Dan Rapaport reacts to ‘weird’ response from Scottie Scheffler as he calls out journalist’s question
Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Scottie Scheffler had one of the all-time great Masters rounds to get himself in contention, but you wouldn’t have known it judging by his reaction. The world number one shot a second-round 65 to bring himself to within four shots of the leading Rory McIlroy and Cameron Young, despite starting the weekend 12 shots back. But he missed a number of putts which would have given him an opportunity to break the course record at Augusta National.
He was therefore asked after his round what score he thought was possible for him on the day, and Scheffler wasn’t best pleased. “That’s just a terrible question. Next question.
Awful,” was his response as he scoffed at the journalist. It was not a good look, and fans took to social media to slam Scheffler afterward. Then, Dan Rapaport weighed in with his take on Scheffler’s response.
Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images Dan Rapaport says Scottie Scheffler’s actions after third round were ‘weird’ Rapaport, speaking on Dan on Golf, following the conclusion of a dramatic third round, shared his thoughts on Scheffler’s strange response. He said, “That was kind of weird, right? It didn’t feel like that bad of a question, especially because I saw a clip that came out later from an earlier interview, and he said to Amanda Balionis that he left a few out there today.
“I don’t know if it’s something personal with that reporter, but then you can also see after he said it that he felt like an a—-hole, so he kind of give it the ‘I wasn’t being serious’ but he was in the moment. “I kind of get it. He shot 65 on The Masters on Saturday and the first question is about what could that have been or what should that have been.