On Day 2 of the Tour Championship, Tommy Fleetwood and Russell Henley surged to the top with matching 13-under totals. Scottie Scheffler, on the other hand, entered East Lake chasing history and nearly lost his cool chasing a par.

The World No. 1 opened the tournament with a 63, but Friday’s round exposed a more human side of him and an unexpected sarcastic moment.

Scheffler closed with a birdie on the par-5 18th to card 1-under 69, keeping himself in solo sixth at 8-under overall. That finish extended his streak of rounds in the 60s to 19.

Now, the Texan pro is the second-longest to do so on the PGA Tour since 1983, behind only Tiger Woods‘ record of 23. But while the stat sheet screamed consistency, the visuals told a different story.

On the par-4 14th, Scheffler splashed out of a greenside bunker to 10 feet, missed the par putt, and then, without hesitation, threw a sarcastic fist pump toward the hole.

The moment, caught on camera and shared by Flushing It Golf, quickly went viral. “Scottie Scheffler just fist pumped a missed putt at the Tour Championship. Love this 😂,” the account posted on X, summing up the mood.

Just before that, Scheffler had slammed his wedge into the sand in frustration, a rare emotional outburst from a player known for his calm demeanor.

He was also heard muttering expletives down the stretch, visibly battling the heat and pressure.

“I think the steam, the heat, late tee times, it’s all caught up with him (Friday),” said Sky Sports analyst Rich Beem. “He wants to win this so bad, but he’s tired. He needs to decompress and hit the reset button.”

Despite the tension, Scheffler’s finish on 18 was pure class. From inside 100 yards, he stuck his third shot to within a foot and tapped in for birdie, his seventh of the week. That kept him five shots off the lead heading into the weekend, behind Fleetwood, Henley, Cameron Young, Robert MacIntyre, and Patrick Cantlay.

Scheffler didn’t address the fist pump or club slam directly in his post-round comments, but he acknowledged the grind.

“I felt like I could have done things a little better,” the four-time major winner told reporters on Friday, per a transcript. “Overall, I didn’t really feel like I did too poorly. Just didn’t get a lot out of it.”

This year’s Tour Championship is being played without the controversial “starting strokes” format, meaning all 30 players began the week at even par. With $18 million on the line for the winner and the FedEx Cup title up for grabs, the pressure is real, and Scheffler knows every shot counts.

As Round 3 starts Saturday with Scheffler teeing off at 2:38 p.m. ET, alongside Patrick Cantlay, he will also be chasing a piece of history.

A win this weekend would make him the first player to win back-to-back FedExCup titles since the format’s inception in 2007. And with his sub-70 streak now just four rounds shy of Tiger’s all-time mark, the stakes are layered.

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