{"id":78639,"date":"2025-05-06T08:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T08:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/78639\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T08:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T08:13:11","slug":"scottie-scheffler-gives-emotional-speech-about-wife-and-family-after-winning-cj-cup-byron-nelson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/78639\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottie Scheffler gives emotional speech about wife and family after winning CJ Cup Byron Nelson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scottie Scheffler struggled to contain his emotions after his victory at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson tournament on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The World No 1 choked back tears during an on-course interview with CBS&#8217; Amanda Balionis.<\/p>\n<p>Scheffler, after composing himself, then hammered home the significance of his victory &#8211; with the 28-year-old paying tribute to his wife, Meredith.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I think about this tournament, I think about a lot of different stuff,&#8221; Scheffler said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"d019a\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"1d0bd29716064bc56836e190388fd117\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%205118%203412'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/scottie-scheffler.jpg\" width=\"5118\" height=\"3412\" alt=\"Scottie Scheffler\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Scottie Scheffler struggled to contain his emotions after his victory at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson tournament on Sunday<\/p>\n<p>REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I grew up coming to watch it. This was my first start on the PGA Tour when I was in high school.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The girl I was dating at the time is now my wife. We have one son. My sister was caddying for me at the time. She was here today. She has two kids.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My family was all able to be here, and it was just really, really special memories, and I think at times it all comes crashing down to me at once.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Scheffler made history on Sunday with a dominant wire-to-wire victory at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson.<\/p>\n<p>The American tied the PGA Tour 72-hole scoring record of 253, a mark previously set by Justin Thomas and Ludvig Aberg.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JUST IN: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbnews.com\/sport\/football\/trent-alexander-arnold-leave-liverpool-real-madrid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trent Alexander-Arnold confirms bombshell Liverpool exit with defender set to join Real Madrid<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER IS NOT HUMAN.<\/p>\n<p>HE TIES THE PGA TOUR RECORD FOR LOWEST 72-HOLE SCORE OF ALL TIME. 8-SHOT WIN.<\/p>\n<p>HIS FIRST W OF 2025 IS PURE AND UTTER DOMINATION. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iVMTNG5FgG\">pic.twitter.com\/iVMTNG5FgG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fore Play (@ForePlayPod) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForePlayPod\/status\/1919152540064588181?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He finished the tournament at an astonishing 31-under par.<\/p>\n<p>The victory represented Scheffler&#8217;s 14th career win on the PGA Tour, moving him ahead of fellow American Jordan Spieth on the all-time list.<\/p>\n<p>For the two-time Masters champion, the achievement went beyond mere statistics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I never really got this far to be honest with you. I always just dreamed of playing golf on the PGA Tour,&#8221; Scheffler reflected.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbnews.com\/sport\/tennis\/andy-murray-new-job-2671889670\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andy Murray lands completely different job alongside Novak Djokovic coaching role<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scheffler&#8217;s dominance was evident throughout the tournament as he finished eight shots ahead of his nearest competitor, Erik van Rooyen.<\/p>\n<p>The victory was particularly special as it came in what Scheffler considers his hometown area.<\/p>\n<p>Though born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, Scheffler moved to Dallas, Texas with his family when he was six years old.<\/p>\n<p>He grew up in the area and attended Highland Park High School in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LATEST SPORTS NEWS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tournament is held at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas, approximately 30 miles outside of Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would come out on the driving range and watch these guys practice, hitting their brand-new range balls,&#8221; Scheffler recalled of his childhood visits to the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Scheffler&#8217;s victory truly represented a homecoming for the world&#8217;s best golfer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s all I wanted to do was come out here and play a golf course that was in great shape and compete on the best golf courses in the world against the best players,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"664db\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"9ddb84a24640dffcf23c3c28c1e295c0\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%205918%203945'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746519191_264_scottie-scheffler.jpg\" width=\"5918\" height=\"3945\" alt=\"Scottie Scheffler\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Scottie Scheffler was jubilant after winning the CJ Cup Byron Nelson on Sunday<\/p>\n<p>REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>The emotional significance of winning in front of family and childhood friends was evident throughout his post-victory comments.<\/p>\n<p>Following his historic performance, Scheffler will take next week&#8217;s Truist Championship off.<\/p>\n<p>This break will allow him to prepare for the season&#8217;s second major tournament, the PGA Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The World No 1 will be among the favourites as he continues his remarkable 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scottie Scheffler struggled to contain his emotions after his victory at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson tournament on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4106],"tags":[2826,12,512,93,79,16,15,978,727],"class_list":{"0":"post-78639","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-sgg","11":"tag-sport","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-us","16":"tag-us-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114459889116096401","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78639","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=78639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}