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World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, stood at T31 in the FedEx St. Jude Championship and thus qualified in the top 50 standings to play at Olympia Fields North Course. But considering his performance in the second round of the BMW Championship, his putting was quite average, which hence creates uncertainty for the 27-year-old to win the title.

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But despite the looming instability, the 2023 Players Championship winner gave a friendly nod to Stephen Curry’s sibling.

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Scottie Scheffler extends his support to the NBA player

Golf, as we know, has always been a welcoming sport and has been quite supportive of athletes from other sporting escapades as well. One such instance got the limelight as an Instagram story by Scottie Scheffler went viral. 

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Scheffler is one of the most prominent names in golf. But this World No. 1 golfer’s BWW Championship title is currently at stake after the second round because Max Homa had a groundbreaking round, and his total score of 10-under 130 is quite unlikely to be beaten. Despite all this, the six-time PGA Tour winner made a post to support an NBA player, Seth Curry, Stephen Curry’s brother. 

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The NBA brothers are quite famous and are each other’s biggest support system, though they play on two different teams. But now the professional golfer also extends his supportive gesture by posting a picture of Seth Curry on his Instagram story, where Curry is seen in a cheerful mood wearing his red jersey.

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In that story, Scottie is watching the Dallas Mavericks player on his big screen TV. He captioned the story with a heartfelt line for his NBA buddy, “Who else has seen this?”. He also tagged Seth Curry in that story. 

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Scottie Scheffler’s performance in the BMW Championship so far

Scottie Scheffler had a good start at the beginning of the 2023 BMW Championship. In the opening round, he shot five birdies on holes four, eleven, twelve, thirteen, and fifteen. Thus, tied his score at 66 at the end of the round. 

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Then, going forward to Friday, his performance had a sudden drop in round two. He managed to make only one birdie on hole 5. Thus, he had a score of 69 at the end of round two. Currently, he sits at T5 on the leaderboard. Now, it is time to see if the third round can do wonders for the one-time major winner and if he makes a comeback to turn the game around. 

What do you think of Scottie Scheffler’s post? Let us know in the comments below. 

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Suchita is a golf writer for EssentiallySports who was chosen in the recent ‘ES Draft’ round for her in-depth coverage and knowledge of the sport. Even as a budding writer, she has captivated readers through her ability to bring the sport to life through her articles, especially when it comes to golf's latest hot topic, the merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf. Suchita draws her inspiration from one of the legends in women’s golf, Annika Sorrenstam. Her favorite maxim is also by the Swede, and is something that is always on the back of her mind: "I work hard to be the best version of myself; I don’t worry about what other people are doing or consider things I have no influence over."

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