As Scottie Scheffler stepped up to hit his approach shot on the par-5 fifth hole at Royal Liverpool Golf Club on Saturday afternoon, he suddenly heard his name being called out.
But it wasn’t a fan. Instead, to the right of him, there was a large TV screen playing live golf coverage of his current shot. Analysts were breaking down what Scheffler was about to do in real time, and the volume was loud.
Scheffler had to back off. It was like nothing he’d ever experienced before.
“That was strange,” he said. “I was standing over my shot and they had the TV going full volume over there and it was commentating my shot.