The incident for Scheffler caps off a wild 2024 for the Texas native, which included his since-dropped arrest at The PGA Championship and he and his wife having their first child.

Scottie Scheffler suffered a hand injury while preparing Christmas dinner, requiring surgery that will keep him out of next week’s PGA Tour event in Hawaii, the Sentry. Scheffler, the No. 1 ranked player in the world who won seven times in 2024,

Scheffler’s agent Blake Smith said Scheffler’s next scheduled tournament will be The American Express from Jan. 16-19.

The injury is a tough break for Scheffler, who by missing the event at Kapalua is out of a chance compete in the season’s first signature event, with the field of 2024 winners and the top 50 finishers in the FedEx Cup standings vying for a total purse of $20 million and first prize of $3.6 million.

Scottie Scheffler will miss the first event of the season in Maui because of an incident that occurred on Christmas.

World number one Scottie Scheffler will miss The Sentry event next month after an accidental puncture wound to his right hand that he sustained at Christmas, the PGA Tour said on Friday.

DALLAS — Dallas-native Scottie Scheffler has withdrawn from the PGA Tour's 2025 season-opening tournament, The Sentry, due to a hand injury, the tour announced Friday. According to a statement from Scheffler's manager, Blake Smith, the World No. 1 injured his hand while preparing dinner on Christmas Day.

Scottie Scheffler is going to miss the first event of 2025 after surgery on his right hand. Scheffler, the No. 1-ranked player in the world and the PGA Tour's 2024 Player of the Year, withdrew Friday from the season opener at the Plantation course at Kapalua.