FEDEX ST. JUDE CHAMPIONSHIP

August 7, 2025

Scottie Scheffler

TPC Southwind

Quick Quotes

Q. Are you a little 'stitious?

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: Yeah, I use the same divot tool and ball marker most days, so a little 'stitious.

Q. You've had the same yardage book cover for the last four years too.

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: Yeah, that too.

Q. Why is that?

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: Just habit. No reason to it. I like it.

Q. Why?

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: It's good size, it's got USA on it. I think it's pretty cool.

Q. Where is the divot tool from?

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: Divot tool -- actually it's from Cypress Point. But I don't use it because it's from Cypress Point. It's just the right size and it's metal, so they don't really make those types of divot tools anymore, so I found one there and I've stuck with it.

Q. Did you buy it?

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: Oh, yeah, I bought it in the shop. I bought one last year or maybe two years ago, and I lost it at some point, and I literally could not find another divot tool like that.

Then I went on eBay, found a Cypress Point ball marker, paid like 50 bucks for it. Then I went back this year, and they were a little cheaper on-site so I got a couple extras.

Q. Let's talk about today because it seemed pretty solid like we've come to expect of you.

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: Yeah, I guess good for y'all. Y'all don't have to hit it. It's easy to watch it and see -- it's easy to tell me where to hit it. It's a lot harder to actually do it.

Today was a good day. I did some solid stuff. Felt like I was close to playing a really great round but ended up with a solid round. Overall a decent start.

Q. Best shot, shot you're most proud of today?

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: I don't know. The par-3, hit a good shot in there to about eight feet, knocked it in.

Q. Going through routines on Tuesday and Wednesday getting ready to play, do you like going through routines? Do you like routine or do you like the results that come out of the routine?

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: I like the results too. I don't want the results to be poor.

Q. Do routines get boring or --

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: No, I'm pretty routine when it comes to how I normally do stuff.

Q. Back-to-back birdies on 2 and 3 to start your round today. How important was that to get momentum for the rest of the week?

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: I would say the start is a little bit easier than the rest of the golf course. You see the guys shooting low rounds, you've got to get off to a good start. You've got a reachable par-5 on the third and then two wedge holes to start as well. Did a good job getting the ball in the fairway and then hitting some nice approach shots as well.

Q. Bogey avoidance seems to be one of those true strengths of yours. Is that a mental thing or is that execution or both?

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: It has a lot to do with execution. It's easy to say, try to hit fairways, try to hit greens. It's just way harder to do it. It's way harder to hit a lot of fairways and hit a lot of greens. I think everybody always intends to do that when they go out there, and it's one of those things that's a lot easier said than done.

When I'm executing and hitting fairways, it's a lot easier to avoid bogeys, but when you start missing fairways out here, bogeys are going to come pretty quick.

Q. When you buy something on eBay, do you use a fake name or have them send it to Blake or --

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: No, he sent it to me and wrote me a little note and everything. He was a nice guy.

Q. There were some recent renovations to the course. How did it suit your game today?

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: Renovations were good. They put in new greens, fresh greens, firmed it up. They also, I felt like, they definitely tried to grow the rough a little bit thicker this year. Overall I thought it was a really good test. You've got to hit the ball well out here, and there's great rewards for good shots and the bad shots are being punished as well.