Next time Scottie Scheffler will most likely do it Augusta National.
The World No. 1 withdrew from this week’s Texas Children’s Houston Open on Tuesday, citing family reasons. Golf Channel’s Brentley Romine reported that Scheffler’s withdrawal is not related to the injury and instead it is due to the impending birth of his and his wife Meredith’s second child.
Matt Kuchar replaces Scheffler in the outfield.
If Scheffler doesn’t commit to next week’s Valero Texas Open, then his next start would come at the Masters.
Scottie and Meredith Scheffler had their first child, Bennett, in May 2024, just after he earned his second green jacket. At the 2024 Masters, Scheffler said he was prepared to withdraw and leave the tournament if Meredith went into labor early. He went on to win by four, and Bennett was born a few weeks later, just before the 2024 PGA Championship.
Scheffler, whose year started with a win-T3-T4 but hasn’t posted a top-10 in his last three starts, has three runner-up finishes at the Houston Open, including each of the last two seasons when he used the event at Memorial Park Golf Course as his final Masters tune-up.
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The four-time major champion opened the season with a win at American Express and then went T3-T4 in Phoenix and Pebble Beach before he had his own streak of 18 consecutive top-10s was snapped at the Genesis Invitationalwhere he finished in a tie for 12th. Since then, Scheffler finished tied for 24th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and tied for 22nd at the Players Championship.
Scheffler looked out of sorts all week at TPC Sawgrasswhere he ranked 44th in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee and 37th in Approach.
Despite a couple of back-to-back Scheffler-like performances, the world No. 1 was pleased with how he handled things at TPC Sawgrass as he continued to fine-tune his game with the Masters on the horizon.
“I think the way I hit it the first two days, to have the attitude I did and the fight I did, I think — when I look at tournaments, I’m not thinking about winning, I’m thinking about approaching things the right way,” Scheffler said Saturday at The Players. “I did my best to stay committed and I did a good job, I think, of keeping the right attitude and keeping my head straight so I could make some rounds that were tough. And then I had a nice round today as well. So overall, I think I’ve been in a good place with my attitude and my commitment to my shots. So it’s a good week for me.”
Last year in Houston, Scheffler finished one shot behind champion Min Woo Lee. He then finished fourth at the Masters before winning the PGA Championship and the Open Championship.
