Scottie Scheffler has pulled out of the 2025 PGA Tour’s season opener after sustaining a hand harm whereas cooking Christmas dinner.
The world no.1 has undergone surgical procedure on the hand harm, ruling him out for 3 to 4 weeks, thus that means he will not be capable to play The Sentry in Hawaii.
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The PGA Tour stated: “World primary and 2024 FedEx Cup Champion Scottie Scheffler has withdrawn from the PGA Tour’s 2025 season-opening match, The Sentry, which is able to happen subsequent week, January 2-5 at The Plantation Course at Kapalua in Maui, Hawaii.”
Scheffler, who received seven PGA Tour titles final 12 months, hopes to be again in motion at The American Categorical match on January 16,
His supervisor, Blake Smith, added: “On Christmas Day whereas getting ready dinner, Scottie sustained a puncture wound to the palm of his proper hand from a damaged glass.
“Small glass fragments remained within the palm which required surgical procedure. He has been informed that he must be again to 100 per cent in three to 4 weeks.
“Sadly, he must withdraw from The Sentry. His subsequent scheduled match is The American Categorical.”
Scheffler shouldn’t be the one golfer to have suffered misfortune in current days with Norway’s Viktor Hovland taking to his official Instagram account to put up an X-ray which appeared to point out his little toe pointing at an alarming angle.
The picture was accompanied by the message: “Mattress body 1-0 me.”
Responding to Hovland’s message, 2021 Open winner Collin Morikawa stated: “I am wrapping myself in some bubble wrap on the way in which to Hawaii.”