The popular faces of the golf scene were delighted, including Jack Nicklaus, who only had words of praise for the American. The 85-year-old golf legend is satisfied with Scheffler's human qualities in addition to his athletic qualities. “Scottie’s really a good player,” Nicklaus said, as quoted by Irish Independent .

He’s the No. 1 player in the world and it’s not even close. He’s a two-time major winner who won nine tournaments last year, including the Masters, Players Championship, Arnold Palmer Invitational, Fed-Ex Cup and the Olympic Gold Medal.

Three weeks into the season and the Masters can’t get here soon enough. Scheffler and Schauffele surely will be back by then.

Scottie Scheffler's recovery from a bizarre Christmas Day Injury has featured an even more unusual kind of treatment.

Scottie Scheffler has insisted that he will not rush his return after suffering a bizarre injury while making pasta on Christmas Day. Scheffler punctured the palm of his hand while crafting homemade ravioli over the holiday period and required surgery to remove glass shards.

Days after Scheffler, 28, and Rory McIlroy topped LIV Golf’s Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau in a Las Vegas Showdown, it was revealed the world’s No. 1 golfer “sustained a puncture wound to the palm of his right hand from a broken glass” during Christmas dinner preparations.

Scheffler, the world No. 1, underwent surgery on his right hand after a Christmas Day accident and hasn't competed since December.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler said Monday that he yet to determine if he will be able to make his season debut at next week's AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Scheffler said he’s not going to rush back from a hand injury while Schauffele is reportedly not taking full swings as he deals with a right rib injury.

But I’m here to tell you today that the best thing that ever happened to Scottie Scheffler’s brand was getting arrested, handcuffed and hauled off to jail last year during the PGA Championship.