He’d be the first to admit that his newly discovered style of reading greens by doing what looks like a military pushup is more utilitarian than artistic, particularly compared to the yoga-like contortions that Camilo Villegas produced in his heyday.
“I figured I could just fill out my shirts a little more, so if I could throw in a few pushups on every hole, it would be good for me,” Schauffele joked on Thursday after his first round in the U.S.
It seems that the sixth-ranked player in the world isn’t afraid to try anything these days.
Coming off his first missed cut in a major at last month’s PGA Championship, followed by a T-11 at Muirfield Village, Schauffele is right where many thought he’d been in this U.S.
His work on the greens was just OK on Thursday, with 29 putts required, including one three-putt.
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