Scottie Scheffler received huge criticism for the way in which he berated his caddie, Ted Scott, at The Memorial Tournament last week.
After Scheffler’s ball found the water on the par-three 16th hole, the world number one let loose on his caddie for a full five minutes.
In that instance, the 29-year-old was more demonstratively frustrated than we have ever seen him before.
Scottie Scheffler cut a frustrated figure throughout the entire Memorial Tournament.
He clearly didn’t have his ‘A’ game at Muirfield Village, and Ted Scott bore the brunt of his boss’s frustrations.
Scheffler came under fire for the way he verbally accosted Ted Scott at The Memorial last week.
However, all was forgiven after that outburst on Thursday. Ted Scott and Scottie Scheffler were back to their best as a player/caddie duo throughout the remainder of the tournament.
How Kevin Kisner feels about Scottie Scheffler after Ted Scott incident at Memorial
Kevin Kisner has made a great point regarding Scheffler’s actions in Dublin, Ohio, on Thursday.
When speaking on the Fore Play Podcast, Kisner responded when asked to give his honest opinion on what went down between Scheffler and Scott at Muirfield Village.
“Man, I could go on this for hours. I’ve got so many stories and instances and things that have been said,“ Kisner admitted.
“But you’ve got to put yourself in Scottie’s shoes, right?
“He is doing everything that he possibly can to hit a great golf shot, and he thinks he’s pulled it off and now he’s playing three from 150 yards.
“It’s just your mind is so jumbled at that moment in time.
“Like, you can’t process what just happened because you stood over this tee shot, you had a great game plan with your teammate.
“And now you’re in the water, and as you struck it and watched it fly, you thought you were making a hole in one or a two.
“And now you’re going to make the biggest double bogey of your life on the shot.
“So, just in the moment, like if you had that happen, if he had that happen playing with us, he would never react that way, right?
“It’s just how much effort, work, time, he’s put in to be able to hit that golf shot exactly like he wants to, and it goes in the water and he does not know how to process it.
“One of my favourite things that my caddie always told me was, ‘it’s not in my best interest to f––– you.
“So, like, Teddy did everything he thought was right to help Scottie Scheffler.
“It makes him a whole lot less money that that ball went in the water than if it would have gone in the hole.
“So you really have to think of that when you’re wanting to strangle this dude that you’ve hired to trust and it doesn’t work out.“
Scottie Scheffler disregarded wind variables
Kisner highlighted just how quickly things can change out on the golf course.
Golf is an outdoor sport, after all.
“And it’s an outdoor sport, man. There are variables,“ Kisner said.
“Like the wind could pick up. How does he not know that they had the wind right when he struck it and wrong in the three-second flight?
“We have no idea if God swooped down and made the wind blow nine miles an hour harder in that three seconds to make that ball go into the water.
“So, it’s a fascinating sport where you are so enthralled and engrossed, whatever the right word is, in that moment that you, like, can’t process failure, because I did everything I was supposed to do correct, which doesn’t happen often.
“The fact is, it’s just this weird moment in life where your brain fries and you don’t know how to react. It’s a strange relationship.“
