Scottie Scheffler: The new father and man of faith with the golfing world at his feet

Scottie Scheffler is a man well-accustomed to making global headlines, but almost never for events beyond the confines of the golf course.

Scottie Scheffler is a man well-accustomed to making global headlines, but almost never for events beyond the confines of the golf course. The extraordinary scenes that saw the world No.1 arrested outside Kentucky’s Valhalla Golf Club were rendered even more remarkable given his background. This is a golfer, a new father, who has been dominating his sport in unassuming fashion. A devout Christian, he once said he played the sport because he was “trying to glorify God.” The 27-year-old is the favorite to win the PGA Championship this weekend and arguably not since Tiger Woods in his prime has a player been so superior on the course. Born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, but a Dallas native since the age of 6, Scheffler burst onto the golf scene by winning a flurry of junior titles. In 2014, at 17, as an amateur he made a hole-in-one and the cut on his first PGA Tour start. After turning professional four years later, Scheffler was crowned the PGA Tour’s Rookie of the Year in 2020 and made a triumphant Ryder Cup debut the following season.