NEW YORK –
Scottie Scheffler will miss The Sentry tournament next month after the world number one suffered an accidental puncture wound to his right hand while preparing Christmas dinner and had to undergo surgery, the PGA Tour said on Friday.
Scheffler is expected to miss several weeks due to the injury as the 2025 season opens at Kapalua’s Plantation Course in Maui, Hawaii.
“On Christmas Day, while preparing dinner, Scottie suffered a puncture wound to the palm of his right hand from broken glass,” Scheffler’s manager Blake Smith said in a statement provided by the PGA Tour.
“There were small shards of glass left in the palm of his hand that required surgery. He has been told he should make a 100% recovery in three to four weeks.”
It marks a disappointing start to the New Year after a successful 2024 for Scheffler, who maintained his world No. 1 ranking all season and was named PGA Tour Player of the Year for the third straight time.
Scheffler captured the Olympic gold medal, retained his Players Championship and won the Masters for the second time, capping it all with the season-long FedExCup title.
(Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York and Rory Carroll in San Francisco; Editing by Ken Ferris)
