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Scottie Scheffler shows true colours with brilliant response to golf rival's ultimate accolade
World No.1 gives line in self-depreciation after ultimate accolade by rival
Admiring Jordan Spieth has paid rival Scottie Scheffler the ultimate accolade when he tagged him the best golf's ever seen in a key category.
But the modest No.1 responded to the compliment by admitting he sometimes feels like he's swinging a foreign object.
Scheffler's remarkable performances in the past two years has put him ahead of the rest in the sport with three Majors, made up of two Masters and last month's PGA Championship, already bagged.
Spieth is amongst those trying to hunt him down and, when asked what impresses him the most about his American Ryder Cup colleague, he said: 'I'm not going to sit here and say that I've ever had the kind of ball striking or consistency that he's had, but certainly all of us have had weeks or months or half a year or whatever where we feel that kind of control.
'What impressed me the most is his club face control is elite. I mean, it's maybe the best there's ever been as far as club face control. His consistency is ridiculous. And then that just leads to his distant control being phenomenal.
'There's a shot in and the worst he's going to do is 15 feet. Most guys are going to hit a good shot there, but for him, that was like the worst shot. He's probably like, all right, yeah, I played that safe and cast a putt out and go to tomorrow. So it's elite consistency and it's because his tempo and club face control yields these kinds of results.'
Scheffler took the comments in good grace, but had a line of self-depreciation as he responded: 'I mean, that's a nice compliment. I work hard on trying to control my golf ball and hitting a lot of different types of shots.
"I have some interesting footwork in my swing. Sometimes I feel like I have really good control of the face and then other times it feels like I'm swinging a foreign object!'
Scheffler is in line for another tournament success as he leads the way at The Memorial with just 18 holes to go. Spieth is chasing him again and not confident about is chances of overhauling the superstar as he admitted: 'I'm trying to react less, trying to understand that in a place like this, you're going to hit good shots that just end up a yard off and they're, they're just dead.
"And then you're going to hit some that feed right into the hole. The bummer for me is Scotty's at eight and you can't count on him shooting even, so it would take something special, but all in all, just trying to shoot a few under each day.'
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