Matt Fitzpatrick has flipped script on Scottie Scheffler at RBC - but 1 task remains

Matt Fitzpatrick has Scottie Scheffler in an unfamiliar position Getty Images Scottie Scheffler is used to being chased at tournaments. Normally, it’s Scheffler out in front while his fellow PGA Tour stars gush about his relentlessness , bounce-back ability, demeanor , club-head control and course management . More often than not, Scottie Scheffler is the hunted, with those behind him admiring how the World No.

1 raced past them. This week at the RBC Heritage , the script is inverted. Scheffler started Saturday at Harbour Town seven shots behind 36-hole leader Matt Fitzpatrick but quickly closed the gap when he went out in 5-under 31 to vault into contention.

When Fitzpatrick stumbled early in his round, Scheffler suddenly had a share of the lead as he reached the closing stretch of his third round. But then Fitzpatrick, who won the Valspar last month and finished runner-up at the Players , regripped the steering wheel with birdies at No. 9 and 12 to regain the lead.

Scheffler closed with birdies at 16 and 18 to shoot a 7-under 64 and get into the house at 14 under. When Scheffler signed his card, he was on Fitzpatrick’s heels, then the 2022 U. S.