In the eternal, bitter rivalry between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, it seems even parents aren’t safe from the crossfire.
During ‘The Showdown’ between the teams of Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy vs. Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka in Las Vegas, a player’s shot unintentionally hit a patron.
It was DeChambeau’s tee shot on the second hole that started sailing toward the crowd when it struck someone watching the action.
Turns out that person was Scottie Scheffler’s father.
After the incident occurred, Scheffler’s father was seen giving DeChambeau a hug and was heard telling the LIV golfer he loved him.
Scheffler’s father was hit in the foot, not the head, by the ball, and was seen limping slightly after the impact as having a bit of fun and laughing it off. As a gesture of goodwill, DeChambeau offered to sign something for Mr. Scheffler.
Bryson DeChambeau (R) accidentally hit Scottie Scheffler’s (L) father with a tee shot
DeChambeau and Scheffler both competed in a PGA v. LIV battle: ‘The Showdown’
At the time of publication, McIlroy and Scheffler were leading DeChambeau and Koepka in the one-off battle.
It comes at a time when there is more uncertainty surrounding a potential LIV-PGA merger than ever before.
A deal between the two parties was said to have been completed last year, but even after an extension, there are no indications that an agreement will be reached anytime soon.
Before the match, Koepka and DeChambeau teased a possible Ryder Cup-style showdown between the PGA Tour’s best and LIV Golf.
However, Scheffler emphasized that the “end goal” is to “bring golf back together,” rather than pitting the two factions against each other.
“For us as players, I think we would all like to see everyone together again,” the world number 1 said.
‘What I like most about golf is the competition. And there’s so much talk these days about LIV versus PGA and money. I think most of us just want to get back into competition… the end goal here is to get the game of golf back on track.”
Scheffler added, “After Brooks and Bryson left, we only get to compete with them four times a year. I want to compete against the best players in the world and wherever those players compete, I think that’s where we all want to be. are. I think ideally you would get that twenty weeks a year, and not four.’