World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler didn’t have himself a merry little Christmas.
Scheffler suffered an harm 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. Just a few small fragments of glass obtained lodged inside Scheffler’s palm. He wanted to bear 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 an alternative, Scheffler’s earliest alternative to return can be at The American Specific, scheduled for Jan. 16-19 in La Quinta, California.
Scheffler had one of the vital eventful seasons of golf in latest reminiscence, each on and off the golf green. He was named PGA Tour Participant of the Yr for the third consecutive time after profitable seven PGA Tour titles, together with the 2024 Masters. Scheffler additionally received an Olympic gold medal for Workforce USA.
However Scheffler’s most viral second was when he was arrested in Could whereas trying to enter Valhalla Golf Membership in Louisville, Kentucky, to play his second spherical of the PGA Championship.
