailormade spider Tour X putter at Hill and immediately saw success winning by five shots in his first start since receiving the unsolicited advice from the northern Irishman mroy later said with a smile I'm not going to give him any more advice that's for sure when quizzed on sheffer's switch but the 2024 Masters winner has now denied melroy's influence claiming it was something he and his team were already discussing during an appearance on the pardon my Take podcast the American golfer was asked The Story Goes that Rory said you should look at a different Putter and the next thing you know is you're using a different Putter and Rory just shot himself in the foot because now you can put I don't know if that's something you heard from Rory or something you had planned for a while Sheffer responded no it's something that I'd thought about but don't let the truth get in the way of a good story right my putting coach and I thought about it