Hero World Challenge (Round 1) interviews from the Bahamas — Tiger Woods’ event.
Hear from Scottie Scheffler on returning to competition, managing “rust,” and how the driver performed in play, plus why chipping around these greens is so difficult in grainy Bermuda conditions.
We also catch up with J.J. Spaun on keeping it stress-free, Wyndham Clark on rebuilding his ball-striking and working with Pat Coyner, Sepp Straka on testing swing changes in competition, and Akshay Bhatia on a new caddie, energy/vibes, and looking ahead to 2026.
Featured: Scottie Scheffler, J.J. Spaun, Wyndham Clark, Sepp Straka, Akshay Bhatia
Event: Hero World Challenge (Tiger Woods host event) | Bahamas
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All right, Scotty, first competitive round in a while. Feel any rust out there to feel, you know, back to normal? Yeah, I mean, I felt pretty good. I think there’s always going to be some some rust in there, but I don’t really think about that one out there playing. Just trying to, you know, shoot a score. Uh, first competitive round with the driver in play. Just how’d it perform? How’d you feel like about it? It’s pretty good. I didn’t I didn’t see anything off the face that I didn’t feel in my hands. And so, that’s typically that’s typically a pretty good thing for me with the with the driver. I want to be able to when I feel something when I look up I I want it to be able to I want I want it to match. And so today I didn’t see anything out of the ordinary. And so that’s that’s a pretty good spot to be in. You got anything? You don’t have to make anything up. I mean if you got nothing good Yeah. Oh no. This better be good. Talk about the the chipping around here. Why is it so difficult to chip around these greens? Uh, is it just the grain or is there something else as well? Uh, I mean I think the grain definitely has a lot to do with the ball has a tendency to sit down in the turf and um, you know, a lot of it’s runoff area, so you’re below the green, ball sitting down. It can be it can be pretty challenging.
