A bunch of PGA Tour followers who waited over an hour after the second spherical on the Travelers Championship acquired a candy shock when Scottie Scheffler walked out of the clubhouse.
It was Scheffler’s birthday on Friday, because the world’s No. 1 golfer turned 28 years outdated.
“Happy birthday, Scheff!” one fan yelled out to Scheffler in a PGA Tour video posted to social media.
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“Thank you,” he rapidly replied.
Scheffler, who lately turned a dad, was pushing his son, Bennett, in a stroller. But he was solely utilizing his proper hand, because the left was occupied with a present he needed to provide the followers after they’d waited so lengthy for him exterior the grounds.
Scheffler needed to share his birthday cake with them.
“You guys can have it,” Scheffler stated after a fan requested how his cake was, as he walked over holding it in his left hand whereas pushing a stroller together with his son, Bennett, together with his proper. “We’re not going to eat it. I had a bit inside. They gave me an entire cake.
“Y’all take the cake, severely.”
The followers had been in awe, as they had been pulling out objects for Scheffler to signal, together with a Domino’s pizza field.
Scottie Scheffler through the Pro-Am previous to the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands on June 19, 2024, in Cromwell, Connecticut. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
“Thank you a lot, Scottie!” followers replied, as one took the cake to carry whereas Scheffler dished out signatures.
Scheffler even signed the cake field when the fan holding it requested.
“We acquired Scottie Scheffler to provide us his birthday cake, and we acquired the pizza field signed,” the followers stated because the video ends with their elation.
Scheffler is a person of the individuals, and he heads into the weekend in Cromwell, Connecticut, very a lot within the operating for one more doable win on Tour this season.
Scheffler shot 6-under yesterday at TPC River Highlands to maneuver right into a three-way tie for second place at 11-under for the match with Akshay Bhatia and Collin Morikawa.
Scottie Scheffler of the United States walks from the ninth gap through the first spherical of the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands on June 20, 2024, in Cromwell, Connecticut. (James Gilbert/Getty Images)
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Xander Schauffele, the 2024 PGA Championship victor, is 10-under in fifth place, whereas South Korean Tom Kim owns the outright lead with a 13-under rating after a formidable 8-under on Thursday and a 5-under Friday spherical.
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