Scottie Scheffler

Scott Alexander Scheffler (born June 21, 1996) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. As of April 2022, he is the World Number 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking.[2] He won the 2022 Masters Tournament.

Scottie Scheffler
Personal information
Full nameScott Alexander Scheffler
Born (1996-06-21) June 21, 1996
Ridgewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight200 lb (91 kg; 14 st)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceDallas, Texas, U.S.
Spouse
Meredith Scudder
​
(m. 2020)​
Career
CollegeUniversity of Texas
Turned professional2018
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
Professional wins6
Highest ranking1 (March 27, 2022)[1]
(6 weeks, as of May 1, 2022)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour4
European Tour2
Korn Ferry Tour2
Best results in major championships
(wins: 1)
Masters TournamentWon: 2022
PGA ChampionshipT4: 2020
U.S. OpenT7: 2021
The Open ChampionshipT8: 2021
Achievements and awards
Korn Ferry Tour
Player of the Year		2019
PGA Tour
Rookie of the Year		2020

Early life

Scheffler was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey and lived in Montvale, New Jersey until age six, before moving to Dallas, Texas.[3] He played golf and basketball at Highland Park High School in the Dallas suburb of University Park and later played college golf at the University of Texas from 2014 to 2018, where he helped the team win three Big 12 championships and was named "Phil Mickelson Freshman of the Year" in 2015. He graduated in 2018 with a bachelor's degree in finance.[4] Before his time at UT, he won the 2013 U.S. Junior Amateur. He was also part of the U.S. team that won the 2017 Walker Cup.

In 2016, Scheffler qualified for his first U.S. Open. He opened with a first round 69, but would shoot a second round 78 to miss the cut by one stroke. Again in 2017, Scheffler qualified for the U.S. Open after surviving a 4-for-3 playoff to earn a spot in the field.[5] He and Cameron Champ were the only two amateurs to make the cut at the 2017 U.S. Open.[6] Scheffler finished as low amateur at 1-under-par, one stroke ahead of Champ.

Professional career

Scheffler earned his 2019 Web.com Tour card through qualifying school.[7]

On May 26, 2019, Scheffler fired a bogey-free, 9-under 63 — playing the back nine in 30 — to force a playoff with 54-hole leader Marcelo Rozo in the Evans Scholars Invitational. He then birdied the second extra hole for his first Web.com Tour victory.[8] On August 18, 2019, Scheffler won the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship in Columbus, Ohio. Scheffler shot 4-under 67 in the final round at Ohio State University's Scarlet Course for a two-shot victory. He totaled a 12-under 272 for the week and finished two shots ahead of Brendon Todd, Beau Hossler and Ben Taylor. This event was part of the Korn Ferry Tour Finals (the Web.com Tour was renamed the Korn Ferry Tour in mid-season).[9] Scheffler led both the Finals points list and the overall points list to earn a fully exempt PGA Tour card for the 2020 season.[10] He was later named Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year.[11]

In August 2020, Scheffler finished tied for fourth at the 2020 PGA Championship. He won $528,000 in prize money in the tournament.

On August 21, 2020, Scheffler shot a 12-under 59 at The Northern Trust. His round was the joint second-lowest in PGA Tour history and just the 12th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history.[12]

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In September 2021, Scheffler played on the U.S. team in the 2021 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin. The U.S. team won 19–9 and Scheffler went 2–0–1 including a win in his Sunday singles match against world number one Jon Rahm.

