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By most accounts, I’m a decent guy. I mostly put on music recitals for my kids (recorders don’t count), took out the trash when I wasn’t asked, and never intentionally recorded a wedding video. First-time father Scotty Scheffler has one request for myself and other imperfect men like me: It’s about rotating slowly.
I’m not talking about your putting stroke as smooth as Sinatra’s voice after the second Rusty Nail, but in general, as a professional, as a husband, as a man of faith, and I’m talking about your performance as a new father (which I’m sure you will). You’re making the rest of us look bad. Very bad.
Being a lawyer is a tough job, but nothing beats yours. On the highly competitive PGA Tour, you’re the Ricky Bobby of the pros. “If it’s not first, it’s last.” With the world’s No. 1 ranking and two coveted Masters trophies on your mantel, you’re the perfect winning machine.
Scottie Scheffler reveals the faithful advice he received before the Masters final
Earlier this year, you won four of five consecutive tournaments, a feat last achieved by Tiger Woods in 2007-2008. Heading into this week’s PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club to complete professional golf’s Grand Slam, he will have a legitimate chance to win all four majors within a year. Such standards of excellence are not my experience.
April 14, 2024. Augusta, Georgia, USA. Scottie Scheffler speaks at the green jacket ceremony after winning the Masters Tournament. (Adam Cairns-USA TODAY Network)
I have never been on any respectable lawyer list like “40 under 40” or more recently “50 under 50,” but due to poor health and financial planning, You may be able to become “under 80”. -Under 80” compilation. When it comes to professional proficiency, the only person being led by a monster on the field is you in the clubhouse.
Not just winning; how you win. During her second Masters campaign, you pledged that if her wife Meredith, who was pregnant with her first child at the time, went into labor before the final round, she would withdraw from the competition. It is loving people more than things, and that is an admirable trait. It also makes me feel like Jean to Marcia Brady.
With the Players Championship trophy and his wife Meredith after playing the 18th hole for their second straight The Players Championship during the final round on the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass on March 17, 2024 Scottie Scheffler poses in the United States in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. (Ben Jared/PGA Tour via Getty Images)
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I mean, I’d like to think that if the golf shoes had been reversed, I would have communicated that sublime sentiment to my wife before our firstborn was born, rather than suggesting, say, that we name our daughter Augusta or our son Augustine. Memories of victory. The fact that I have an alternative in mind suggests otherwise.
Your marital scorecard is bogey-free, but your eternal priorities are even more admirable. After winning the Masters for the second time, you said you play golf to praise God and all that He has done in your life. Such a press conference may be even more beautiful than your match. I can’t even riff on this. It was just too awesome, like watching Scottish sprinter Eric Liddell run in “Chariots of Fire.”
Jon Rahm of Spain puts the green jacket on winner Scottie Scheffler after the Masters Golf Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday, April 14, 2024 in Augusta, Georgia. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
After all, on golf’s grandest stage, and for a brief moment of victory at Augusta, your thoughts turned not to your own rich gifts, but to the infinitely richer giver. That’s the humility I strive for, but I doubt my highest score on life’s most difficult course is even close to your lowest. I’ll share my caddy here. Why not listen to what he has to say more?
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The more I think about it, Mr. Scheffler, no matter what else you do in this life, please do not Slow down your roll. This world needs good men who will always direct our gaze toward the transcendent, even if in doing so they are better than others. He pursues virtue in solitude and continues to lead the field. It makes the rest of us better people.
In appreciation of your wonderful example, we offer new fathers some free advice from old fathers. Before you burp, take off your master’s green jacket. newborn son bennett.
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