PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

May 14, 2026

Scottie Scheffler

Aronimink Golf Club

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THE MODERATOR: Scottie Scheffler is with us now at the 108th PGA Championship.

Q. Scottie, you've talked about spotting the field too many shots the first couple rounds. Does this feel satisfying to play this way and be right there?

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: Yeah, definitely the best start I've gotten off to this year, maybe besides American Express maybe. Yeah, I felt like, especially going into the weekend when you look at like the Masters and Hilton Head and Cadillac, finishing second was probably not all that bad from where I was starting the weekend.

Yeah, definitely nice to get off to a better start this week.

Q. 13 of 14 fairways, I believe. Does that feel right? Is that important to you? Getting the ball on the fairways?

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: It's always important to get the ball on the fairway. I think around this golf course there's a lot of run-ups on the greens, and they put the pins on some of the high points. So your scores are definitely going to be lower if you hit the ball on the fairway, but it's still really, really difficult to make birdies.

You hit some really nice iron shots in there to 10, 15 feet, and you've got putts with a ton of break on them. This golf course, especially on the greens, is quite challenging.

Q. I know they don't give out prizes after one round, but given all you've achieved in this sport, how does it leave you feeling, the fact that you, for the first time ever, you have the lead or a share of the lead after one round at a major? How do you feel about the position you put yourself in?

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: Yeah, I think the emphasis would be share of the lead. I think there's like six or seven guys up there. I mean, it's a really tight leaderboard. At this moment, it's anybody's tournament.

Like you said, it's nice to get off to a good start. Get some rest tonight and wake up and do more of the same tomorrow.

Q. We saw you miss the par putt on 14. To the broadcast cameras, it kind of look like you just stood there and laughed. What did you make of the way the greens were playing today?

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: I mean, there's a ton of slope on the greens. That putt in particular on 14, it was like the pin was on the very highest point of the green. It was like everything around it went like this. I just watched Fitzy's putt break right to left and he missed it on the left side. So I played it what I thought was right center, and it broke pretty severely to the right.

There's just not much you can do there other than laugh. That's part of the game. Sometimes you get good and bad breaks. I holed a couple of long putts today, and any time you're able to do something like that, you've got to take the good with the bad.

Q. It's the first time this area has held a major tournament in quite a while. We saw some video of you during practice rounds getting chirped for being a Cowboys fan. What did you make of the environment during the first full day of competition today?

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: I got chirped more than I expected for being a Cowboys fan, but it was all in good fun. I got quite a kick out of it. The fans were quite funny today.

Philly is definitely a sports town. I said it a little in the beginning, I haven't played much golf here and haven't spent much time in the city, and I certainly won't this week with it being a golf tournament.

Yeah, it was a lot of fun. The crowd had some great energy today. There were some really cool spots on the golf course where you can kind of get punch bowl type of feel and the crowd can get loud.

Like, I holed a nice putt on 7, and it was really loud.

Another nice par putt on 8, and it was really loud. The crowd had a ton of energy, and it was really fun to play in front of them today.