Scheffler leads favourites as playoffs begin at St. Jude Championship

Scottie Scheffler, the No. I golfer in the world, enters the FedEx St. Jude Championship -- the first leg of the season-ending PGA Tour playoffs -- on a successful stretch. Scheffler will be coming off II consecutive top-IO finishes.

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With that momentum, which includes last month's Open title, Scheffler has handled the FedEx Cup playoffs preparation a bit differently than he would have for an event earlier in the season. For Scheffler, at this stage of the golf year, he’s finding that less is better.

"That extra practice is maybe only going to be draining for me a little bit, and that's something that I've learned to manage as my career has gone on," he said Wednesday from TPC Southwind, site of the St. Jude Championship. "I would say my prep week last week definitely looked a bit different than it would have looked before the Scottish Open and definitely looked a little bit different than it would have looked if you go back to the beginning of the year when I was coming off injury.

"So making sure I’m rested, ready to play. My game is in a good spot, and I feel like some extra practice at this point in the year can almost be detrimental in terms of just physical and mental fatigue."