It only takes a cursory glance at any statistics website to realize Scottie Scheffler’s ball-striking prowess (and more importantly consistency) is a step ahead of anyone in the game and it has been this way for the better part of three years now. Players such as Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, and Bryson DeChambeau are clearly incredibly impressive, but the stats don’t lie, Scheffler is a level above all of them from tee to green.
Scheffler possesses a somewhat idiosyncratic golf swing and footwork that always draws attention on broadcasts and social media, but coupled with his obvious exceptional talent, I believe that the diligence with which he approaches the fundamentals of setup has a huge influence on the remarkable consistency of his otherwise unorthodox method, and he has said as much himself.
Over the past few seasons, I have become fascinated by his generational levels of consistency, and have consumed as much Scheffler content as humanly possible which has led me to the conclusion that simplicity, basic fundamentals, and repetition are what Scheffler prioritizes above all else, and nowhere is that more evident than in his grip.
If you ever get the chance to look in Scheffler’s golf bag during any range session, be it warm-up or practice, you will without fail see two 7 irons in his bag, and attached to one of those 7-irons will be a molded rubber training grip that he begins EVERY session with. He simply refuses to undertake a single practice session or warm-up without using it. In fact, this club is so important to the world number one, that at the 2024 USPGA Championship, it was the very first club he plucked from of the bag for his extremely limited warm-up after being released from jail! If that doesn’t tell you how important it is to him, I don’t know what will?
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I would advise anyone to carefully watch Scheffler the next time they see him on the TV coverage, and observe just how meticulous he is when he places his hands on the grip of the club when taking his address. It is genuinely remarkable and highlights to me that he prioritizes this element of pre-swing more than any of his peers that I have seen at least, and when the person prioritizing something others aren’t is the best… well that suggests to me there is something to it!
The golf grip is literally our only point of contact…
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