Scottie Scheffler smiles forward of The Showdown. | Photograph by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Photographs
The highest-ranked participant on the planet is ready to make his season debut on the Monterrey Peninsula.
After a month of rehabbing his hand damage, Scottie Scheffler will make his 2025 season debut at subsequent week’s AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am.
Ron Kroichick of the San Francisco Chronicle initially reported the information.
On Christmas Day, whereas making do-it-yourself ravioli, Scheffler suffered a puncture wound in his hand, which required surgical procedure shortly thereafter. The damage compelled him to withdraw from the season-opening occasion at Kapalua in Maui.
When Scheffler introduced his damage, he hoped to make his season debut at The American Specific in mid-January. Nevertheless, the World No. 1 didn’t really feel wholesome sufficient to take action and determined to withdraw from the occasion previously often known as the Bob Hope Basic in Palm Springs.
Scheffler final performed at The Showdown on Dec. 17, when he and Rory McIlroy defeated LIV Golf foes Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas. Per week earlier than that, Scheffler dominated the Hero World Problem for the second straight 12 months, profitable by six. His victory within the Bahamas marked his ninth win of 2024.
As for his historical past at Pebble Seashore, Scheffler has performed within the AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am solely as soon as earlier than. He tied for sixth there final 12 months, when Wyndham Clark shot a 60 throughout the third spherical to win. It wound up being a 54-hole occasion on account of inclement climate. Scheffler’s solely different begin at Pebble Seashore got here on the 2019 U.S. Open, however he missed the minimize that week.
Jack Milko is a golf employees author for SB Nation’s Enjoying By way of. Observe him on X @jack_milko.g