Pebble Beach, California (AP) – Scottie Scheffler felt frustrated to sit at home for two tournaments he plays normally while recovering from a glass perforating the palm of his right hand While doing ravioli. Much of him was grateful that the injury was not worse.
Scheffler entered detail on Tuesday on how he was injured in the manufacture of the hand and how he practiced hard early last week in cold weather in Dallas to feel confident not to return to the PGA Tour too early.
He made his season debut at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the second signing event of $ 20 million with an 80 men’s field, including amateur partners for the first two laps in Pebble Beach and Spyglass Hill.
Scheffler played Cypress Point Monday and Pebble Beach Tuesday, without bandage and swinging as freely as ever.
As for fateful dinner?
Scheffler said that he and his family wanted to do ravioli from zero, so they rolled the dough but were in a rental house and did not have the right tools to cut the pasta. He found a wine glass, and that’s where the problems started.
“I had my hand on top and it broke,” he said. “I have heard only horror stories since it happened on wine glasses, so be careful. … it broke and the stem sort of put me in my hand. I cannot live in a bubble, as if I had to live my life and accidents occur.
“It could have been much worse,” he said. “I talked to someone who did exactly the same thing and the stem crossed my hand. This is one of those offers where I was angry with myself immediately because I said to myself: “My God is so stupid.” But you don’t think about it when you’re at the time.
It was one of the few errors made by Scheffler all year round.
Rory McILroy, in his 18th full season as a pro, said that Scheffler stood out in 2024 beyond his seven PGA Tour titles, his second green jacket and the Olympic gold medal.
“I never have – it’s nobody, it’s Tiger, it’s in the history of golf – I don’t think I have ever seen a golfer playing as many rounds without Bogey as Scottie,” said McILroy. “He just doesn’t make mistakes. He plays the right shot at the right time again and again. »»
McILroy had another reaction when he was asked what he thought when he heard the news of Scheffler undergoing the injury during the preparation of the dinner. He jokingly replied: “I think he has made enough money to hire a chef. It’s like, “Why are you cooking?” “”
“I have a chef. His name is Meredith, ”said Scheffler laughing, referring to his wife. “She’s pretty cute.”
Scheffler had a tiny clear bandage on the place where he was operated on to eliminate the glass bursts – upper palm, just below the middle finger, and it is also demonstrative as there are.
He had to miss the sentry in Kapalua, a tournament he enjoys because he allows him to shake the rust he could have accumulated during the holidays.
He missed the American Express in the California desert, another tournament he likes to play because he has a good time and gives him an indicator of his game. Palm Springs concerns the birds, not his best golf brand.
“Mailing these events is not fun,” said Scheffler.
He looked at more golf than usual, including a pack of videos of his victories which allowed him to observe what he thought and felt during the tournaments. He also looked at the tournaments he was missing.
“It was really frustrating to watch golf on television and not be able to play,” he said.
Scheffler decided until Friday to enter Pebble beach. He said he had made an effort to hit a lot of golf balls at the start of last week, wanting to push himself hard to make sure there was no problem when he got to a tournament.
“I tried to resolve some of these pains and scar tissue and things that are there after surgery,” he said. “So I tried to push myself strong enough in the cold last week and it continued to improve every day. So I thought I could be well received and start playing. »»
The difficult part corresponds to what he did last season, the largest number of anyone who had won on the PGA Tour since Tiger Woods won seven times in 2007.
Pebble Beach beach is Xander Schauffele, the PGA and the British Open champion who rests an injury to the coast. But the field is as stacked as the year, and for the first time, the most dominant player in golf.
“It’s a bit weird to do it so late in the year,” he said. “But yes, it’s delighted to be back.”
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