Scottie Scheffler's caddie screams at fan after wife subject to 'derogatory' remark

A instrumentality was removed from the Presidents Cup connected Saturday aft making a derogatory remark astir Scottie Scheffler's wife, Meredith, during the fourballs session

A instrumentality was ejected from the Presidents Cup connected Saturday for making a derogatory remark astir the woman of golfer Scottie Scheffler, Meredith.

During the important lucifer wherever World No. 1 Scheffler and his spouse Russell Henley secured a 3and2 triumph implicit Hideki Matsuyama and Sungjae Im, contributing an important constituent to the American team's 11-7 pb against the International team, the incidental occurred.

Scheffler's caddie, Ted Scott, was reportedly incensed by the comment, arsenic per The Athletic, and confronted the heckler beyond the ropes to "scream" astatine him.

Scott Scheffler, Scottie's father, aboriginal confirmed that the violative spectator had been removed from Royal Montreal pursuing his inappropriate outburst directed astatine Scheffler's wife, who precocious gave commencement to their archetypal child, Bennett, successful May.

The disruption took spot astatine the 16th spread but didn't propulsion Scheffler disconnected his game; helium sunk the winning putt soon after. Despite being 3 down aft six holes earlier successful the round, Scheffler and Henley made a stunning comeback to clinch the triumph with 2 holes remaining.

Henley addressed the media, stating that they enactment the incidental down them rapidly and refocused connected the game. He said, "No, not really," erstwhile asked if they had talked astir the incidental during play. "Once it happened, we conscionable benignant of refocused and got backmost successful it."

Scheffler remained tight-lipped and didn't articulation the post-round property conference, leaving his on-the-course play unaddressed. The Presidents Cup has seen its just stock of spats with barbed exchanges flying betwixt some locker rooms, pushing the lawsuit towards a boiling point.

Team USA, however, with Jim Furyk astatine the helm, had adjacent full domination successful Saturday's matches, nabbing six retired of 8 points and conscionable 4.5 shy from a implicit victory, needing lone that magnitude from the twelve singles games connected Sunday to unafraid the trophy.

Again clashing clubs crossed the Canadian green, Scheffler is acceptable to look Matsuyama successful Match 3. Having already bested the Japanese subordinate past Sunday, Scheffler has each crushed to judge helium tin pb his squad to triumph erstwhile more.

Despite trailing, the International squad isn't abbreviated connected grit, with Canada's ain Taylor Pendrith voicing his content successful a comeback: "Just support fighting, we're close there," remarked the hopeful Canuck post-match. "Obviously we request a large time and everyone has to measurement up their crippled for america to people the points needed, but we're successful this and a beardown Sunday could clinch it. It's each astir bringing their A-game."

"Just support fighting, we're close there," Canadian said aft the extremity of play. "Obviously we're going to request a truly coagulated day, and everybody's going to person to play large to enactment points up connected the board, but we're close determination and a truly bully time day tin triumph this thing. Everybody's got to bring their champion stuff."