Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior Author
World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler stated he is not certain whether or not he’ll play in subsequent week’s Pebble Seashore Professional-Am, the second signature occasion of the PGA Tour season, as he continues to get better from surgical procedure to take away glass fragments from his proper hand after a cooking accident.
Scheffler, talking to reporters Monday through video at a media day for the Arnold Palmer Invitational, stated he was harm whereas making home made ravioli for dinner on Christmas Day.
“All the things went effectively with the surgical procedure,” Scheffler stated. “Physique feels fairly good, nonetheless making selections on schedule going ahead.”
Scheffler’s supervisor, Blake Smith, stated in a press release final month that the two-time Masters champion suffered a puncture wound to the hand and can be sidelined for about three to 4 weeks.
Scheffler skipped the season-opening match, the Sentry in Kapalua, Hawaii, which was received by Hideki Matsuyama. Scheffler was additionally scheduled to compete in final week’s American Specific in La Quinta, California, the place Sepp Straka received by two strokes.
After pulling out of the American Specific, Scheffler was aiming to return for the Pebble Seashore Professional-Am, through which he tied for sixth final 12 months at 13 below in the course of the 54 holes in a weather-shortened match, 4 strokes behind winner Wyndham Clark.
Scheffler has till Friday to enter the Pebble Seashore discipline.
“Simply need to be certain that I am getting again to regular, progressing the suitable approach in restoration,” Scheffler stated. “I am undoubtedly anxious to get again, excited to get again, however I am additionally not going to hurry again simply to hurry again. … However every little thing’s on schedule, so we’ll see.”
Scheffler, the reigning PGA Tour Participant of the 12 months and FedEx Cup champion, would not say Monday when he returned to hitting golf balls.
Scheffler watched loads of video of his play in outdated tournaments over the previous few weeks to “jog my reminiscence, and since I wasn’t in a position to play golf, I attempted to virtually practice slightly bit at residence to remind my mind what I used to be feeling over sure photographs, what my fingers felt like on the membership, stuff like that.”
“It was fairly uncommon for me not to have the ability to do a lot within the fitness center,” Scheffler stated. “I used to be nonetheless in a position to get in there and do some motion stuff and a few of the stuff I normally do with my legs, however so far as higher physique goes, I am not going to go and simply work out the left aspect of my physique and are available into the season strolling like this [leaning to the right side].”
Scheffler final competed on the PGA Tour within the 2024 finale on the Tour Championship in Atlanta, the place he completed first for his seventh victory of the season. He additionally captured the Hero World Problem, an unofficial occasion within the Bahamas, in early December.
