Scottie Scheffler undergoes surgery after freak accident preparing Christmas dinner
Scottie Scheffler has been forced to pull out of the first PGA tournament of the year after getting pieces of glass stuck in his hand while preparing Christmas dinner.
Scheffler was scheduled to compete in the Tour’s 2025 season-opener, The Sentry, from January 2-5 over in Hawaii.
Yet following the freak Christmas-Day accident, which forced him to undergo surgery when ‘small glass fragments’ remained in his right hand, the current World No. 1 must now spend up to a month recovering.
On Christmas Day while preparing dinner, Scottie sustained a puncture wound to the palm of his right hand from a broken glass. Small glass fragments remained in the palm which required surgery,’ his manager Blake Smith said in a statement on Friday.
‘He has been told that he should be back to 100% in three to four weeks. Unfortunately, he will have to withdraw from The Sentry. His next scheduled tournament is The American Express.’
Scheffler, who was not set to play in Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods’ new tech-infused golf league on January 8, is also likely to miss Hawaii’s Sony Open from January 9-12.
