Scottie Scheffler beat Nico Echavarria in Sunday’s Presidents Cup singles at Medinah, finishing 3-1-0, then defended captain Brandt Snedeker, who said he had let the US team down: Scheffler said Snedeker supported the players well and should not dwell on his decisions.
Snedeker had left Scheffler out of the US lineup for Saturday afternoon foursomes. That evening, the captain said he felt he had let the players down, citing his decisions and saying he had not done enough to make them comfortable.
During the singles match, a US fan heckled Echavarria as he began his backswing. Scheffler gave Echavarria his chip for par from off the green on the 14th, and they halved the hole. Asked about the incident, Scheffler said there was “no real place for that” in golf.
