THANKS, SIS: Scottie Scheffler wanted to hit 4-iron at the 218-yard, par-3 second hole Saturday.
His 19-year-old sister Callie, carrying his bag this week, thought otherwise.
"What about the 5?" she said.
One of his playing partners said the same thing. So the 17-year-old top-ranked junior amateur from Dallas went with the 5-iron.
Hole-in-one.
It's just the fourth ace struck by an amateur at a PGA TOUR event since 1983. It's the third ace for Scheffler in competition.
Callie, who plays collegiately at Texas A&M, has been on the bag for two of them. The other time was at the U.S. Amateur. She called that club too.
"That's pretty funny," Scheffler said. "That one we actually got to see go in."
The ace was on Scheffler's 11th hole (he started his round off the 10th tee) and helped turn around his day. He made three more birdies coming in to shoot 69 in a round in which he missed five putts inside 5 feet. He's 2 under going into Sunday.
And thanks to the ace ...
"At least he didn't have to putt," Callie joked.