{"id":35148,"date":"2025-03-05T20:02:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T20:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/05\/scottie-scheffler-loses-to-10-handicap-amateur-in-arnold-palmer-buildup\/"},"modified":"2025-03-05T20:02:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T20:02:20","slug":"scottie-scheffler-loses-to-10-handicap-amateur-in-arnold-palmer-buildup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/05\/scottie-scheffler-loses-to-10-handicap-amateur-in-arnold-palmer-buildup\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottie Scheffler loses to 10-handicap amateur in Arnold Palmer buildup"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>World No 1 jokes about \u2018confidence boost\u2019 after defeat<\/li>\n<li>McIlroy: \u2018I don\u2019t think the PGA Tour needs a LIV deal\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The secret to beating Scottie Scheffler has emerged at last: place him in a duel against a 10-handicapper.<\/p>\n<p>Scheffler\u2019s domination of professional golf has led to him winning 18 times since early 2022. He is the undisputed world No 1, who this week will chase a third Arnold Palmer Invitational in four attempts. The Texan used pre-tournament media duties at Bay Hill to reveal he is fallible, including in dramatic circumstances to an amateur friend with whom he faced off in Dallas at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2025\/mar\/05\/scottie-scheffler-loses-to-10-handicapper-in-arnold-palmer-buildup\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World No 1 jokes about \u2018confidence boost\u2019 after defeat McIlroy: \u2018I don\u2019t think the PGA Tour needs a LIV deal\u2019 The secret to beating Scottie Scheffler has emerged at last: place him in a duel against a 10-handicapper. Scheffler\u2019s domination of professional golf has led to him winning 18 times since early 2022. He is &#8230; <a title=\"Scottie Scheffler loses to 10-handicap amateur in Arnold Palmer buildup\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/05\/scottie-scheffler-loses-to-10-handicap-amateur-in-arnold-palmer-buildup\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Scottie Scheffler loses to 10-handicap amateur in Arnold Palmer buildup\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}