Scottie Schefflerrecent Masters champion and current world No. 1, already is preparing to return to the circuit after a short, but very entertaining, competitive break.
Meredith, Scheffler’s wife, gave birth on Wednesday to the couple’s first child, Bennett, and they were able to spend quality time in their first week of parenthood.
“At home it’s a good time to reflect on my career so far and where my life has been,” Scheffler said.
“I married my high school sweetheart and I always wanted to play professional golf and now I’m here. I’m sitting with a newborn in my arms and the green jacket in the closet. It’s really a very special moment. “
But on Monday he returned to work. Scheffler left his home in Dallas and flew to Louisville prepare for the second major of the year: the PGA Championship, which begins Thursday at Valhalla Golf Club.
Scheffler said she already misses her son “like crazy,” but noted that the couple knew she needed to play on the PGA.
“Leaving the house on Monday morning was not easy,” said. “But like I said, I told my son when I was leaving and I said, ‘I don’t want to leave you now, but I have to. I have to do my job as best as I can.’
Scheffler He will be playing in his fifth PGA Championship and will look to continue his incredible streak and, above all, results, which include victory at the Masters last month.
Scheffler, 27, He has won four of his last five tournaments, including the Masters and the RBC Heritage in consecutive weeks. He hasn’t played since winning the Heritage, but he has a good reason.
Scheffler says in front of the Masters that she will leave even if Meredith goes into labor. In the end she didn’t have to worry about it and was there for the momentous occasion for the couple, who didn’t know the baby’s gender until it was born.
“To tell my wife it’s a man, yeah, it’s been a wild ride.”said. “I’m very proud of Meredith after seeing her go through that. It’s crazy. I’m glad she went through that and not me, because I don’t know if I can. .”
Now Scheffler is preparing to play in Valhalla: “Yesterday and today I only played nine holes, so as the tournament progresses we will see how my game develops”Scheffler said.
Source: La Verdad
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