Scottie Scheffler used spiders and chapstick to win back-to-back tournaments

So, what changed? Spiders and chapstick, that's what.

Ahead of the API, Scheffler switched out his blade putter for a TaylorMade Spider Tour X mallet. The World No. 1 has experimented with a mallet in the past, but this version was meant to fix his posture and help him roll putts on line more consistently. It paid dividends right away. 

Scheffler ranked first in the field at Bay Hill in putting average, and he didn't record a single three-putt all week. He kept the momentum rolling into The Players, where he finished the week ranked 37th in strokes gained from putting and 18th in putting average. 

The switch to a TaylorMade Spider isn't the only reason for Scheffler's putting turnaround, though. The 27-year-old also started messing around with a putting drill that involves a tube of chapstick. As Scheffler explained after winning The Players, he hones in his speed by throwing his chapstick on the green, closing his eyes and putting to it without lining anything up.

"It's just a good way to just kind of get more engaged in my feel, be more outward with things, not focus so much on what's going on down there," Scheffler said, per Golf Digest. "It's just me doing some speed control...it's kind of entertaining."

Scheffler being able to combine his tee-to-green prowess with above-average putting is a nightmare for the rest of the PGA Tour. And to think all it took to crack the code was a spider and a tube of chapstick.