The world’s greatest golfer has suffered a freak harm whereas cooking Christmas dinner, forcing him to endure surgical procedure.
Scottie Scheffler sustained a puncture wound after chopping the palm of his proper hand on damaged glass.
The world primary required surgical procedure as small glass fragments remained within the palm after the accident.
The harm has compelled him out of the primary match of the season, subsequent week’s The Sentry in Hawaii.
However the 28-year-old has been instructed he’ll recuperate in three to 4 weeks, and he hopes to be again in motion at The American Specific match in California on 16 January.
Scheffler received an Olympic gold and 7 PGA Tour titles within the final 12 months and was just lately named PGA Tour’s Participant of the 12 months for a 3rd season in a row.
In Might, he was arrested by police in the course of the US PGA Championship after he was accused of attempting to drive round a visitors jam attributable to a deadly accident.
Scheffler’s arrest turned a significant story on the US PGA Championship. Pic: Matt Stone-USA TODAY Sports activities through Reuters
Simply hours later, he was launched and allowed to return to Valhalla Golf Membership in Kentucky to play his second spherical of the match.
Prison fees in opposition to Scheffler have been later dismissed attributable to a scarcity of proof and a police officer who arrested him was disciplined for not having his bodycam on on the time of the incident.
