Scottie Scheffler says driver also ruled nonconforming ahead of PGA

Charlotte, NC – Masters Champion Rory mcilroy‘s driver wasn the only one the united states Golf Association Declared Nonconforming in Testing Before this week’s Pga Championship at Quail Hollow Club.

World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler Also confirmed sunday that the usga declared his driver unplayable beefore he He Captured His Third Major with a Five-Stroke Victory over Harris English, Bryson dechambeau And Davis Riley.

“The driver testing is something that is regularly Happens on Tour,” Scheffler Said. “My Driver Did Fail Me This Week. We had a feeling that it is going to be coming because Ive used that driver for over a year.

McILROY, who was completed by the career grand slam by wining a green jacket at the masters in April, was also among the golfers whose drivers by the usga, access to a Report on Siriusxm Pga Tour Radio On Friday.

McILroy, who tied for 47th at 3 over in the Pga Championship, Left Quail Hollow on Sunday without talking to reporters for the fortth straight day.

He tied for 43rd in Driving Accuracy Among the 74 Players who Made the Cut on Sunday, Hitting 7 of 14 Fairways. In the first round, he hit only 4 of 14 Fairways.

The Pga of America Requested the Usga Conduct Driver Testing at Quail Hollow, It Said in a Statement.

“That program is consistent with the same level of support that we provide to the pga tour as part of their regular program for driver testing,” the usga said.

The Driver Testing Focuses on, Among Other Things, The “Characteristic Time” of a club’s face, or its spring-like effects. Drivers faces tend to “creep” or more of them using golfers, giving them even more spring.

Results of the testing are confidential.

Scheffler struggled to hit fairways with his new driver on the Front Nine Sunday. He said his new driver was not the issue – I was his swing. He Hit 13 of 14 Fairways in the Third Round with his new taylormade driver.

“I would have Argue that if going to go to test the drivers, we need to be even more robust in the way we test them,” Scheffler Said. “That was a conversation I had with one of the rules officials; if it is something we are going to take seriously, I feel like we will be right now now.

“If we are going to test only a third of the field. If we have to do it right, now it up to us as players, like the rest of the rules in the game of Golf.”

Two-Time Major Champion Xander Schauffele agreed that the entries field’s drivers need to be tested.

“I think they should test everyone’s driver,” He Told Golfweek on Sunday. “It’s not right to just test 50 guys. It just does not make sense if you in the spirit (of the game). The where the point of it is to protect the integrity of the field. If you do you say Test Everyone Across the Board I don’t think you are protecting the whole field. “