Johnson Wagner breaks down Scottie Scheffler’s strategy in his key sand shot on the 16th hole of The Players Championship Round 4, before attempting to recreate the shot himself. #GolfChannel #LiveFromThePlayers #ScottieScheffler
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Johnson Wagner recreates Scottie Scheffler’s sand shot on 16 | Live From the Players | Golf Channel
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>>> TREMENDOUS FINAL ROUND. SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER ROUND OF 64. THIS ONE OF THE PIVOTAL SHOTS OF THE DAY. OUR 5 16th. A LITTLE BUMPER. MASSIVE SHOT. EASY TAP-IN BIRDIE. TWO PARS AT 17 AND 18, AND 20 UNDER STOOD UP. THREE DIFFERENT PLAYERS HAD A CRACK AT IT, JUST COULDN’T GET
IT DONE. JOHNSON WAGNER IS DOWN THERE. GIVE US A LOOK AT WHAT THAT SHOT WAS LIKE. JOHNSON? >> WELL, RICH, SCOTTIE, WHAT A PERFORMANCE. I KIND OF THOUGHT ABOUT TRYING TO RECREATE THAT TEE SHOT HE HIT ON 12. BUT SOME OF THE GUYS IN THE TRAILER, KEVIN CASEY IN
PARTICULAR SAID I WOULD HAVE HAD TO MOVE UP AT LEAST 30 YARDS TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THE GREEN LIKE SCOTTIE DID. SO I’VE CHOSEN A LITTLE EASIER SHOT. THIS IS A SMALL BUNKER. YOU CAN GET A LOT OF LIES UP AGAINST THIS LIP AND HAVE NO STANCE.
AND THIS IS A PRETTY BASIC BUNKER SHOT, OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP IS ON THE LINE AND THAT THERE IS A PENALTY AREA JUST OVER. WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE HE DID TO ME WAS HE WAS TRYING TO EXECUTE THE SHOT TO LAND IT UP THERE
PERFECTLY ABOUT 6 FEET SHORT WITH SOME SPIN. BUT IF IT COMES OUT HEAVY, HE HAD THE BUFFER OF THE FLAT AND THE DOWN SLOPES TO WORK WITH. WE’LL SEE WHAT WE GOT TONIGHT. THE STAND SAND HERE IS JUST PERFECT. YOU CAN REALLY GIVE IT A GOOD WALLOP.
BLOCKED IT A LITTLE BIT. BUT HEY, I THINK IT’S PROBABLY THE BEST SHOT I’VE HIT ALL WEEK, AND THIS IS BIFTAL. SCOTTIE’S LAST BIRDIE OF THE DAY. THE SHOT HE HIT ON THE 17 WAS EXCELLENT TO THE MIDDLE OF THE GREEN, CONSERVATIVE.
AND THEN 18 HE GOT A BAD BOUNCE, AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN CLOSER. >> LISTEN, I’M IMPARTIAL. I WANT PULLING FOR ANYBODY IN THE TOURNAMENT, BUT I WAS PULLING FOR YOU. I’VE ENJOYED YOUR SEGMENTS ALL WEEK. I KNOW YOU HAD A FRENETIC DAY.
FOUR HOURS THIS MORNING ON LIVE FROM. I KNOW IT’S NOT LOST ON YOU THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS DAY, HOW ENTERTAINING IT WAS. WHAT WAS YOUR TAKE ABOUT THE FRENETIC ENERGY OF THIS EVENT? >> IT WAS INCREDIBLE. THAT BACK NINE WAS ELECTRIC. I MEAN WE HAD SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER,
WYNDHAM CLARK, XANDER SCHAUFFELE, AND BRIAN HARMAN ALL WITH THE CHANCE TO WIN. AND AS BRIAN JUST SAID IN HIS PRESSER, SCOTTIE JUST OUTEXECUTED. THEY ALL HAD THEIR CHANCES. THE PUTT XANDER MISSED ON 17. WYNDHAM’S PUTT ON 18. IT SEEMED LIKE ON 18 BRIAN AND WYNDHAM, I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY
KEEP THAT PUTT ON 18 ABOVE THE HOLE. IT WAS THE SAME FOR KEVIN KISNER WHEN HE HAD A PUTT VERY SIMILAR TO WIN IN REGULATION, WHEN RICKIE FOWLER WON IN THE PLAY-OFF. EVERYBODY READS THAT PUTT LOW. IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR GOLF. MORE IMPORTANTLY, A GREAT DAY
FOR THE PGA TOUR. I THINK WE’VE BEEN STARVED FOR A FINISH LIKE THIS. AND THE WEATHER WAS SPECTACULAR. I CAN’T WAIT TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR TO TPC SAWGRASS. >> JOHNSON, GREAT WEEK. WE REALLY ENJOYED EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID, AND WE’LL SEE YOU IN A FEW DAYS. WAY TO GO.
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