Trevor Immelman has suggested whether he thinks Rory McIlroy or Scottie Scheffler will be more frustrated following their respective performances at the PGA Championship.
Golf fans were given hope that a showdown between McIlroy and Scheffler at Aronimink may be on the cards. The pair had finished in the top two spots at The Masters, with the Northern Irishman emerging victorious for a second year running.
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Scheffler had registered two further second place finishes leading into the second major of the year. And McIlroy looked to be a strong contender given the demands many expected Aronimink to place on players.
However, neither player was really a factor coming down the stretch on Sunday.
Trevor Immelman reacts to how Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler fared at the PGA Championship
Scheffler missed out on a major top 10 for the first time since the 2024 US Open. McIlroy’s hopes appeared to be dashed once he made a bogey on the 13th hole during the final round.
And speaking on Scorecard on CBS Sports, Trevor Immelman suggested that McIlroy will be the one really kicking himself given how his final round did play out in Philadelphia.
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“Yeah, for me, Rory, on the par fives, I mean, for him to play with that kind of power, you know, nothing encapsulates it quite like the ninth hole today,” he said.
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“I mean, it’s this massive drive out of here. He’s got a seven iron up the hill and he makes a par. And so for him to play the par fives in even, and to not get the drivable 13th today, I think that’s really going to be costly.
“Scheffler always felt just a little step out of it this week and the putter the last three days was just ice cold for him.”
How Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler performed on the Aronimink greens
McIlroy’s early birdie on Sunday threatened to be a statement of intent. However, the round would have ultimately reminded many of the final day at The Open Championship at St Andrews in 2022 when McIlroy simply could not hole a significant putt all day.
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As Immelman notes, he hit a 379-yard drive on the ninth hole. So walking off towards the 10th with yet another par would have felt like such a setback.
Interestingly, McIlroy gained 2.29 strokes on the greens on Sunday, according to Data Golf.
Meanwhile, Scheffler was one of just two players in the top 14 to lose shots on the putting surfaces across the tournament.
Had his putter been anywhere close to being warm, he would have almost certainly been in Aaron Rai’s thoughts as he made his charge to his first major title on Sunday.
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