![]() The ultimate goal is to win at East Lake and become just the sixth FedExCup winner to claim it all despite scoring zero points in the Playoffs opener. “I've put myself in a decent position and I'll definitely have a good chance going into the weekend.” I want to win every week I tee it up, so this week is definitely no different,” Scheffler said. “I definitely want to win again for sure. Instead Scheffler was putting a hurt on his golf ball as he opened his round with three straight birdies to rocket into the mix. I don't want to hurt his feelings and he doesn't want to hurt mine.” 1 and 2 in the FedExCup, we've worked really hard for many years to get to this point so any sort of needling on the golf course I don't think would be in the greatest of taste for both of us. Out here you're really competing and you work really hard to get to a certain point, and where we're at being No. “Fortunately, we were wearing different colored pants but there was definitely a few good jokes out there about the color schemes,” Scheffler smiled post round. The usual banter between the two gets saved for practice rounds. Both shared plenty of smiles Friday after they came to the tee dressed in near identical colors but the will to win remained the focus for both. Paired together over the opening two rounds Scheffler managed to put a four-shot gap on his junior buddy, a space big enough to see him projecting back on top. It left Scheffler 124.116 points behind Zalatoris in the standings as they chase top spot, and a 10-under starting position, at the season ending TOUR Championship where the winner collects the FedExCup and $18million. Jude Championship last week and fellow Texas junior golfer Will Zalatoris won. But with points quadrupled in the Playoffs his lead was swallowed up when he missed the cut at the FedEx St. Having taken the top spot after the second of his four wins in the hot streak earlier this year Scheffler had not only kept it but produced a sizable gap on most others. ![]() He sits just one shot behind leader Adam Scott but importantly now projects back to the top of the FedExCup standings. Scheffler hopes the winning answer will be this weekend after a 4-under 67 on Friday at the BMW Championship moved the World No.1 to 7-under 135 at the halfway stage at Wilmington Country Club. ![]() Such is the world of golf where you can salute four times in a six-start stretch, including the Masters, but then find yourself trying not to be impatient after a ‘lean’ four months. Now he’s being asked when he will win again. – For a while during this season the question was would Scottie Scheffler ever stop winning.
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