Scottie Scheffler savors Claret Jug celebrations
'The Masters, you get the green jacket for a year and the Wanamaker [Trophy] is a big old trophy [for winning the PGA Championship] and then the Claret Jug is kind of the perfect size where you can just carry it around and sometimes people don't even really know you have it,' Scheffler said Wednesday at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, his first start since winning at Royal Portrush. 'It's fun.'
Given his history for understated celebrations, Scheffler's victory lap with the Claret Jug didn't seem to include the level of hijinks enjoyed by some previous Champion Golfers of the Year, but the world No. 1 did allow his most recent trophy to make the rounds at his home club in Dallas.
'We had a party two weeks ago at home with some of our friends, and everybody got to drink out of it. It was a lot of fun,' Scheffler said. 'I brought it up to Royal Oaks a couple times, my home course, and one afternoon I think [his wife] Meredith was getting a haircut or something, and I was resting and so I had [son] Bennett, and I took him to Royal Oaks.
'He whacked some golf balls around, and we hung out for a bit. I took him to the 19th hole with me, and I got some pretty funny pictures with Bennett sitting in the 19th hole at the men's only grill where I think you've got to be 19 to get in there, but I figured if we bring in a couple major championship trophies with us, they'll let the rules slide on that one.'
Having won the Masters, PGA Championship and Open Championship, Scheffler can complete the career Grand Slam next summer at the U.S. Open.
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