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Irish Examiner
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
Quail Hollow Diary: Orange is the new black as Scottie Scheffler sports jailhouse hues
The nature of these gatherings of the great and good of the sport is that storylines which could otherwise be screaming, bold-red headlines drop down to news in brief territory. This week marks one year since the world's No.1 golfer was thrown in a Louisville jail cell for a supposed turning infraction at the gates of Valhalla. The anniversary should arguably be a bigger deal. After all, the lasting image of the 2024 PGA was not Xander Schauffele raising silver but Scottie Scheffler in an orange prison jumpsuit. It's fair to say Scheffler wouldn't be renowned for his edginess but on the eve of his return to the tournament he broke out a burnt orange T-shirt for his Wednesday tune-up. The colour-matching to his mugshot attire was uncanny and surely no mere coincidence. Scottie Scheffler has worn burnt orange twice in the last year. First was a year ago this week at the Louisville Police Department. The second time is today. He's got to be messing with us — claire rogers (@kclairerogers) May 14, 2025 No fashion faux pas as McIlroy and Harrington raise standards Speaking of style trends, Tuesday night's Champions Dinner was a bit of a mixed bag, to say the least. Gathering the past winners at the whitewashed Southern-style clubhouse of Quail Hollow, all columns and Antebellumish verandas, the dress code was evidently not as strict as the Masters feast. Some dreadfully ill-fitting sports coats were on show and Martin Kaymer looked to be modelling a khaki trench-suit jacket. Jason Day brought typical individuality with a velour terracotta jacket paired with jeans. Thankfully, Rory McIlroy and Padraig Harrington tried to raise the standards, in smart, bold blues. Harrington was the only one of the 17 present to have the decency to wear a tie. Quenching the Quail Hollow thirst pricey business It's thirsty weather down in these rolling hills of south Charlotte. The fact that Quail Hollow was once a dairy farm makes sense in terms of four legs being a whole lot more suitable for the place than two. Traipsing up and down the holes calls for regular refreshment. Luckily the PGA continued to expand their Championship+ tickets which start at $76 which allow patrons free unlimited water, soft drinks and coffee at course concession stands. It does not include alcoholic drinks however. Those will set you back a nickel or two: a regular-sized domestic beer (watery Bud Light, basically) costs $14.50 or E13. A larger, fancier beer is north of $19. A strong cocktail? $24.50. We'll stick to waters, thanks. Read More Unburdened by Masters success, Rory McIlroy wants to enjoy the freedom No good Charlotte as Irish credentials fade Charlotte sits comfortably inside the top 20 rankings of American cities by their Irishness, with 8.4% of the population claiming ancestry. That doesn't mean the place is immune to crimes against Irishness though. A local with a Carolina drawl was desperately trying to get Padraig Harrington's attention near the putting green. His lack of success may have been down to one of the most offensive Yank takes on the Dubliner's first name we've heard: 'Hey Paad-rake…Paad-rake!?' The besmirching went beyond the confines of Quail Hollow when the Irish press pack decamped to Legion Brewing, a microbrewery near the media hotel. Their featured pour on Tuesday night: Slainte Nitro Stout, with hints of coffee and marshmallow. Ambassadors have been expelled for less.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
PGA Championship Makes Scottie Scheffler Announcement on Tuesday
World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler is one of the leading favorites to contend for the 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow this week. Scheffler will begin the campaign for his third career major alongside two of the other favorites to come out on top: Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele. Advertisement McIlroy is fresh off a win at the 2025 Masters last month, completing his long-awaited career grand slam. Schauffele is the PGA Championship's defending champion after winning the event at Valhalla Golf Club in 2024. Scheffler, McIlroy and Schauffele — the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 golfers in the world — will tee off together in the first two rounds of the 2025 PGA Championship. This star-studded threesome will tee off at 8:22 a.m. ET on Thursday, and 1:47 p.m. ET on Friday. 'World No. 1, 2 & 3,' the PGA Championship wrote in its tee-time announcement on Tuesday. Two weeks ago, Scheffler notched a dominant victory at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson — winning by eight strokes with a 31-under score for the tournament. He skipped this past weekend's Truist Championship as he prepared to participate in this week's PGA Championship event. Scottie Scheffler poses with the winner's trophy during the final round of the THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson golf Carlin III-Imagn Images Scheffler finished T8 in the 2024 PGA Championship, notching a top-10 finish despite his infamous run-in with the Louisville Police Department before his second round on Friday. His best finish at the PGA Championship came with a T2 result in 2023. Scheffler is the betting odds favorite to win this year's event at plus-400. He's followed by McIlroy (plus-450), Bryson DeChambeau (plus-1200), Jon Rahm (plus-1800) and Schauffele (plus-2000).
NBC Sports
15-04-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Scottie Scheffler returns to defend RBC Heritage, but not as reigning Masters champ
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – Scottie Scheffler is back at Harbour Town Golf Links following his three-stroke victory at last year's RBC Heritage. Although he's still the world's top-ranked player and the easy favorite, Scheffler admitted this week feels a little different following his fourth-place finish at the Masters. 'It was an exhausting week, but it takes a lot out of you to win a golf tournament emotionally,' he explained. 'On Sunday, I was in the tournament. It takes a little bit out of you, but the adrenaline you get from actually winning the tournament is a lot different than getting close.' Scheffler said he was watching Justin Rose finish the 72nd hole from the 18th fairway and he was anticipating a chance to match the Englishman, who was at 10 under before his closing birdie. 'I'm thinking to myself, I'm going at this pin. I'm going to try to hole this, and then he makes it, and you're like, well, tournament's over. I lost,' he laughed. 'I was looking at [caddie Ted Scott], and I'm like, all right, Teddy, I guess I'm going to aim at the middle of the green now. He's like, yeah, aim at the middle of the green. Let's get out of here.' The emotion of coming close, Scheffler said, is simply not the same as actually winning an event like the Masters. 'If Rosie misses that putt [on No. 18] and I hole it [from the fairway for an eagle], huge adrenaline rush, and that takes something out of you,' Scheffler said before adding, 'Kind of like the adrenaline rush you get from getting arrested. It takes something out of you.' Scheffler was arrested prior to the second round of last year's PGA Championship after an incident with a Louisville Police Department detective. The charges were eventually dropped.
