Scottie Scheffler is dominating the golfing world after winning two majors this year, including the British Open at Royal Portrush.
Scheffler ran away from the pack to coast to a four-shot victory, showing his dominance in every facet of his game and leaving the golfing world in awe. His current run of form is the closest thing the sport has seen to the peak of Tiger Woods and the sky appears to be the limit as to how many victories and majors he can rack up in the years to come.
In fact, his biggest competition may not be from his fellow golfers, but from his own bodily functions.
During the second round, Scheffler knocked one stiff on the 17th hole. But while the ball was in mid-air a giant fart ripped through the silence for all the world to hear. As it turns out, it was from Scottie Scheffler himself as he admitted on this week’s episode of Pardon My Take.
“Yea, that was me,” Scheffler said to laughter from hosts Dan “Big Cat” Katz and PFT Commenter.
“You’re out there for like six hours, you’re eating some different food over there. Some stuff is going to happen,” he added.
Scheffler also said that it was Xander Schauffele who first showed him the viral video after the round, and he knew what was coming.
“You never know with the boom mics there, you never know what they’re going to pick up. I’m definitely surprised it hasn’t happened more in the past picking up stuff like that. I literally didn’t think anything about it then after we got inside Xander was showing me the video. He pulls up the video and I see myself standing on 17 and I’m like, ‘oh, I know what this is,’” Scheffler said.
Incredibly, none of the reporters at the British Open asked Scheffler about it. But it is these kinds of hard-hitting questions that have made Pardon My Take a beloved sportscast over the years and a definite snub for Time’s list of the Top 100 podcasts of all-time.
Scottie Scheffler may not have the otherworldly superpower appeal that Tiger Woods had at his peak. But maybe his everyman persona and his healthy perspective about golf and life is just what we all need in 2025. If Scottie Scheffler can let it rip in the middle of winning the British Open, then maybe he truly is just like one of us.