Scottie Scheffler was visibly displeased after firing off a wild shot in the opening round of The Memorial Tournament on Thursday, venting his frustrations to his caddie as they walked on the course.
His issue arose after teeing off on the No. 16 hole at the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. Scheffler’s shot initially landed on the green but then took a hard bounce, landing in the nearby water.
Scheffler stood there in disbelief and began voicing his frustration to caddie Tedd Scott, including, “I don’t know what to do,” and “I can’t hear a word you’re saying.”
As Scheffler continued trailing Scott, he kept going off, saying, “I feel like that was a good shot. Now I’m in the water.”
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A nearly two-minute video arrived on X, spotlighting more of his frustration during a highly disappointing first-round performance.
“Absolutely flushed a seven iron, and we get the wind wrong, and now I’m in the water. I don’t think you understand how frustrating that is,” he said to Scott as they were walking.
He continued to vent how he “could not get the wind right,” and despite having “good shots,” they just weren’t falling into place for him.
Fans reacted to Scheffler’s surprising shot, which ended up a double bogey, suggesting he was doing a bit too much in his rant at Scott early in The Memorial Tournament.
“Is it just me or is Scottie getting harder and harder to watch from an attitude perspective? Dude always seems pissed off,” someone wrote in the X replies.
“Like a child, happy when things are good, then melts down when things don’t go his way,” another commenter said.
Others commented, “What a damn crybaby when he’s not winning,” and “Why is Scottie becoming another crybaby on a regular basis?”
To Scott’s credit, he didn’t fire back at Scheffler, allowing him to sound off. The commentators suggested it was part of Scott’s paycheck to absorb Scheffler’s venting during emotional moments on the course and let things run their course.
Meanwhile, Scheffler has had a difficult 2026 campaign in his events. While he started off great, winning The American Express in January, he hasn’t won anything else since. His best finishes have been second place, including at this year’s Masters, which suggests he’s still a threat.
At the end of Thursday’s opening round, Scheffler found himself 1-over par (73) and in a tie for 33rd on the leaderboard, still keeping him within contention for the event he claimed last year. A four-way tie between J.J. Spaun, Wyndham Clark, Tommy Fleetwood, and Ryan Gerard was atop the leaderboard.
The immense pressure of trying to maintain his dominance in these events may have caught up to Scheffler. Thursday’s meltdown was likely one of the world’s best golfers trying to figure out how to put together another winning performance like his dominant victory months ago at Pete Dye Stadium Course.
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