THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

March 16, 2025

Scottie Scheffler

TPC Sawgrass

Quick Quotes

Q. Very challenging conditions out there on the golf course. What was the challenge in dealing with that?

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: Yeah, obviously the condition was pretty tough with the wind and then we had the big delay there. I just didn't do enough really today or this week. Today I just didn't give myself enough opportunities and didn't hole enough putts. I felt like I was putting from distance most of the day.

Overall I feel like I'm close, just a little bit off this week.

Q. How close was it on 1? It looked like 1 was pretty close and then started spinning back to about 18 feet. What did you see from your vantage point?

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: Yeah, I hit the shot the way I wanted to. It looked like it was skipping up there nicely to the pin. It was pretty far downwind. I was definitely surprised to see how much it backed up.

Q. This is a weird week with the conditions and whatnot, but how close do you feel and what maybe was missing a little bit this week?

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: I feel very close. I think it was definitely challenging with the winds and getting the ball close to the hole. Definitely started hitting some better shots. Starting to feel more comfortable with my irons.

The last two weeks I feel like I've definitely driven the ball better. Definitely some positives from this week. Yeah, looking forward to another prep week at home and then getting ready for Houston.

Q. You're the only guy that's ever repeated here. What do you walk away from this week -- did it feel different this week trying to get three in a row?

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: I walk away from this week feeling close. I feel like there's some stuff that I need to work on at home, but I feel very close. Overall I felt like I did some good things this week, felt like I could have done some other things better. But overall don't feel far off by any means. Definitely excited to get home, get a little practice in and get ready for Houston.

Q. It seemed like yesterday there were some frustrating moments, for obvious reasons because of the conditions and stuff. When you stepped back last night, what did you take out of yesterday?

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: Well, I definitely felt myself getting a bit frustrated, but what was I thinking about at dinner -- well, we were feeding Bennett some mushrooms. He liked those. Some raw mushrooms. He seemed to really enjoy those. The whole family was here, so believe it or not, I wasn't contemplating what the wind was doing on 16 when I was up there eating dinner.

Q. We're not used to seeing you visibly frustrated like it was yesterday, and obviously the conditions were bad --

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: You've played golf before, right?

Q. I'm frustrated more than you are.

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: So you get it. It's just one of those things. I'm a competitive guy, and I felt like I could have played a lot better this week. Like I said, I'm really close. I maybe finished the week 4-under par. I felt like I played some better golf than that. Looking forward to fine tuning things next week and then getting ready for Houston.

Q. You played with Rory the first couple days. What did you see from him the first two days?

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: Well, I think he's okay at golf. I thought he was playing really solid. Didn't make many mistakes. He kept a pretty clean card. He holed some nice putts. Definitely was playing well enough to have a chance to win, so I definitely wasn't surprised after the first two days that he was still hanging around the top of the leaderboard. We'll see how it shakes out the last few holes, but he looks like he's got himself a great chance and he's going to be tough to beat coming down the stretch.

Q. Obviously you want to win every week, but thoughts on finishing up here as a two-time defending champion, what kind of memories came back to you knowing you set history last year?

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: Yeah, obviously being able to repeat here was very special and I would have liked to have done it a third time. At the end of the day, I just didn't have what it took this week. The guys that are ahead of me on the leaderboard, there's many of them, so they obviously played better than I did. But yeah, it's cool going into the locker room, turning left, going to the champions side, and I have a lot of great memories here from both my wins. Yeah, definitely a lot of good memories.