Even Scheffler gets beat down. Majors don't matter on a Saturday in May on the 17th Casino Hole in McKinney. Boos rightly reigned down in him and Palmer after coming up short. Canadian Mackenzie Hughes came through with a solid tee shot, but he'd fallen off the leaderboard in the Texas wind. Hang in there, Mac, you've still got a chance at a big check on Sunday.
Money matters, and every stroke has a price tag on tour. Miss a 4 foot putt, lose out on $75,000, blast a drive out of bounds, $150,000, blade a sand iron, blade it back, that's a $225,000 triple bogie. The winner of the event will get $1.7 million, 2nd - $1.04 million, 3rd - $650 grand. If he holds his 54 hole position of 15th, Mac'll bank $173 grand. Not bad, but every bit of his Saturday 73 hurt to the wallet bone.
Scheffler is 2 back, tied with Day, Kim, and Norrman. Local resident Marty Dou, Amarillo's Ryan Palmer, and Okie Austin Eckroat start their Sunday rounds tied for the lead at 16 under. Aiming to make their mammas proud. Go for the pin on 17, club up, avoid the boos, nothing to lose, double down like a casino whale. Let it ride.