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AND HAL SUTTON IN 2001. WHO BEAT HAL IN 2001? TIGER WOODS. SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER, THOUGH, BECOMING THE FIRST IN PLAYERS HISTORY TO GO BACK TO BACK. >>> TIME NOW FOR “GOLF TODAY” ROUNDTABLE AS WE WELCOME IN OUR FAVORITE MUPPETS, REX HOGGARD AND RAIN LAVNER, OUT ON SITE ALL WEEK.

REX, I WANT TO START WITH YOU, ARE WE AT DOMINANT NUMBER ONE STATUS NOW. WE HAD THIS DEBATE THIS MORNING, GEORGE AND I, THERE IS STILL A WAYS TO GO. BUT IN TERMS OF THE COMPETITION HE’S GOT RIGHT NOW, FORGET MEASURING AGAINST TIGER, IS

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER TRULY A DOMINANT NUMBER ONE? >> I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE MATH, THE WORLD RANKING MATH, HE’S LEADING BY 4 1/2 AVERAGE WORLD RANKING POINTS. THAT DOESN’T COMPARE TO TIGER WOODS IN HIS PRIME, DOESN’T COME CLOSE TO THAT. I THINK IT COMPARES WELL TO WHAT

D.J. DID OR RORY McILROY. I THINK GEORGE TOUCHED ON IT, RELATIVE TO THE REST OF THE FIELD, YES, HE IS DOMINANT. AND I KNOW YOU LOOK AT LAST SEASON AND HOW HE FINISHED UP AFTER THE SPRING WHEN HE MADE ALL HIS HAY, NOT AS THOUGH HE

WAS MISSING CUTS OR FINISHING TIED FOR 55th. IT WAS TOP TEN, EVERY WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT. WE END UP HERE WHERE HE HAS DONE IT IN BACK-TO-BACK WEEKS, HE’S FOUND A WAY TO PUTT NOT GREAT, BUT AVERAGE, AND IF HE JUST

PUTTS AVERAGE, HE’S GOING TO BE A DOMINANT PLAYER. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN THIS FORTNIGHT ADDS UP TO A DOMINANT PLAYER. >> REX, I MEAN, TOUCHING ON WHAT YOU JUST SHARED AS FAR AS WHERE THAT GAP IS RIGHT NOW, BETWEEN SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER AT WORLD

NUMBER ONE AND RORY McILROY AT WORLD NUMBER TWO. LARGEST GAP SINCE DUSTIN JOHNSON AND THAT WAS SEVEN YEARS AGO. SCOTTIE IN WEEK 43 OF BEING WORLD NUMBER ONE. D.J., 64-WEEK RUN. THE NEXT LARGEST GAP RORY McILROY IN 2015. HE WENT FOR 54 WEEKS.

YOU SEE A LOT OF THESE GUYS WHO HAVE THREE, FOUR-YEAR RUN OF GREATNESS AND THEN THEY FALL BACK A GEAR. WITH SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER, WE SEE WHAT HE JUST DID, HE’S WORLD NUMBER ONE RIGHT NOW, WE WANT TO SAY HE CAN DO THIS FOR NEXT DECADE.

HOW MUCH STAYING POWER DO YOU THINK HE’S GOING TO HAVE? >>L I THINK IT IS A LOT. I THINK A LOT DEPENDS ON WHETHER HE CAN STAY HEALTHY. SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER MADE A CONCERTED EFFORT OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, NOT TO NECESSARILY GET BIGGER IN THE

GYM OR STRONGER IN THE GYM, BUT REALLY TO MAINTAIN HIS FLEXIBILITY. HE WAS REALLY PLAGUED BY SOME BACK ISSUES IN COLLEGE THAT KIND OF DERAILED SOME OF THE MOMENTUM HE HAD AS A JUNIOR. HE’S ONE OF THE BEST JUNIOR PLAYERS IN U.S. HISTORY.

