Scottie Scheffler dismisses claim of Rory McIlroy’s comments being reason for his putter change
One of the highlights of Scottie Scheffler's successful 2024 season was the 28-year-old changing his putter. For a long time, the World No. 1 golfer was using the Scotty Cameron Timeless Tourtype GSS putter. However, at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, golf fans saw him debut the TaylorMade Spider Tour X putter.
This change Scheffler made came after Rory McIlroy in an interview suggested he would love to see Scheffler change his putter and try using a mallet. Recently, in an appearance on the Pardon My Take podcast, Scheffler was asked if McIlroy's comments had anything to do with changing his putter.
Scheffler said in response,
"No it's something that I thought about but, I mean, don't let the truth get in the way of a good story right[...] It was something that my putting coach and I had thought about and then in that week...at the beginning of the year I had improved a little bit but I still wasn't where I felt like I could be I felt like we could keep getting better.
And that was something that it was nice for me to get out of my own head, look at something different. Like I used to line up the ball where I wanted to hit it when I was putting and it would get in my head a little bit" (1:16:19).
You can check out what Scheffler said in the interview below:
Further, Scheffler shared he was trying to get more athletic in a manner where he is getting over, trying to see the break, hitting the putt, and letting the "results be the results." He concluded by saying he does not use a line on the ball, but just puts the ball down and tries to be as athletic as possible.
How much did Scottie Scheffler earn in his last appearance on the PGA Tour?
Scottie Scheffler played at the PGA Tour Championship in his most recent appearance on the PGA Tour. At the event, Scheffler carded 65-66-66-67 to take home the Tour Championship, and thus the FedEx Cup.
The Tour Championship had a total purse of $100,000,000. Naturally, the largest chunk of this purse went to the winner Scheffler, who took home $25,000,000. Here is a detailed list of the payout at the 2024 Tour Championship:
- 1 Scottie Scheffler -30 $25,000,000
- 2 Collin Morikawa -26 $12,500,000
- 3 Sahith Theegala -24 $7,500,000
- T4 Russell Henley -19 $4,833,333
- T4 Adam Scott -19 $4,833,333
- T4 Xander Schauffele -19 $4,833,333
- 7 Sungjae Im -18 $2,750,000
- 8 Wyndham Clark -17 $2,250,000
- T9 Rory McIlroy -16 $1,608,333
- T9 Hideki Matsuyama -16 $1,608,333
- T9 Shane Lowry -16 $1,608,333
- T12 Viktor Hovland -15 $1,000,000
- T12 Sam Burns -15 $1,000,000
- T14 Justin Thomas -14 $905,000
- T14 Taylor Pendrith -14 $905,000
- 16 Ludvig Aberg -12 $795,000
- T17 Robert MacIntyre -11 $755,000
- T17 Matthieu Pavon -11 $755,000
- T17 Patrick Cantlay -11 $755,000
- 20 Tommy Fleetwood -10 $715,000
- T21 Keegan Bradley -8 $660,000
- T21 Byeong Hun An -8 $660,000
- T23 Billy Horschel -6 $615,000
- T23 Aaron Rai -6 $615,000
- T23 Tony Finau -6 $615,000
- 26 Akshay Bhatia -5 $590,000
- T27 Chris Kirk -3 $575,000
- T27 Sepp Straka -3 $575,000
- T29 Christiaan Bezuidenhout +3 $555,000
- T29 Tom Hoge +3 $555,000