With 17 PGA Tour titles, Scottie Scheffler’s trophy room is loads busy, however including the claret jug to the shelf following his victory final month at The Open Championship felt uniquely particular.
“The Masters, you get the inexperienced jacket for a 12 months and the Wanamaker [Trophy] is a giant previous trophy [for winning the PGA Championship] after which the claret jug is form of the right dimension the place you may simply carry it round and generally individuals don’t even actually know you’ve gotten it,” Scheffler stated Wednesday on the FedEx St. Jude Championship, his first begin since successful at Royal Portrush. “It’s enjoyable.”
Given his historical past for understated celebrations, Scheffler’s victory lap with the claret jug didn’t appear to incorporate the extent of hijinks loved by some earlier Champion Golfers of the 12 months, however the world No. 1 did permit his most up-to-date prize to make the rounds at his dwelling membership in Dallas.
“We had a celebration two weeks in the past at dwelling with a few of our pals, and everyone acquired to drink out of it. It was plenty of enjoyable,” Scheffler stated. “I introduced it as much as Royal Oaks [Country Club] a pair instances, my dwelling course, and one afternoon I feel [wife] Meredith was getting a haircut or one thing, and I used to be resting and so I had [son] Bennett, and I took him to Royal Oaks.
“He whacked some golf balls round, and we frolicked for a bit. I took him to the nineteenth gap with me, and I acquired some fairly humorous photos with Bennett sitting within the nineteenth gap on the males’s solely grill the place I feel you’ve acquired to be 19 [years old] to get in there, however I figured if we herald a pair main championship trophies with us, they’ll let the principles slide on that one.”
Having gained the Masters, PGA Championship and Open Championship, Scheffler can full the profession Grand Slam subsequent summer time on the U.S. Open.
