Rory McIlroy teases Scottie Scheffler over freak | Golf News

Rory McIlroy could not resist a playful jab at Scottie Scheffler following the latter’s hand surgical procedure, which was necessitated by an damage sustained whereas making ready Christmas Dinner. Scheffler, who had been sidelined for practically a month, is set to return on the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

The mishap occurred as he sliced his hand on a wine glass during ravioli making. McIlroy, with a trace of jest, questioned Scheffler’s culinary endeavors forward of the California match, remarking: “I think he made enough money to hire a chef. It’s like why are you cooking yourself? “

Unconvinced by the story behind Scheffler’s operation, McIlroy quipped: “I was hoping it was going to be a bit of a more fun story than that.”

Despite the teasing, McIlroy did categorical real concern for Scheffler, recalling their latest time collectively: “We were together in Vegas on the 17th of December and played that match with Brooks and Bryson.

“Firstly was simply involved and hope he is okay. It appears like he is up and it is good that he is teeing it up this week. But yeah, simply get a chef.”

When Scheffler faced questions about McIlroy’s chef suggestion at his pre-tournament press conference, he retorted with a light-hearted comment about his wife: “I’ve acquired a chef, her identify’s Meredith. She’s fairly cute,” he said with a chuckle.

Describing a kitchen mishap that led to his injury, the current Masters champion shared, “You’ve acquired to roll the dough and you have to cut the dough, however we had been at a rental home so we did not have like the correct instruments and the one factor there was a wine glass that we discovered.

“I had my hand on top of it and it broke, which side note, I’ve heard nothing but horror stories since this happened about wine glasses, so be careful. Even if you’re like me and you don’t drink wine, you’ve got to be real careful with wine glasses.

“Yeah, it broke and the stem variety of acquired me within the hand. So it is one of these offers the place prefer it’s actually – I am unable to reside in a bubble, like acquired to reside my life and accidents occur. You know, it may have been a lot worse.”

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Scheffler is optimistic about his restoration, aiming to have his hand totally healed in time for his look on the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am match on Thursday morning.