Scottie Scheffler’s caddie, Ted Scott, has hailed his man’s ‘unbelievable character’ a 12 months on from that dramatic arrest on the PGA Championship.
Scheffler went from jail distress to Quail glory within the matter of simply 12 months on Sunday.
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The 2-time Masters champion obtained his palms on the 2025 PGA Championship title following his beautiful show at Quail Hole.
His supreme spherical of 65 on Saturday put him in a commanding place and regardless of some ups and downs, he obtained the job down on Sunday to say the third main of his profession.
It’s in stark distinction to final 12 months’s occasion when Scheffler discovered himself hand-cuffed, bundled right into a police automobile and positioned in a jail cell.
Following a tragic and deadly automobile crash exterior Valhalla Golf Membership, Scheffler turn out to be embroiled in an unpleasant incident with Kentucky authorities.
Simply earlier than he was scheduled to tee off for Friday’s second spherical, the argument noticed Scheffler taken downtown and put in orange prisoner overalls with the now-iconic pictures rapidly circulating world wide.
He was rapidly launched and all fees had been quickly dropped however the incident was stunning for all concerned.
Scott, who has been on Scheffler’s bag for all of his latest successes, mirrored on it as his man obtained able to lastly banish all recollections of the arrest and declare glory on the PGA Championship this 12 months.
Throughout his now-traditional ‘Sunday Sermon’ earlier than the ultimate spherical at Quail Hole, Scott stated: “Final 12 months as Scottie was travelling to the golf course on Friday, he obtained arrested and a loopy story unfolded.
“One among my favorite quotes is from Mike Tyson and it goes like this – ‘Everybody has a plan till they get punched within the mouth’.
“The query is, when you get punched within the mouth, what are you going to do about it?
“What Scottie did that day and what he’s finished going ahead, was completely unbelievable.
“The very first thing he did, is he did not overreact, he did not get emotional, he simply did regardless of the officer requested him to do.
“He did not identify drop, he did not get indignant, he simply stated ‘I will do no matter you guys ask’.
“When he obtained out of jail, he sought clever counsel, one thing many people have to do.
“What occurred after that was simply unbelievable. When you simply act in good character, God will care for the remainder. Scottie confirmed unbelievable resilience and unbelievable religion in God.
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“Trying again on the story, you see the police officer had some dangerous character and also you take a look at Scottie’s character and it shined vivid and that’s as a result of he made clever decisions.
“We will be taught from this story. You’ll get punched within the mouth however take a second, take a breath and assume, ‘what’s the clever resolution right here’.
“You’ll then have a greater story to inform and might also have a snort about it.”
Scheffler shot three bogeys on the entrance 9 in his last spherical to present his rivals hope.
However because the chasing pack light, Scheffler stepped on the accelerator once more to race to victory by 5 photographs.
And the beautiful win has lastly giving him the closure he deserves following that stunning incident at Valhalla a 12 months in the past.
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