Scottie Scheffler will miss The Sentry match subsequent month after the world primary suffered an unintentional puncture wound to his proper hand getting ready Christmas dinner and needed to have surgical procedure, the PGA Tour mentioned on Friday.
Scheffler is anticipated to overlook a number of weeks because of the harm because the 2025 season opens on the Plantation Course at Kapalua in Maui, Hawaii.
“On Christmas Day whereas getting ready dinner, Scottie sustained a puncture wound to the palm of his proper hand from a damaged glass,” Scheffler’s supervisor, Blake Smith, mentioned in a press release offered by the PGA Tour.
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“Small glass fragments remained within the palm, which required surgical procedure. He has been advised that he ought to be again to 100% in three to 4 weeks.”
It marks a disappointing begin to the New 12 months after a blockbuster 2024 for Scheffler, who maintained his world number-one rating for the entire season and was voted PGA Tour Participant of the 12 months for a 3rd consecutive time.
Scheffler picked up the Olympic gold medal, retained his Gamers Championship and received the Masters for a second time, capping all of it off with the season-long FedExCup title.