World primary Scottie Scheffler mentioned Wednesday he’s enthusiastic about enhancements in his sport as he unveiled a Texas-style menu for subsequent month’s Masters champions dinner, which included a nod to his freak damage over Christmas.
Scheffler suffered a proper hand damage whereas making Christmas dinner and had shards of glass faraway from his palm, a setback that hampered his swing and restricted apply for weeks.
He injured it whereas making selfmade pasta — and this 12 months’s menu now options ‘ravioli bites’.
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Scheffler is worked up about his menu for the April 8 champions dinner.
“It’s my favourite meals, haven’t fairly modified an excessive amount of however there’s just a little bit extra nostalgic stuff,” Scheffler mentioned.
Appetisers embody ‘Scottie-style’ sliders, firecracker shrimp and “Papa Scheff’s Meatball and Ravioli bites” adopted by Texas-style chili, wood-fired ribeye steak or blackened redfish and a heat chocolate chip skillet cookie.
“Cheeseburgers might be my favorite meals,” Scheffler mentioned.
“I at all times put the fries on my burger. That’s ‘Scottie-style.’ I’ll throw some cheese in there, some ketchup. It’s nice.”
The chili recipe got here from his long-time coach, Randy Smith, and Scheffler’s father’s meatballs additionally made the listing.
“His meatballs had been the most effective rising up,” Scheffler mentioned.
“Each time he made them we had been jacked up about it. The raviolis are fairly good as effectively.”
In the meantime, the two-time Masters champion, coming off a nine-win marketing campaign in 2024, shared twentieth place finally week’s Gamers Championship and minimize a pissed off determine on the course throughout the weekend.
“Any time you get pissed off on the golf course, you are attempting to handle your manner round. At occasions I believed I did a great job of that. At occasions I let it get to me,” Scheffler mentioned in a Masters convention name.
“There have been some issues I might have modified just a little bit. I didn’t suppose I had the stuff final week to get it executed.”
In 5 occasions this 12 months, Scheffler’s finest displaying was a share of third on the Genesis Invitational.
“My ball placing has not been nearly as good because it has been the previous couple years. All of that’s getting the physique again to the place it has been,” mentioned Scheffler.
“A number of it’s not with the ability to get the reps. I really feel like I’m getting sharper and sharper and nearer and nearer to taking part in some good golf and excited concerning the occasions developing.”
Scheffler will play the Houston Open subsequent week earlier than in search of his third title in 4 years at Augusta Nationwide.
“I’m enthusiastic about the way in which I’m progressing. I’m excited concerning the golf I’m taking part in. I’m excited concerning the issues I’m bettering in the meanwhile,” Scheffler mentioned.
World quantity two Rory McIlroy, who gained the Gamers and final month’s Pebble Seaside Professional-Am, will attempt to full a profession Grand Slam by successful the Masters. He and Scheffler are the oddsmakers’ favourites.
“I’m not going to gamble on the Masters match so I might not likely care any much less,” Scheffler mentioned.