Scottie Scheffler and the Claret Jug, golf’s oldest championship trophy, have been getting acquainted with each other since the world No. 1 won the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush last month.
“We had a party two weeks ago at home with some of our friends, and everybody got to drink out of it,” he said on Wednesday ahead of the FedEx St. Jude Championship. “It was a lot of fun.”
Scheffler didn’t mention what they drank out of it, but that wasn’t the only time the silver trophy served up beverages of some sort.
“I brought it up to Royal Oaks a couple times, my home course, and one afternoon I think Meredith was getting a haircut or something, and I was resting and so I had Bennett, and I took him to Royal Oaks,” Scheffler recalled. “He whacked some golf balls around, and we hung out for a bit. I took him to the 19th hole with me, and I got some pretty funny pictures with Bennett sitting in the 19th hole at the men’s only grill where you’ve got to be – I think you’ve got to be 19 to get in there, but I figured if we bring in a couple major championship trophies with us, they’ll let the rules slide on that one.”
Scottie Scheffler’s trophy room now has a Claret Jug
When the famed trophy isn’t out making the rounds, Scheffler said he keeps it in his trophy room at his house. He also is the current custodian of the Wanamaker Trophy, the prize awarded to the winner of the PGA Championship, which he won in May.
“Right now, I think both trophies are in there next to each other. The Wanamaker, when we went over to Europe, it was sitting up there at Royal Oaks, and I’m sure I’ll bring both the trophies back up there for them to be able to celebrate with as well,” he said. “It’s pretty cool. The Masters, you get the Green Jacket for a year and the Wanamaker is a big old trophy and then the Claret Jug is kind of the perfect size where you can just carry it around and sometimes people don’t even really know you have it. It’s fun.”
Indeed, it must be fun to be Scheffler, who will look to defend another trophy sitting in his trophy case later this month. Scheffler is the current holder of the FedEx Cup and the playoffs begin this week – though Scheffler already has secured his place at the Tour Championship.
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