Scottie Scheffler played the BMW Championship while suffering from hand, foot and mouth disease.
Scottie Scheffler disclosed that he played the BMW Championship while ill with hand, foot and mouth disease, which caused painful blisters. He finished the tournament with a 2-under 68 final round and said he was improving but still not fully recovered. Scheffler had already secured the No. 1 FedEx Cup seed and a $23 million bonus entering the event.
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Divergence score
3 outlets covered it, splitting into 2 framing camps across 3 bias groups.
2 camps
3 bias groups
The spectrum · how 3 outlets placed this story
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AP News
Globe and Mail
NY Post
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International angle
Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
Furthest apart on this story
AP News
Scheffler says he played BMW Championship with hand, foot and mouth disease
straightforward health disclosure · neutral
NY Post
Scottie Scheffler shares awful children's disease that cost him shot at BMW Championship
dramatized illness-as-excuse · negative
First to report
- Globe and Mailfirst
- NY Post+1.4 h
By each outlet's earliest publish time in this story. Feeds that index slowly can appear later than they printed.
The split, in one line
AP and Globe ran identical wire copy with a straight health-disclosure framing; the Post led with awful children's disease and cost him shot, dramatizing the same facts.
How each outlet covered it
Lightly covered so far
Too few outlets to map a left-right split. Here is each take as it stands.
Sparse coverage · 3 outlets
“Scheffler says he played BMW Championship with hand, foot and mouth disease”
“Scheffler says he played BMW Championship with hand, foot and mouth disease”
“Scottie Scheffler shares awful children's disease that cost him shot at BMW Championship”
4 tracked claims across 3 outlets
Fact ledger
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Claimed
Scheffler finished the BMW Championship tied for 12th.
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