AND SO THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN FRONT OF MIND WITH SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER, MAINTAINING FLEXIBILITY, MAKING SURE HE’S DOING THE RIGHT THINGS BECAUSE THE CONSISTENCY HE HAS ON A WEEK IN, WEEK OUT BASIS, IT TAKES A TOLL ON HIS BODY. HE’S DONE A GOOD JOB ABOUT THAT.

THE THING ABOUT SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER THAT REX JUST TOUCHED ON, THERE IS LIKE AN INEVITABILITY TO SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER. THERE IS ALMOST AN INFALLIBILITY WHEN IT COMES TO SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER. ALL HE NEEDED TO DO WAS LISTEN TO HIS PEERS ON SUNDAY, XANDER SCHAUFFELE OR WYNDHAM CLARK

SAYING, YOU KNOW, QUOTE, OF COURSE SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER IS GOING TO BE IN THE MIX, THAT’S WHAT HE DOES AS THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD, THAT’S NOW 27 CONSECUTIVE UNDER PAR ROUNDS. I THINK RARBD RANKINGS SAY AND THE GAP, I

THINK ALL OF HIS PEERS NOW KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO WIN THE GOLF TOURNAMENT, THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO BEAT SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER AND THAT APPEARS TO BE AN INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TASK. >> THE SIZE OF THAT GAP IS OBVIOUSLY GROWING. THE GAP BETWEEN SCOTTIE

SCHEFFLER AND RORY IS THE SAME GAP AS RORY TO NUMBER 19 IN THE RANKINGS. YOU WERE OUT THERE WITH THAT FINAL GROUP YESTERDAY, WHAT DOES XANDER SCHAUFFELE TAKE AWAY FROM THIS. WE HAVEN’T TALKED ABOUT HIM MUCH TODAY. IT IS ANOTHER NEAR MISS, YOU

MIGHT THINK WOULD BE A NEGATIVE FOR HIM, HE’S ALSO PRETTY EARLY IN THIS WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIS CUOMO. IF YOU’RE GETTING THIS CLOSE TO A BIG CHAMPIONSHIP, THAT’S GOT TO BE CONSIDERED A POSITIVE. WHAT DO YOU THINK HIS REACTION OR MINDSET IS TODAY?

>> I THINK THE EARLY RETURN CERTAINLY HAS TO BE POSITIVE AND HIS WORK RIGHT NOW WITH CHRIS COMO COMO. THIS WAS XANDER SCHAUFFELE’S TOURNAMENT TO WIN. HE MISSED HIS MARK BY A COUPLE OF FEET ON 14, MADE BOGEY ON 15. THAT WAS A BALL HE PROBABLY GETS

UP AND DOWN. HE SAID MORE THAN HALF OF THE TIME. ON 17, I’M SURE HE WOULD LIKE THAT READ OR THAT STROKE BACK FROM SIX FEET ON 17, WHICH COST HIM A MUCH NEEDED BIRDIE THERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, XANDER HAS FIVE TOP TENS, SECOND MOST ON TOUR

THIS SEASON. AND THE PROGRESS THAT THEY’RE MAKING, HE HAS FULL TRUST IN CHRIS COMO. THEY’RE TRYING TO GET HIM TO A PLACE WHERE HE’S FROM ABOVE AVERAGE DRIVE OF THE GOLF BALL TO AN ELITE DRIVER OF THE BALL GOLF. THAT’S THE TARGET RANGE, TRYING

TO GET TO THE LOW TO MID180s AVERAGE BALL SPEED, IF HE COUPLES THAT WITH A TRAJECTORY HE HITS, HE’LL EXPERIENCE A DISTINCT ADVANTAGE BY TO FLY BUNKERS OR CUT CORNERS. HE HAS FULL TRUST OF WHAT CHRIS COMO IS DOING. I DON’T THINK THERE IS ANYTHING

OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT SHOULD DISSUADE HIM FROM THINKING THAT EVENTUALLY HE’S GOING TO KNOCK DOWN THAT DOOR, MORE CONSISTENTLY, AND NOT BE THE PLAYER WHO I THINK GOLF FANS ARE FRUSTRATED WITH WHERE HE’S SO TALENTED, HE HAS NO

WEAKNESSES IN HIS GAME, AND HE STILL CAN’T QUITE SNAG THAT SIGNIFICANT TITLE. >> REX, WITH WYNDHAM CLARK, HOW SHOULD WE LABEL HIM AFTER THE RUN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS FINISHING BACK-TO-BACK. BIG GAME HUNTER OR A DIFFERENT MONIKER? >> I WOULD LABEL HIM ANGRY AFTER LAST NIGHT.

HE WAS THE GUY WHO LEFT THE PROPERTY WITH PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER BASED ON JUST WHAT HE SAID AFTERWARDS. YES, I THINK BIG GAME HUNTER IS ALSO A FAIR COMPARISON ON THIS. YOU DON’T FINISH BACK TO BACK AT BAY HILL AND TPC SAWGRASS AND

NOT HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN ON THE PGA TOUR. THE PUTT WAS HEART BREAKING, THE HEIGHT OF THEATER. I THINK HE’S PROBABLY GOING TO NEED A DAY OR TWO TO SORT OF UNWIND AND TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND REALIZE THAT EVERYTHING HE’S DOING IS RIGHT.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO MAKE BIG MISTAKES AT TPC SAWGRASS, BIG MISTAKES WHEN GO ING HEAD TO HED WITH THE WORLD NUMBER ONE. I THINK WHAT HE’S SEEN SO FAR THIS SEASON, WINNING AT PEBBLE BEACH, FINISHING WITH A FINAL ROUND 60 THERE, COMING UP JUST

SHORT LAST WEEK AT BAY HILL, COMING UP JUST SHORT AT TPC SAWGRASS. HE’S MAD, BUT AS HE GETS FURTHER AND FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD FROM THIS, HE’S ONLY GOING TO TAKE POSITIVES. >> WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF THE SAME THINGS FROM RORY McILROY

THIS YEAR IN THE SENSE THAT EVERY TIME HE TALKS AFTER A ROUND TO THE MEDIA, THERE ARE COMMENTS THAT MAKE NEWS, AND WHAT WE’RE SEEING INSIDE THE ROPES IS FAR SHORT OF HIS BEST. THIS T-19 FINISH AT SAWGRASS, HIS FIRST TOP 20 ON THE PGA TOUR

THIS YEAR. DOES HE NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER AND TUNE OUT THE NOISE AND FOCUS ON HIS BUSINESS? >> I THINK HE PROBABLY WOULD LIKE TO BE, BUT I DON’T THINK IT IS IN HIS NATURE. I GO BACK TO A COUPLE OF YEARS

AGO WHEN JORDAN SPIETH HAD JUST COME OUT ON TOUR, AND WE KIND OF ALL GRAVITATED TO HIM FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS, THE WAY HE PLAYED THE GAME, THE WAY HE WAS WINNING AND REALLY THE WAY HE ENGAGED WITH THE MEDIA. DIDN’T HOLD ANYTHING BACK,

REALLY NO SECRETS, AN OPEN BOOK. I REMEMBER HIM SAYING AT ONE POINT, I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO START SAYING LESS AND AS WE HAVE SEEN YEARS NOW HAVE GONE BY SINCE HE MADE THAT COMMENT AND HE DIDN’T. BECAUSE IT IS NOT IN HIS NATURE.

I THINK WHEN RORY, IT IS NOT IN HIS NATURE, NOT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS HONEST LLY LIKE HE DI ON SUNDAY. I THINK HE WANTED TO SEND A MESSAGE. WHEN HE WAS ASKED ABOUT THE MEETING BETWEEN THE PLAYER DIRECTORS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM SAUDI ARABIA’S PUBLIC

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