India, May 14 -- Scottie Scheffler is the defending champion at the PGA Championship and feeling like a bridesmaid over the last month. Runner-up to Rory McIlroy at the Masters. Playoff loss to Matt Fitzpatrick at the RBC Heritage. Runner-up (by six shots) to Cameron Young at Doral.

"Last week my wife was like, Hey, Scottie. You're like the first guy in PGA Tour history to have three solo runner-ups in a row.' I'm like, Yeah, it's probably because the guy that was playing that good figured out a way to win one of those,'" Scheffler said on Tuesday.

It hasn't put much of a dent in his confidence going into the second major of the year. Scheffler is fierce when it comes to competition, hates losing even in friendly matches with his caddie...