Scottie Scheffler injured his proper hand on a damaged glass making ready Christmas dinner, forcing the top-ranked participant to withdraw from the PGA Tour’s season-opening occasion in Hawaii.
“Scottie sustained a puncture wound to the palm of his proper hand from a damaged glass,” Scheffler’s supervisor, Blake Smith, mentioned Friday in a press release. “Small glass fragments remained within the palm which required surgical procedure. He has been informed that he ought to be again to 100% in three to 4 weeks.”
Scheffler withdrew from The Sentry, the winners-only match Jan. 2-5 at Kapalua Resort. His subsequent scheduled match is The American Express on Jan. 16-19 in La Quinta, California.
Last season, Scheffler received the Jack Nicklaus Award as PGA Tour participant of the 12 months in a landslide, becoming a member of Tiger Woods as the one gamers to win the award three straight occasions.
His seven PGA Tour wins included a second Masters title, and he turned the primary repeat winner of The Players Championship. He received an Olympic gold medal when he shot 62 on the ultimate day, and in addition took the Tour Championship to say the FedEx Cup.