Golfer Scottie Scheffler and Wife Meredith Welcome Son Ahead of PGA Championship

Scottie Scheffler just became a dad for the first time!

On Monday, May 13, the professional golfer, 27, announced that he had welcomed his first child with wife Meredith Scudder, sharing the news on Instagram. The high school sweethearts welcomed their son, Bennett, on Tuesday, May 8, Scheffler told reporters at the PGA Championship, according to the Associated Press.

He posted a sweet photo of his newborn son wrapped in a white cloth blanket while holding the new addition to the family.

“Welcome to the world baby. Your mommy and daddy love you so much,” Scheffler wrote in his Instagram caption.

Scottie Scheffler welcomes son Bennett.

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Upon arriving at the PGA Championship on Monday, Scheffler said Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis“It’s a pretty amazing feeling,” adding, “It sure was fun at the Scheffler house.”

“It was quite challenging to leave the house this morning but I’m here, I’m committed to playing this week. I’m excited to compete here, you know I told my old man when I was leaving, ‘I don’t want to leave, but I have to leave,’” he said. “It would have been challenging if I had gone on Wednesday night, but it was definitely a challenge to go this morning.”

When his interview ended, Scheffler joked with Lewis that he was now open to getting “any diaper advice”!

Scottie Scheffler and Meredith Scudder on February 12, 2023 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Maddie Meyer/Getty

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Before giving birth, Scudder joined her husband at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, which Scheffler won, and the news that they were expecting their first child broke when Scudder arrived with her noticeable baby bump.

“It’s going to be pretty wild. I don’t think it’s hit either of us yet, maybe at some point when the baby moves in the belly, but it’s an exciting time for us as a family,” Scheffler told PGA Tour Sirius/XM Radio in March, via Golf week.

He added, “It’s been quite an exciting last seven months and we’re looking forward to hopefully getting the baby out of there nice and healthy and with a healthy mum and then moving on.”

Scottie Scheffler and his wife Meredith on March 17, 2024 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

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The couple tied the knot in 2020 after dating long-distance for four years while at their respective colleges. Scudder has been by the golf champion’s side since day one, even though the two started out as just friends.

“Coming into high school, I always thought he had a super humble vibe, that he was just a really down-to-earth guy who didn’t take himself too seriously,” Scudder said. Golf Digest her husband.

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