Scottie Scheffler reveals he played through 'pretty painful' illness during the BMW Championship

For Scottie Scheffler, finishing in 12th place at a tournament is not spectacular, as golf fans are accustomed to seeing his name at the top of the leaderboard.

However, when you play through hand-foot-and-mouth disease , finishing 12th at the BMW Championship is remarkably impressive.

After shooting a 2-under 68 on Sunday, Scheffler revealed what he dealt with throughout the week.

"So to start the week it was pretty painful to grip the club," Scheffler said.

"If I was smarter maybe I would have pulled out, but I was playing so good I felt like if I could knock it out quickly and just get through the first couple rounds I would still have a chance." CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Generally, hand-foot-and-mouth disease is a viral illness that affects children.

There is no cure for it, which means the common symptoms of painful blisters on the hands, feet and mouth, a fever and sore throat are things Scheffler had to play through without relief.

The world’s top-ranked golfer said he got sick on Monday night, a day after winning the FedEx St.

Jude Championship by eight strokes.

"I felt better as the week went on," Scheffler said.

"I got sick Monday night.

That was probably the most frustrating part.

Playing really good golf, and you come out of the heat and get a little adrenaline, sometimes your body kind of crashes.

Then it hit me pretty good all week." "I’m still not 100% now, but I’ll get some rest now and hopefully that will help." ZERO BS.

JUST DAKICH.