| Scottie Scheffler | |||||||||||||||
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 Scheffler in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Full name | Scott Alexander Scheffler | ||||||||||||||
| Born | June 21, 1996 Ridgewood, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Sporting nationality |  United States | ||||||||||||||
| Residence | Dallas, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Meredith Scudder (m. 2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Children | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Career | |||||||||||||||
| College | University of Texas at Austin | ||||||||||||||
| Turned professional | 2018 | ||||||||||||||
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour | ||||||||||||||
| Former tour(s) | Korn Ferry Tour | ||||||||||||||
| Professional wins | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 1 (March 27, 2022)[2] (114 weeks, as of November 17, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||||||||||||
| PGA Tour | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| European Tour | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Korn Ferry Tour | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Other | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Best results in major championships (wins: 2) | |||||||||||||||
| Masters Tournament | Won: 2022, 2024 | ||||||||||||||
| PGA Championship | T2: 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| U.S. Open | T2: 2022 | ||||||||||||||
| The Open Championship | T7: 2024 | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Scott Alexander Scheffler (born June 21, 1996)[1] is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He is currently ranked world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking, and has held that position for over 100 weeks.[3] He has won two major championships, both the 2022 and 2024 Masters Tournament.
Scheffler had a successful amateur career, including victory at the U.S. Junior Amateur in 2013 and low-amateur honors at the 2017 U.S. Open. Having turned professional in 2018, he was named Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year in 2019 and PGA Tour Rookie of the Year in 2020. He had a breakout season in 2022; in the span of three months, he recorded his first victory on the PGA Tour, rose to world number one, and won his first major championship at the 2022 Masters Tournament. Scheffler won The Players Championship in 2023 and 2024, becoming the first to win the title in back-to-back years.[4] He claimed his second major championship at the 2024 Masters Tournament, and won the gold medal in the men's individual tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
- ^ a b c "Scottie Scheffler – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
- ^ "Week 13 2022 Ending 27 Mar 2022" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
- ^ Rush, Keegan (August 13, 2024). "Scottie Scheffler reaches 100 weeks as world number 1: An unstoppable force". Yardbarker. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
- ^ "Scottie Scheffler becomes first player to win back-to-back titles at The Players". NBC Sports. Associated Press. March 17, 2024. Retrieved April 15, 2024.