Scottie Scheffler didn’t need any help from his struggling putter at the par-3 eighth hole at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas on Sunday.
The world No. 1 made the second hole-in-one of his PGA Tour career in the final round of the 2023 Charles Schwab Championship.
The native Texan’s 7-iron at the 189-yard par-3 bounced twice on the green and made a bee line for the hole. Scheffler lifted his arms to the heavens and celebrated by hugging caddie Ted Scott.
“Just a three-quarter 7-iron. Pretty much the exact same shot I hit there yesterday. Tee box was a little further up, and there was a little bit more wind in our face, so it kind of set up nicely,” Scheffler said. “Yeah, it landed and went in. That was definitely a lot of fun.”
It was the second ace of the week at the hole – Harris English did the same on Friday – and the second ace for Scheffler on the PGA Tour, who made his previous hole-in-one down the road in Dallas during the third round of the 2014 AT&T Byron Nelson. (Scheffler also counts an ace he made during the Par-3 Contest at the Masters in April, saying, “I’m going to count it for myself. I feel like that’s fair at Augusta.”)
The ace lifted Scheffler to 7 under for the tournament and in fourth place despite ranking last among the field of 72 to make the cut in Strokes Gain: putting this week. The ace was a continuation of Scheffler’s ball-striking prowess. He ranks first in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green.
Scheffler lost in a playoff at this event a year earlier to Sam Burns.
Scheffler’s sister, Callie, was on the bag for his previous ace in 2014. When asked who gives a better post-ace hug, his sister or Scott, Scheffler laughed and said, “I’m not going to answer that.”
ACE FOR SCHEFFLER!!
It’s the second hole-in-one of Scottie Scheffler’s career @CSChallengeFW 🔥 pic.twitter.com/sRGrlYp717
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 28, 2023
