Scottie Scheffler could not hide his frustrations when hitting his ball into a bunker in the third round of the RBC Heritage at the Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island. The 28-year-old headed to the competition on the back of a fourth-placed finish at the Masters.

Despite the Signature Event being just a week after competing at Augusta, a host of big names headed into the competition. Scheffler was among those who opted to compete, and he went into Friday in contention after an opening round seven-under 64.

He then picked up where he left off with birdies during the early stages of Round Two before mistakes started to creep into his game.

Scheffler bogeyed the par-5 fifth before allowing his emotions to get the better of him at the eighth. After looking to draw his shot around a tall tree with his approach shot, his ball caught the trees before ultimately landing in the bunker down the left flank.

Scheffler was furious with his shot and took his frustrations out on the ground. The American initially looked to pass his club back to caddie Ted Scott.

However, Scheffler then pulled his club away and smashed it into the first cut of rough. He then trudged up the course before going on to make a bogey.

Scheffler managed to overcome his furious outburst quickly though, hitting a birdie on the ninth to remain in contention. The world No. 1 is keen to become the first player to defend the RBC Heritage title since 2008, though he will need to improve on his performance in the second round if he is to see off the likes of Justin Thomas, Kim Si Woo and Russell Henley.

Speaking earlier this week, Scheffler spoke of how he is still looking to learn and develop as a player. He said: “I mean learning about your swing game. I feel like in golf you can always be learning. There’s always a takeaway you can have from each round of golf, whether you can be a little sharper mentally or maybe a swing feel, something like that. There’s always something you can take away from a day. Today was a day in which my main takeaways will be how well my ball-striking was and mentally how I was approaching shots.”