Scottie Scheffler continues to be not sure if he’ll play subsequent week’s AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am as he continues to get better from right-hand surgical procedure.
Scheffler, who just about joined the media day for the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Monday morning, stated he has not determined if he’ll make his season debut at Pebble Seaside, including that whereas he’s “feeling good,” he expects to know within the “subsequent few days to every week.”
The dedication deadline for Pebble is Friday night.
“Simply wish to be sure that I’m getting again to regular, progressing the correct manner in restoration,” Scheffler stated. “I’m positively anxious to get again, excited to get again, however I’m additionally not going to hurry again simply to hurry again.”
The world No. 1, who received 9 worldwide tournaments final yr, sustained a puncture wound from damaged glass whereas getting ready Christmas dinner, and he required surgical procedure to take away glass fragments from his hand. Scheffler stated Monday that he was making do-it-yourself raviolis. Initially, Scheffler anticipated to be out three to 4 weeks earlier than returning to 100%, per an announcement launched final month by his supervisor Blake Smith, although Scheffler wasn’t able to return eventually week’s American Specific and needed to withdraw to “give my harm extra time to heal.”
Scheffler declined to reply a query about when he began hitting golf balls, although maybe an evidence is that he’s but to hit a full shot, in accordance with Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis, who added that Scheffler may start doing so this week if cleared by his physician.
Scheffler did say he took two weeks off from all golf exercise post-surgery to verify his wound healed correctly, solely understanding his decrease physique.
“It was fairly uncommon for me not to have the ability to do a lot within the gymnasium,” Scheffler stated. “I used to be nonetheless capable of get in there and do some motion stuff and a few of the stuff I normally do with my legs, however so far as higher physique goes, I’m not going to go and simply work out the left aspect of my physique and are available into the season strolling like this (leaning to proper aspect).”
A video surfaced this previous weekend exhibiting Scheffler understanding and gripping a bar together with his proper hand, which was wrapped. That’s an enchancment over not with the ability to brush his tooth.
“Typically you don’t notice how uncoordinated you’re till it’s a must to brush your tooth left-handed,” quipped Scheffler, who added that he didn’t even attempt to change a diaper one-handed.
Scheffler hasn’t competed because the Dec. 18 match with Rory McIlroy, Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau. His final match was the Hero World Problem, which he received in early December. He’s had lengthy aggressive layoffs earlier than, however normally he’s taking part in socially throughout these breaks. This previous month, he’s been relegated to watching a few of his tournaments from final season, a uncommon second of reflection for Scheffler.
“I went again whereas I used to be sitting round type of elevating my hand post-surgery, I used to be simply sitting there, watched some outdated photographs, watched some outdated tournaments, and I mirrored a little bit bit,” Scheffler stated. “Not a lot, however I simply actually needed to jog my reminiscence and since I wasn’t capable of play golf, I attempted to nearly practice a little bit bit at dwelling to remind my mind what I used to be feeling over sure photographs, what my fingers felt like on the membership, stuff like that, so I wasn’t completely testing from golf.”
