Scottie Scheffler introduced that he has withdrawn from The American Specific because of the harm he sustained on Christmas.
Whereas making ready dinner for his household, Scheffler sustained a puncture wound within the palm of his proper hand, per his agent, Blake Smith. Small items of damaged glass injured his hand, with a few of these fragments remaining in place. He consequently needed to have surgical procedure to take away these bits of glass.
The unique prognosis was that Scheffler could be prepared by mid-January and would, due to this fact, miss just one event: The Sentry in Maui.
Nonetheless, that has confirmed to not be the case. Scheffler posted the beneath to his Instagram story on Monday:
“After consulting with my medical group, I’ve made the choice to withdraw from subsequent week’s American Specific event to provide my harm extra time to heal,” Scheffler wrote.
“I’m nonetheless hopeful to start my 2025 season on the AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am.”
Contemplating the historical past Scheffler made throughout the 2024 season, followers and pundits are excited to see if Scheffler can replicate his previous success this season. That mentioned, Scheffler received his first of 9 occasions at Bay Hill in March — his placing plagued him in early 2024, however then he made a change. He modified his putter from a blade to a mallet earlier than the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and the remainder was historical past. Scheffler went on to win at TPC Sawgrass, Augusta Nationwide, and Harbour City over the subsequent six weeks. He tied for second on the Houston Kids’s Texas Open throughout that stretch too. The World No. 1 then added wins on the Memorial, the Vacationers, and the Olympics and capped off his season with an emphatic victory at East Lake.
This isn’t to say that historical past will repeat itself, however hopefully, Scheffler will return to aggressive play at Pebble Seashore, the place he tied for sixth final 12 months.
If he can not achieve this, the alarm bells could start to ring.
Jack Milko is a golf workers author for SB Nation’s Enjoying By way of. Observe him on X @jack_milko.
