Scottie Scheffler had the Most Relatable PGA Championship Celebration
Scottie Scheffler may be one of us, but he’s not like us. When you and I miss from the tee box, it’s on another hole. When Scottie misses a drive (more on that later), he’s sitting in the rough a few feet off the fairway.
Scheffler is the most dominant golfer in the world and he proved it once again on Sunday.
Jon Rahm briefly evened things up atop the PGA Championship leaderboard, but there was never a doubt. Scheffler ran away with a 5-stroke win at 11-under-par to win his first Wanamaker Trophy at Quail Hollow. It’s the third Major Championship for the world’s No. 1 golfer and the first outside of Augusta National.
Once the tournament was over, Scheffler had some business to attend to. First and foremost, he had to sign his scorecard and make the final round official. He also had to report for Dad duty.
Scheffler has only been parenting for a year, and he’s already got it down to a science. Needing two free hands, Scottie executed a distraction to perfection, handing his 1-year-old, Bennett, his hat and a book.
Every parent has been in a similar situation. Baby is liable and eager to create chaos without something to captivate them. Fortunately, it takes very little to captivate Baby: A hat, a water bottle, whatever it takes to spare a few minutes for Mom and Dad. It’s just that most Dads aren’t trying to buy time to officially sign a winning PGA Championship scorecard.
Scottie celebrated by playing Dad. His sponsors celebrated by poking fun at Louisville. His arrest at Valhalla ahead of last year’s PGA Championship will continue to create punchlines for years to come.
Scheffler Won Without his Driver
Scottie Scheffler was relatable in more ways than one. Who among us hasn’t had to finish a round of golf without our trusty driver? Usually, it’s because we snapped the head off of it. In Scottie’s case, the rules nerds attacked.
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Hand up, didn’t know this was a rule. Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy were among a few golfers who had their drivers inspected by the USGA ahead of the PGA Championship and were ruled “nonconforming.” They had to find different sticks that passed muster for the rules officials.
“The driver testing is something that regularly happens on tour,” Scheffler said. “My driver did fail me this week. We had a feeling that it was going to be coming because I’ve used that driver for over a year. I was kind of fortunate for it to last that long, I felt like.”
How can a driver go from being playable to unplayable? I’ll let Mark Schlabach explain it because I can’t explain how to hit a ball straight with a driver.
“The driver testing focuses on, among other things, the ‘characteristic time’ of a club’s face or its springlike effect,” the ESPN reporter wrote. “Drivers’ faces tend to ‘creep’ or thin the more they’re used by golfers, giving them even more spring.”
He struggled with his driving accuracy on Sunday, but the field needed him to miss more than that to prevent Scheffler from taking home the Wanamaker Trophy.
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