{"id":203691,"date":"2025-06-21T23:14:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T23:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/203691\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T23:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T23:14:12","slug":"scott-scheffler-sr-showed-his-true-colors-when-pga-tour-fan-demanded-he-move-out-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/203691\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Scheffler Sr. showed his true colors when PGA Tour fan demanded he &#8216;move out the way&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scottie Scheffler is back in the mix for this weekend&#8217;s Travelers Championship after falling short at the U.S. Open, though his family may have a couple lessons to learn from last year<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2_GettyImages-2215793620.jpg\" alt=\"Scottie Scheffler celebrates winning the PGA Championship with his son, Bennett, and his parents, Diane and Scott\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Scott Scheffler overcame some undue pressure of his own at last year&#8217;s Travelers Championship(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/sport\/golf\/scottie-scheffler-travelers-championship-cromwell-1212454\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Travelers Championship wraps upLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Travelers Championship wraps up<\/a> this weekend as <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/all-about\/scottie-scheffler\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Scottie SchefflerLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Scottie Scheffler<\/a> seeks to become the first man in more than 20 years to successfully defend his title. And father Scott is sure to be on hand in Cromwell, Connecticut, to support his son in his bid for yet another piece of history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Scott Scheffler Sr. was front and center when his namesake beat Tom Kim in a playoff to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/sport\/golf\/scottie-scheffler-tom-kim-protest-553506\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"collect last year&#039;s crownLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">collect last year&#8217;s crown<\/a> at TPC River Highlands. The pair both finished on 22 under par before Scheffler Jr. parred the 18th to end the playoff at the first time of asking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">But there was controversy among the celebration after his father found himself in the sights of one disgruntled <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/sport\/golf\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"golfLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">golf<\/a> fan. However, his reaction to the incident gave some insight as to where his three-time <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/golf\/scheffler-us-open-jj-spaun-35400322\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"major-winning offspring gets his classLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">major-winning offspring gets his class<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Scheffler Sr. hunkered down between one of the grandstands and a ShotLink tower to get the best view of the 18th green. And it should come as no surprise others in attendance had the same idea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It was then the former carpenter was alerted to the fact he was an obstacle to those behind him. And one fan let it be known as he shouted: &#8220;Hey, move out of the way!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/all-about\/pga-tour\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PGA TourLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">PGA Tour<\/a> report on the incident told the rest of the tale, and Scott&#8217;s reaction wasn&#8217;t what one might expect from most athletes&#8217; dads. One could understand why many would go on the defensive, adamant in their attempts to witness their child&#8217;s shining moment in all its glory &#8211; but not Scheffler Sr..<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1_GettyImages-2158422079.jpg\" alt=\"Scottie Scheffler in a press conference after winning the 2024 Travelers Championship\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Scottie Scheffler has enjoyed incredible success over the last 18 months(Image: Keyur Khamar\/PGA TOUR via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Scott waved his hand to apologize and kneeled down, blocking his view in the process,&#8221; read the account. &#8220;He laughed and shrugged, realizing then that he didn\u2019t need to see what would happen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;He has watched a similar scene play out more than a few times in recent months. Those fans hadn\u2019t. They deserved to see it. The sound would tell the story anyway.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">That it did as the legions in attendance let out a roar in response to Scheffler, who <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/sport\/golf\/scottie-scheffler-us-open-pga-1211813\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"finished T7 at the U.S. OpenLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">finished T7 at the U.S. Open<\/a> on Sunday, holing out for the win. Kim finished a close runner-up but came off second-best to a player enjoying the finest form of his career to date.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1_GettyImages-1239558417.jpg\" alt=\"Scottie Scheffler poses with his Dad, Scott, after winning the 2022 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Scheffler Sr. has had a lot to celebrate watching his son play over the past couple of years(Image: Ben Jared\/PGA TOUR via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Scheffler&#8217;s triumph netted him the top prize of $3.6 million and a sixth win of 2024 at the time. As a result, he became the first player on the PGA Tour to win six events before July since Arnold Palmer did so back in 1962.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The New Jersey-born star oozes class in every definition of the word throughout his game. But he carries himself with sophistication, too, as was recently evidenced at the PGA Championship, when he had to play with a back-up driver after his was declared unfit for play and nevertheless got his hands on another major title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Scheffler Sr. displayed the same sense of style and hubris in a moment where he had license to act out in very different manner. No fuss, and not a peep of petulance, the same stoic mentality that is quickly earning his son a place among the greats of golf.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=73430215-d2e4-4201-a58d-1dcf3aa44db6&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Subscribe to our golf newsletter for all the latest news and views from the PGA Tour, LIV Golf and beyond<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scottie Scheffler is back in the mix for this weekend&#8217;s Travelers Championship after falling short at the U.S.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4106],"tags":[2826,4298,4288,79,16,15,16022],"class_list":{"0":"post-203691","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-pga-tour","10":"tag-scottie-scheffler","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-us-open-golf"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114723898336390700","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}