Scottie Scheffler reflects on the change in his game after becoming a dad

Apart from a successful 2024 season on the golf course, Scottie Scheffler also had a great year in his personal life. On 8 May, Scheffler's wife Meredith gave birth to their son Bennett, and the golfer introduced him to the world with a post on Instagram on 13 May.

Since the birth of his son, Scheffler has experienced a lot of success on the golf course. During his recent appearance on Pardon My Take on YouTube, the World No. 1 golfer was asked if he felt like he is a better golfer now that he is a father.

Scheffler answered:

"I think part of it has helped me mentally, because like you said golf can be tough. And I think sometimes I'm we can all be our own harshest critic and so when it comes to like how I'm performing on the golf course sometimes when I get off the course and after a tough day I'll look at myself and be like well what would I do if this was Bennett what would I tell him after the day. And so part of that has been really helpful. And then when you get home I mean it's one thing for your parents and Meredith and everybody to say that they don't care what you shoot but at the end of the day it means a lot to me."

You can check out what the American golfer said in the video below:

Scheffler further added that when he gets back home, walks through the door, and sees Bennett greeting him, he forgets everything else. He said it's an amazing feeling.

Since the birth of Bennett, the World No. 1 golfer has won three events on the PGA Tour. He also won a gold medal for Team USA at the 2024 Olympics. In his most recent outing on the golf course, Scheffler won the Tour Championship, thus winning the FedEx Cup.

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How much did Scottie Scheffler earn for winning the 2024 Tour Championship?

At the 2024 Tour Championship, Scottie Scheffler carded 65-66-66-67 to win the tournament. This victory was Scheffler's third on the PGA Tour since the birth of his son Bennett and 7th overall in 2024. The Tour Championship had a purse of $100,000,000.

Scheffler got the largest chunk of the purse as he earned $25,000,000 for his victory. Here is the detailed list of the payout at the Tour Championship:

• 1 Scottie Scheffler -30 $25,000,000
• 2 Collin Morikawa -26 $12,500,000
• 3 Sahith Theegala -24 $7,500,000
• T4 Russell Henley -19 $4,833,333
• T4 Adam Scott -19 $4,833,333
• T4 Xander Schauffele -19 $4,833,333
• 7 Sungjae Im -18 $2,750,000
• 8 Wyndham Clark -17 $2,250,000
• T9 Rory McIlroy -16 $1,608,333
• T9 Hideki Matsuyama -16 $1,608,333
• T9 Shane Lowry -16 $1,608,333
• T12 Viktor Hovland -15 $1,000,000
• T12 Sam Burns -15 $1,000,000
• T14 Justin Thomas -14 $905,000
• T14 Taylor Pendrith -14 $905,000
• 16 Ludvig Aberg -12 $795,000
• T17 Robert MacIntyre -11 $755,000
• T17 Matthieu Pavon -11 $755,000
• T17 Patrick Cantlay -11 $755,000
• 20 Tommy Fleetwood -10 $715,000
• T21 Keegan Bradley -8 $660,000
• T21 Byeong Hun An -8 $660,000
• T23 Billy Horschel -6 $615,000
• T23 Aaron Rai -6 $615,000
• T23 Tony Finau -6 $615,000
• 26 Akshay Bhatia -5 $590,000
• T27 Chris Kirk -3 $575,000
• T27 Sepp Straka -3 $575,000
• T29 Christiaan Bezuidenhout +3 $555,000
• T29 Tom Hoge +3 $555,000