Scottie Scheffler has epic response to critics worried about his recent struggles

In 2014, Aaron Rodgers famously told Green Bay Packers fans to R-E-L-A-X after the team's 1-2 start, and he was right. The four-time MVP went on to lead the Packers to a 12-4 record and the No. 2 seed in the NFC. Now, Scottie Scheffler is doing his best Rodgers impression for PGA Tour fans. 

Ahead of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club & Lodge, a reporter asked Scheffler if he's concerned about his first-round struggles so far this season and what he can do to iron them out. Considering the World No. 1 ranks 117th on the PGA Tour this year in first-round scoring average (70.5), it was a valid question to ask.

But Scheffler, while channeling Rodgers, quickly shut down the idea that he's worried about a few mediocre rounds. 

"Last year on Tour I led the Tour in first-round, second-round, third-round and fourth-round scoring," Scheffler told reporters on Wednesday from Bay Hill. "So I’m not too concerned over a very small sample size."

Mic drop.

Are Scottie Scheffler's first-round struggles a cause for concern?

Although what Scheffler said is true, he was actually better in the first round than in any other round in 2025. The American averaged 67.45 in first rounds last year, by far the best mark of the four. 

This season, however, his first-round scoring average is more than three strokes worse than his next-highest average. Scheffler has shot 73, 72 and 74 in the first round of his last three starts, making it nearly impossible to fight back and contend for a win. 

But, as Scheffler said himself, it's too small a sample size to start worrying about a problem that may not exist.