Scottie Scheffler has awkward trophy mishap during PGA Championship celebration: ‘We'll fix it'
Scottie Scheffler's excitement over capturing the PGA Championship title quite literally blew the top off the Wanamaker Trophy.
Scheffler was celebrating his third major title when he lifted the vaunted trophy and the lid went flying off, sending several of the PGA of America execs standing behind him running to try and catch the top before it hit the ground.
It was placed on a stand that the trophy had been sitting on and Scheffler put it back together while having a laugh about it.
4 Scottie Scheffler of the United States hoists the Wanamaker trophy as the lid falls off after winning the 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Country Club on May 18, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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4 Scottie Scheffler laughs about dropping the top of the Wanamaker trophy after winning the PGA Tournament.
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'Jim, I guess he can't be great at everything,' CBS Sports' Amanda Balionis said on the broadcast as she was wrapping up her interview with Scheffler.
'That happens,' Jim Nantz said in response with a chuckle.
4 Scottie Scheffler of the United States putts the lid back on of Wanamaker trophy after winning the 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Country Club on May 18, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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CBS Sports later posted another video showing Scheffler noticing that the top of the trophy appeared to be a little lopside and started trying to fix it, which included him trying to bang the top on the ground in order to try and fix it.
'We'll fix it,' one of the PGA of America execs tells him in the video.
4 Scottie Scheffler on the ground trying to hit the top of the trophy to fix what he said is a lopsided top.
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The victory on Sunday in Charlotte was well earned by the World No. 1 after he held off a charging Jon Rahm, who had tied for the lead with birdies on holes 8, 10 and 11 to get to 9-under, while Scheffler dropped down to 9-under.
Scheffler finished with a score of 71 for the final round and 11-under for the tournament.
'I knew it was going to be a challenging day. Finishing off a major championship is always difficult,' Schffler told CBS. 'I did a good job of staying patient on the front nine and I didn't have my best stuff, but I kept myself in it, and I stepped up on the back nine. I had a really good nine holes and that's about it.'
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