Scheffler adjusts Ryder Cup prep after sting of '23

NAPA, Calif. -- World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler connected Wednesday said he's doing things otherwise this twelvemonth aft his mentation going into the 2023 Ryder Cup, which the United States mislaid to Europe, was "not arsenic bully arsenic it should person been."

"When I look backmost astatine the '23 Cup, I deliberation I halved 2 matches and mislaid two, truthful I deliberation I near determination without winning a azygous lucifer and that hurt," Scheffler said. "I deliberation I could person been a small spot sharper astatine that tournament. That was a learning acquisition for me."

"It sucked," U.S. teammate Collin Morikawa said of losing successful Rome. "It sits with you for a small bit."

This clip around, Scheffler is including the Procore Championship -- where he'll play alongside Morikawa and 8 different members of the United States team -- arsenic portion of his mentation for the Ryder Cup, which takes spot Sept. 26-28. The four-time large victor said that adjacent though immoderate of the squad members made a scouting travel to Rome up of the 2023 event, thing compares to staying crisp by playing competitory golf.

"It would beryllium antithetic for maine to person 4 oregon 5 weeks disconnected earlier the Masters oregon the U.S. Open oregon thing similar that," Scheffler said. "So there's nary crushed that I should beryllium doing that going into the Ryder Cup."

Scheffler said that arsenic soon arsenic the Open Championship ended successful July, helium has been reasoning astir and preparing for the matches astatine Bethpage Black and lauded the enactment skipper Keegan Bradley has done to signifier and energize the team.

"You tin signifier and bash each you tin astatine home, but there's thing antithetic astir playing competition, getting acceptable for a tournament," Scheffler said. "Everybody's excited to beryllium here. ... I consciousness similar going to this year's Ryder Cup, I'm going to beryllium arsenic prepared arsenic imaginable and past spell retired and compete."

While Scheffler whitethorn beryllium the champion subordinate successful the satellite astatine the moment, his relation connected the squad isn't arsenic outsized arsenic 1 mightiness expect. He said helium doesn't deliberation astir his peculiar presumption arsenic thing much than being prepared and putting up points for his team.

Bradley praised Scheffler's ego-less attack arsenic good arsenic the information that helium doesn't shy distant from the large moments.

"I deliberation helium would anticipation that it comes down to him successful singles," Bradley said of Scheffler. "I stake he, like, dreams astir it. That benignant of separates Scottie from the remainder of the guys."