Scottie Scheffler brushes off his poor display at the US Open

Scottie Scheffler insists he is unruffled by last week’s disappointing showing at the US Open as he prepares to return to action at the Travelers Championship.

The world number one was a strong favourite at Pinehurst last week after claiming his fifth victory of the season at the Memorial Tournament a fortnight ago.

But the 27-year-old finished 14 shots behind winner Bryson DeChambeau after carding his fifth successive over-par round.

The Masters champion said at a press conference: “Well, I didn’t really think about it very much when I was shooting under par, so I’m probably not going to think about it too much when I’m shooting over par.

“It’s just one of those deals, like when I was playing good and I was able to survive the harder golf courses.

“It’s just kind of (one of) those weird little stats. It’s not like I played that bad and shot over par.”

Scheffler did voice his frustration with the calendar last week, suggesting the scheduling of the Memorial Tournament – one of the PGA Tour’s eight ‘signature’ events – the week before the third major of the year was not ideal.

Since then it has been announced the Jack Nicklaus-hosted tournament will be moved a week earlier from 2025 to allow greater preparation time for the US Open.

The signature events concept of lucrative, limited-field tournaments is in its first year and was developed in response to the threat of rival Saudi-backed LIV Golf.

Scheffler has generally welcomed the series but expects further tweaks to be made to the format in due course.

He said: “As far as playing multiple weeks in a row, having the ability to play twosomes makes it a lot easier to get guys around the golf course, especially if we’re going to be asked to play numerous weeks in a row with