Scottie Scheffler. Andrew Redington/Getty Photographs
Scottie Scheffler has withdrawn from the primary occasion of the PGA Tour’s 2025 season-opening event on account of damage.
“On Christmas Day whereas getting ready dinner, Scottie sustained a puncture wound to the palm of his proper hand from damaged glass,” Scheffler’s agent Blake Smith mentioned in a press release shared through the PGA Tour’s official X account on Friday, December 27. “Small glass fragments remained within the palm which required surgical procedure.”
Scheffler’s restoration time will probably be about “three to 4 weeks,” per the assertion. He’s now unable to take part in The Sentry event in Maui, Hawaii, which is held from January 2 to five. The choice got here shortly earlier than the event’s dedication deadline which was at 5 p.m. ET.
Whereas Scheffler, 28, is not going to be in Hawaii subsequent week, he’s anticipated to return for The American Specific event in La Quinta, California, which commences on January 16.
Sheffler is the reigning PGA Participant of the 12 months and is ranked the No. 1 golfer on the planet. In June, he made historical past together with his sixth PGA Tour win. Sheffler celebrated the win together with his spouse, Meredith Scudder, and their new child son, Bennett, whom they welcomed in Might. Following the win, Sheffler turned the primary golfer to earn six PGA Tour wins earlier than July since Arnold Palmer completed the feat in 1962.
“This golf course produces numerous the thrilling stuff coming down the stretch so it was good to be on the market competing,” Scheffler mentioned in a press convention after his victory. “It’s nice competing towards certainly one of my good buddies in Tom Kim, however it’s additionally very troublesome on the identical time. I would like what’s greatest for him so generally it may be arduous and I feel, for each of us, battling towards one another on the market. However, it was numerous enjoyable and I’m proud to be sitting right here with the trophy.”
Scottie Scheffler misplaced his composure on Friday, August 23, throughout the PGA Tour’s 2024 BMW Championship, when a less-than-perfect shot resulted in him dropping an F-bomb on dwell TV. The golf professional, 28, who’s at present ranked No. 1 on the planet, ran right into a snag on the tenth gap of Denver’s Citadel Pines Golf […]
Two months later, Sheffler competed within the Paris Olympics for Workforce USA. He introduced dwelling a gold medal for Males’s Particular person Stroke Play. In August, Sheffler returned to the PGA for the 2024 FedEx Cup which he gained as effectively. The win got here with a $25 million prize.
“I’m simply pleased with the work that we put in,” Scheffler mentioned on the time, per ESPN. “It’s arduous to place into phrases what this 12 months has been like for me. It’s been fairly emotional. There’s been numerous stuff that’s gone on exterior of golf. It’s been a little bit of a wild 12 months.”
