Scottie Scheffler

Scottie Scheffler (born June 21, 1996) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.

Scottie Scheffler
Personal information
Born (1996-06-21) June 21, 1996
Ridgewood, New Jersey
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Nationality United States
Career
CollegeUniversity of Texas
Turned professional2018
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
Professional wins2
Highest ranking28 (September 13, 2020)[1]
(as of February 7, 2021)
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT19: 2020
PGA ChampionshipT4: 2020
U.S. OpenT27: 2017
The Open ChampionshipDNP
Achievements and awards
Korn Ferry Tour
Player of the Year		2019
PGA Tour
Rookie of the Year		2020

Early life

Scheffler was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey but moved to Dallas, Texas at a young age.[2] He played golf at Highland Park High School and later played college golf at the University of Texas from 2014 to 2018, where he helped the team win three Big 12 championships and was named Phil Mickelson Freshman of the Year in 2015. Before his time at UT, he won the 2013 U.S. Junior Amateur. He was also part of the U.S. team that won the 2017 Walker Cup.

In 2016, Scheffler qualified for his first U.S. Open. He opened with a first round 69, but would shoot a second round 78 to miss the cut by one stroke. Again in 2017, Scheffler qualified for the U.S. Open after surviving a 4-for-3 playoff to earn a spot in the field.[3] He and Cameron Champ were the only two amateurs to make the cut at the 2017 U.S. Open.[4] Scheffler finished as low amateur at 1-under-par, one stroke ahead of Champ.

Professional career

Scheffler earned his 2019 Web.com Tour card through qualifying school.[5]

On May 26, 2019, Scheffler fired a bogey-free, 9-under 63 — playing the back nine in 30 — to force a playoff with 54-hole leader Marcelo Rozo in the Evans Scholars Invitational. He then birdied the second extra hole for his first Web.com Tour victory.[6] On August 18, 2019, Scheffler won the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship in Columbus, Ohio. Scheffler shot 4-under 67 in the final round at Ohio State University's Scarlet Course for a two-shot victory. He totaled a 12-under 272 for the week and finished two shots ahead of Brendon Todd, Beau Hossler and Ben Taylor. This event was part of the Korn Ferry Tour Finals (the Web.com Tour was renamed the Korn Ferry Tour in mid-season).[7] Scheffler led both the Finals points list and the overall points list to earn a fully exempt PGA Tour card for the 2020 season.[8] He was later named Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year.[9]

In August 2020, Scheffler finished tied for fourth at the 2020 PGA Championship. He won $528,000 in prize money in the tournament.

On August 21, 2020, Scheffler shot a 12-under 59 at The Northern Trust. His round was the joint second-lowest in PGA Tour history and just the 12th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history.[10]

Scorecard

August 21, 2020

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Par453444534434444345
E–1–1–2–3–4–5–5–6–7–8–8–8–9–10–11–11–12

Amateur wins
  • 2011 Legends Junior Match Play Championship
  • 2013 U.S. Junior Amateur
  • 2014 Junior Invitational
  • 2015 Annual Western Intercollegiate, Big 12 Championship

Source:[11]

Professional wins (2)

Korn Ferry Tour wins (2)
Legend
Korn Ferry Tour Finals events (1)
Other Korn Ferry Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 May 26, 2019 Evans Scholars Invitational 68-70-70-63=271 −17 Playoff Marcelo Rozo
2 Aug 18, 2019 Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship 70-68-67-67=272 −12 2 strokes Beau Hossler, Ben Taylor,
Brendon Todd

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2019 Nashville Golf Open Robby Shelton Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2 2019 Evans Scholars Invitational Marcelo Rozo Won with birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT T27LA
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament 20192020
Masters Tournament T19
PGA Championship T4
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship NT
  Top 10
  Did not play

LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament2020
Championship T26
Match Play NT1
Invitational T15
Champions NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

See also

References
  1. "Week 37 2020 Ending 13 Sep 2020" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  2. "Support group: Scottie Scheffler's golf journey takes him to U.S. Open, with family in tow".
  3. "Texas golfer, Highland Park-ex Scottie Scheffler qualifies for U.S. Open spot". The Dallas Morning News. June 6, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  4. "Cameron Champ shoots 69, finds top 10 at U.S. Open". Amateurgolf.com. June 6, 2017. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  5. Romine, Brentley (December 9, 2018). "Walker medals at Web.com Tour Q-School; Xiong, Zhang notch top 10s". Golf Channel.
  6. "Rising star Scottie Scheffler wins the Evans Scholars Invitational at the Glen Club in a playoff after a closing 63". Chicago Tribune. May 26, 2019. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  7. Kilbridge, Dan (August 18, 2019). "Scottie Scheffler wins first Korn Ferry Tour finals event in Columbus". Golfweek. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  8. Stanley, Adam (September 3, 2019). "Scheffler earns fully exempt PGA Tour status". PGA Tour.
  9. "Scheffler named 2019 Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year". PGA Tour. October 8, 2019.
  10. "Rookie Scottie Scheffler shoots 59 at Northern Trust, one stroke short of PGA Tour record". Yahoo!. August 21, 2020.
  11. "Scottie Scheffler". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
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