World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler mentioned he is not certain whether or not he’ll play in subsequent week’s Pebble Seaside Professional-Am, the second signature occasion of the PGA Tour season, as he continues to recuperate from surgical procedure to take away glass fragments from his proper hand after a cooking accident.
Scheffler, talking to reporters Monday by way of video at a media day for the Arnold Palmer Invitational, mentioned he was harm whereas making home made ravioli for dinner on Christmas Day.
“The whole lot went nicely with the surgical procedure,” Scheffler mentioned. “Physique feels fairly good, nonetheless making choices on schedule going ahead.”
Scheffler’s supervisor, Blake Smith, mentioned in a press release final month that the two-time Masters champion suffered a puncture wound to the hand and could be sidelined for about three to 4 weeks.
Scheffler skipped the season-opening event, the Sentry in Kapalua, Hawaii, which was received by Hideki Matsuyama. Scheffler was additionally scheduled to compete in final week’s American Categorical in La Quinta, California, the place Sepp Straka received by two strokes.
After pulling out of the American Categorical, Scheffler was aiming to return for the Pebble Seaside Professional-Am, during which he tied for sixth final 12 months at 13 underneath throughout the 54 holes in a weather-shortened event, 4 strokes behind winner Wyndham Clark.
Scheffler has till Friday to enter the Pebble Seaside discipline.
“Simply need to make certain I am getting again to regular, progressing the appropriate method in restoration,” Scheffler mentioned. “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 all the pieces’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 previous tournaments over the previous few weeks to “jog my reminiscence, and since I wasn’t capable of play golf, I attempted to nearly practice a bit of bit at house to remind my mind what I used to be feeling over sure pictures, what my arms 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 gymnasium,” Scheffler mentioned. “I used to be nonetheless capable of get in there and do some motion stuff and a number 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.
