Scheffler: 'Tiger's here so nobody remembers I am!'

Scottie Scheffler insists he doesn’t feel any extra expectation coming into the PGA Championship as world No 1 and golf’s most recent major champion.

The 25-year-old started the year searching for his maiden PGA Tour victory but is now chasing a fifth win in just 98 days after a remarkable start to 2022.

Scheffler followed his breakthrough success at the WM Phoenix Open with further titles at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, lifting him to the top of the world rankings, before the American continued his streak with a three-shot victory at The Masters.

The world No 1 is among the favourites to add to his major tally at Southern Hills, where he won the Big-12 Championship for the University of Texas in 2015, although Scheffler has vowed not to get carried away with his recent run of results.

"Tiger's here so nobody really remembers that I'm here, so it's all good," Scheffler said. "I don't feel any different. I don't get any extra shots this week.

"It's nice to have the ranking, but at the end of the day when I show up at a tournament, I don't have any advantages over the field other than we all start even par. For me, it's a tremendous honour, but at the end of the day when I show up to a tournament, I'm starting at even."

Scheffler, who was fourth on his PGA Championship debut at Harding Park in 2020 and eighth at Kiawah Island last year, will partner fellow major champions Jon Rahm and Collin Morikawa - the next two below him in the world rankings - over the first two rounds in Oklahoma.

When asked whether he enjoys the extra attention after his rapid rise, Scheffler added: "Living in the moment is usually what works best for me. I don't want to get too high or too low. If you