On February 13, 2022, Scheffler won the WM Phoenix Open on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff against Patrick Cantlay.[13] Three weeks later, Scheffler won his second career PGA Tour title at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Florida. He won by one stroke over Viktor Hovland, Billy Horschel and Tyrrell Hatton.[14] Three weeks after that, Scheffler won the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in Austin, Texas, defeating Kevin Kisner in the final match. With this win, Scheffler moved to world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking.[2]

On April 10, 2022, Scheffler won the Masters Tournament, defeating Rory McIlroy by three strokes. Scheffler became the fifth golfer to enter the Masters Tournament ranked No. 1 in the world and go on to win the Masters, joining Ian Woosnam (1991), Fred Couples (1992), Tiger Woods (2001, 2002) and Dustin Johnson (2020).[15] The victory was his fourth for the 2022 PGA Tour season, making him the first golfer since Arnold Palmer in 1960, and only the second ever, to win as many events including the Masters in that span of time to begin a season. It was his fourth win in his last 6 starts.[16][17]

Personal life

Scheffler is married to Meredith Scheffler (née Scudder).[18] His father, Scott Scheffler, grew up in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey and attended St. Cecilia High School in Englewood. His mother, Diane grew up in Park Ridge, New Jersey.[3] Scheffler has three sisters named Callie, Molly and Sara.[19] Scheffler is a Christian.[20]

Amateur wins

Source:[21]

Professional wins (6)

PGA Tour wins (4)
Legend
Major championships (1)
World Golf Championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 Feb 13, 2022 WM Phoenix Open 68-71-62-67=268 −16 Playoff Patrick Cantlay
2 Mar 6, 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational 70-73-68-72=283 −5 1 stroke Tyrrell Hatton, Billy Horschel,
Viktor Hovland
3 Mar 27, 2022 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play 4 and 3 Kevin Kisner
4 Apr 10, 2022 Masters Tournament 69-67-71-71=278 −10 3 strokes Rory McIlroy

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2022 WM Phoenix Open Patrick Cantlay Won with birdie on third extra hole

Korn Ferry Tour wins (2)
Legend
Korn Ferry Tour Finals events (1)
Other Korn Ferry Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 May 26, 2019 Evans Scholars Invitational 68-70-70-63=271 −17 Playoff Marcelo Rozo
2 Aug 18, 2019 Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship 70-68-67-67=272 −12 2 strokes Beau Hossler, Ben Taylor,
Brendon Todd

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2019 Nashville Golf Open Robby Shelton Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2 2019 Evans Scholars Invitational Marcelo Rozo Won with birdie on second extra hole

Major championships

Wins (1)
YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner-up
2022Masters Tournament3 shot lead−10 (69-67-71-71=278)3 strokes Rory McIlroy

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT T27LA
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament 2019202020212022
Masters Tournament T19 T18 1
PGA Championship T4 T8
U.S. Open CUT T7
The Open Championship NT T8
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary
TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament10011333
PGA Championship00012222
U.S. Open00001142
The Open Championship00001111
Totals100257108
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (2020 PGA – 2022 Masters, current)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 4 (2021 PGA – 2022 Masters, current)

Results in The Players Championship
Tournament 20212022
The Players Championship CUT T55

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

World Golf Championships
YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner-up
2022 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play n/a 4 and 3 Kevin Kisner

Results timeline
Tournament202020212022
Championship T26 5
Match Play NT1 2 1
Invitational T15 14
Champions NT1 NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" = tied
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022.

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References
  1. "Week 13 2022 Ending 27 Mar 2022" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
  2. Schmitt, Tim (March 27, 2022). "Scottie Scheffler tops Kevin Kisner at WGC-Technologies Match Play, will move to World No. 1". Golfweek. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
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  6. "Cameron Champ shoots 69, finds top 10 at U.S. Open". Amateurgolf.com. June 6, 2017. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
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  12. "Rookie Scottie Scheffler shoots 59 at Northern Trust, one stroke short of PGA Tour record". Yahoo!. August 21, 2020.
  13. "Scottie Scheffler defeats Patrick Cantlay in three-hole playoff to win WM Phoenix Open". Golfweek. February 13, 2022. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
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  19. "Scheffler's journey to the Masters a true family affair". The Independent. Associated Press. April 11, 2022.
  20. Doering, Joshua (April 8, 2022). "Scottie Scheffler staying grounded in faith during rise to golf's world No. 1". Sports Spectrum.
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