World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler didn’t have himself a merry little Christmas.
Scheffler suffered an damage to his proper hand whereas making ready dinner on Christmas Day, the PGA Tour announced on Friday.
The 2-time Masters winner “sustained a puncture wound to the palm of his proper hand from a damaged glass,” in response to the assertion launched by his supervisor Blake Smith. A number of small fragments of glass bought lodged inside Scheffler’s palm. He wanted to endure surgical procedure to have the tiny shards eliminated.
Scheffler is anticipated to make a full restoration in three to 4 weeks.
The 28-year-old had been slated to play at The Sentry, the 2025 season opener, on Jan. 2 on the Plantation Course at Kapalua Resort in Maui, Hawaii. As a substitute, Scheffler’s earliest alternative to return can be at The American Categorical, scheduled for Jan. 16-19 in La Quinta, California.
Scheffler had one of the vital eventful seasons of golf in current reminiscence, each on and off the green. He was named PGA Tour Participant of the Yr for the third consecutive time after successful seven PGA Tour titles, together with the 2024 Masters. Scheffler additionally gained an Olympic gold medal for Group USA.
However Scheffler’s most viral second was when he was arrested in Might whereas making an attempt to enter Valhalla Golf Membership in Louisville, Kentucky, to play his second spherical of the PGA Championship.
