Scottie Scheffler remains positive despite lack of results

Scottie Scheffler won nine times globally, including the Olympics, in a historic 2024 season. He hurt his hand and had surgery to fix it in the winter, as a result missing some contests. Since he’s been back, though, he remains winless. He’s not playing poorly, but his best outing has so far been a T3 at the Genesis Invitational. He has three finishes outside the top 10. Despite that, he’s still confident heading up to the Masters.

Scottie Scheffler feels good ahead of the Masters

The hand injury that cost Scottie Scheffler some time off may have hampered his rhythm. He was coming off that historic year and even won the Hero World Challenge, but he had to stop playing for a while. He admits now that it most likely did throw him off just a little bit.

“I think it would be silly to say that it didn’t set me back a little bit, because I had to take a good amount of time off,” Scheffler said Wednesday via ESPN. “And I mean, I’m a right-handed golfer, so any sort of injury that you have to that hand, especially a surgical one, I think is going to have some sort of effect. I think it’d be silly to say that it didn’t set me back a little bit, but at the end of the day, it’s one of those things where, you know, accidents happen.”

But now that he’s back playing consistently again, he feels better about where he is. He’s not having the same success, but he believes he’s inching closer to it.  “Each day, my hand continues to improve, my body continues to get back to where it needs to be,” Scheffler said. “And you know, I think my swing is coming around as well. So I’m definitely excited about the improvements that I’m making. The results this year have been decent. I feel like I’m really close to playing some really nice golf again.”

Scheffler also admitted that he’s not hitting the ball as sharply as he wants to, thanks in no small part to the extended break he had to take. He’s frustrated “95%” of the time in golf, especially as he continues to falter with regard to the lofty expectations for him.

He’s the defending champion at the Masters, so all the pressure is on him to get back to dominant form before April 10. Scheffler believes he’s headed in that direction even now.