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Scottie Scheffler expands his trophy case, hopes for Olympic gold addition

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Scottie Scheffler picked a good time to remodel his golf room at his home in Dallas, an office where he keeps trophies and a Masters green jacket, special memorabilia and space to tinker with his golf clubs.

He started winning, and then winning some more. He collected six PGA TOUR trophies through June, the most of anyone since Arnold Palmer in 1962.

“We built a couple additional shelves,” Scheffler said Monday. “We were redoing the room as I was winning a bunch and so we just kind of had to continue to adjust, which was a pretty fun thing to be able to do.”

An Olympic gold medal would be a nice addition, and it wouldn’t even take up much room.

That’s what Scheffler has set out to do at Le Golf National, where the men’s competition starts on Thursday with its strongest field since golf returned to the Olympic program in 2016.

Scheffler, the No. 1 player in golf since May of last year, leads a 60-man field that features the top seven players in the world ranking. He is the favorite, as he has been all year, although he now faces a significant challenge from PGA Championship and The Open winner Xander Schauffele.

 

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