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Scottie Scheffler Player Profile And What's In The Bag

By: | Mon 13 Feb 2023


Article Updated March 2024


Scottie Scheffler shrugged off a neck injury to become the first golfer ever to successfully defend The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass. And he did so in magnificent fashion, finishing the week with a stunning final round of 64 to overhaul Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark and Open champion Brian Harman.

Scheffler has now played 27 competitive rounds this year - and all of them have been under par. It is testament to the remarkable consistency the world number one has shown for the past two years. While his rivals were dropping shots like confetti, Scheffler played the final 31 holes without a single dropped shot on what is one of the most challenging courses on the PGA Tour. He finished with a total of 268, 20 under par, one ahead of Schauffele, Clark and Harman. And all of this while nursing a painful neck.

Afterwards, he said: "I put up a good fight for four days, hit a lot of good shots and was in a good head space. I struggled with my neck early on but it was fine today. It is special to be the first back-to-back champion here. I am really thankful. Holing my second shot at the fourth was huge, and I holed a big par putt on the seventh. I did a good job of managing my game. I did enough on Friday and Saturday to stay in the tournament. I am worn out now but had little pain during the final round."

He began the day five behind the leaders but ignited his challenge when he hole his second at the fourth for an eagle. He followed that with a birdie, and all of a sudden he was in the race. At the par three eighth he holed another birdie putt and followed it with yet another at the ninth to get to the turn in 31.

The good work continued on the second nine with a birdie at the 11th. He then drove the par four 12th and two-putted for yet another gain. A magnificent up and down at the 16th set up another birdie and took him into the lead. He then safely negotiated the treacherous par-three 17th and finished with a par.

Clark, Schauffele and Harman all came to the last needing a birdie to force a playoff. Clark came agonisingly close, his birdie attempt doing a 360-degree horseshoe turn but refusing to drop.

Scottie Scheffler

Player Profile

Scottie Scheffler was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey on June 21, 1996 and is married to Meredith. He started playing at the age of three when his parents gave him a set of plastic clubs and ball. 

Scheffler had prolific success at the youth level, and won 75 times on the PGA junior circuit. He was barely 5ft tall when he started high school but experienced a growth spurt and is now 6ft 3in. 

In 2013 he won the US Junior Amateur and went on to attend the University of Texas from 2014 until 2018. He was a member of the US Walker Cup team in 2017 and qualified for the US Open in 2016, when he missed the cut by a stroke. He qualified again in 2017 and this time played all 72 holes, finishing as low amateur.

He turned professional and joined the Web.com Tour, winning the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship, gaining his PGA Tour card and being named Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year. 

In August 2020, Scheffler finished tied for fourth at the US PGA Championsip. In August 2020 he shot a 12-under-par 59 at the Northern Trust. It was the 12th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history. He was named rookie of the year in 2019-20 and qualified to play for the US Ryder Cup team after a series of top-five finishes. His first win came at the 2022 Phoenix Open. Three weeks later he added the Arnold Palmer Invitational and then claimed the WGC Dell Technologies Match Play. His crowning achievement came when he won The Masters and climbed to the top of the world rankings. He was named 2022 PGA Tour Player of the Year and qualified for the US Presidents Cup team.

This was his eighth win on the PGA Tour, extends his lead at the top of the world rankings and strengthens his place at the top of the FedEx Cup standings. He has made 117 PGA Tour starts and made 98 cuts. Apart from his wins, he has seven runner-up finishes and 10 third places, along with 34 top fives and an incredible 47 top 10s. He now has career earnings of almost $50m.

Last 10 Events

The Players Championship - 1st

Arnold Palmer Invitational - 1st

Genesis Invitational - T10th

WM Phoenix Open - T3rd

AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am - T6th

The American Express - T17th

The Sentry - T5th

Hero World Challenge - 1st

Tour Championship (72-Hole Scores) - T21st

BMW Championship - T2nd

Key Stats

Driving Distance - 303.2 Yards

Driving Accuracy - 58.58%

Greens in Regulation - 80.37%

Sand Saves - 23.53%

Putts Per Round - 28.87

Scoring Average - 67.32

End of Year World Ranking Position

2019: 66

2020: 31

2021: 12

2022: 2

2023: 1

What's In Scottie Scheffler's Bag

Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (8 Degrees)

3-Wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 Degrees)

Irons: Srixon ZU85 (3, 4), TaylorMade P7TW (5-PW)

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM8 (50-12F, 56-14F), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks Proto (60.5-T)

Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Ball: Titleist Pro V1


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