Scottie Scheffler celebrates his win at the Travelers Championship with wife Meredith and their new son, Bennett. | Photo by Keyur Khamar/PGA Tour via Getty Images
Ahead of the Olympics, Scottie Scheffler told a hysterical story involving his wife Meredith and his historic 2024 campaign.
Scottie Scheffler is a humble man, a player who does not bask in the glory of being the best player on the planet.
Instead, he is pretty reserved, focusing his energy on ‘the present’ and the task at hand. Scheffler also takes great pride in his preparation, working tirelessly to perfect his craft, which has worked well for him this season. He has amassed six victories so far in 2024, including one at TPC Sawgrass and another at Augusta National. His four other wins came against strong fields in Signature Events, with his latest triumph being the Travelers Championship in Connecticut a month ago.
He has plenty of reason to boast about himself but would never do so publicly. And yet, Scheffler, ahead of this week’s Men’s Golf Competition in the Olympics in Paris, shared a cheeky story about something he did earlier this year while at home with his wife, Meredith.
Inside his house is a space Scheffler calls ‘The Golf Room.’ He keeps some of his trophies and trinkets in there, like a small pin from Augusta National that signifies that he is a member of the club. But the room’s primary purpose is to serve as Scheffler’s trophy case and keep anything golf-related in a safe space.
So earlier this year, when he and his wife were re-doing this room at home, Scheffler decided to have some fun with Meredith.
“I took a trophy, my green jacket, and the plaid jacket, and I think I held the Players trophy in one hand, and I had another trophy in the other hand, and I walked in the living room like, ‘Sup Mer,’” Scheffler said.
The two-time Masters champion then explained that he does not go in there to reflect on his victories but instead enters this room to work on his clubs and practice. It’s like his “office,” he says.
“Sometimes, when we have people over and they want to talk about golf or see the jacket or whatever, I’ll take them back there and show them a few things,” Scheffler added.
“I definitely don’t sit in there. I work on my clubs back there, but I don’t do anything else.”
Jack Milko is a golf staff writer for SB Nation’s Playing Through. Be sure to check out @_PlayingThrough for more golf coverage. You can follow him on Twitter @jack_milko as well.
