Scheffler is expected to be back at 100% in the next three or four weeks following the surgery. He withdrew from The Sentry, the tournament that officially kicks off the new golf season Jan. 2. Scheffler's next scheduled tournament is The American Express on Jan. 16-19 in La Quinta, Calif.

Scottie Scheffler's encore to his 2024 season will have to wait, at least for a few weeks. The PGA Tour announced Friday that the world No. 1 has withdrawn from the 2025 Sentry, the league's season opener in Kapalua,

Scottie Scheffler injured his right hand on a broken glass preparing Christmas dinner, forcing the top-ranked player to withdraw from the PGA Tour’s season-opening event in Hawaii.

Scheffler’s agent Blake Smith said Scheffler’s next scheduled tournament will be The American Express from Jan. 16-19.

Scottie Scheffler's Christmas dinner preparations leave him with broken glass shards in his hand, leading to surgery which will force golf's world number one to miss the start of the new season.

The injury is a tough break for Scheffler, who by missing the event at Kapalua is out of a chance compete in the season’s first signature event, with the field of 2024 winners and the top 50 finishers in the FedEx Cup standings vying for a total purse of $20 million and first prize of $3.6 million.

The world’s best golfer has suffered a freak injury while cooking Christmas dinner, forcing him to undergo surgery. Scottie Scheffler sustained a puncture wound after cutting the palm of his right hand on broken glass. The world number one required surgery as small glass fragments remained in the palm after the accident.

Scottie Scheffler will miss the PGA Tour's 2025 season-opening tournament, The Sentry in Maui, after suffering a puncture wound to his right hand from a broken glass on Christmas Day. The injury will sideline him for three to four weeks.

While Christmas Day is the most wonderful time of the year for many, Scottie Scheffler will remember his 2024 festivities for different reasons.