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Scottie Scheffler Responds to Rory McIlroy Masters Snub Accusations

Scottie Scheffler addressed an awkward moment between himself and Rory McIlroy after his fellow golfer’s triumphant moment at the Masters. 

Per tradition, Scheffler, the 2024 Masters champion, helped McIlroy, 35, put on the iconic Masters green jacket on Sunday, April 13, awarded annually to the tournament’s winner. 

However, once Scheffler, 28, slipped McIlroy into the jacket, he noticeably scurried out of frame on the CBS broadcast without even giving McIlroy a congratulatory handshake. 

“What’s the story with Scottie?” one viewer wrote via X after noticing the exchange, or lack thereof. “Not even a ‘well done’ & just melted away. Very awkward.”

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Another golf fan on social media called Scheffler “classless” for appearing to slight McIlroy in the midst of his big moment. 

Scheffler spoke to reporters on Tuesday, April 15, ahead of this weekend’s RBC Heritage in South Carolina, where he explained exactly what happened. 

Scottie Scheffler Responds After Being Accused of Snubbing Rory McIlroy After Masters Victory 856
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“In that moment, like it was such an emotional day for [McIlroy], I kind of just tried to stay out of the way and basically get the jacket on without embarrassing him or myself,” Scheffler said with a laugh. 

Scheffler, who finished in 4th place at the 2025 Masters, revealed he was watching every dramatic moment of McIlroy’s sudden death playoff victory over Justin Rose — just like everybody else. 

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“I got to watch the whole celebration. I watched the finish,” Scheffler said. “It was really cool for me to be able to see because I have — I don’t have the understanding of what it’s like to be asked about the career grand slam, but I have a small understanding of what it’s like to be asked, ‘Hey, you accomplished this, but you haven’t accomplished that.’ It can be very taxing on people sometimes.”

With his Masters victory, McIlroy became just the sixth golfer in history to win all four majors in their career, including the U.S. Open, Open Championship and PGA Championship. 

Scheffler is a two-time Masters champion, also winning in 2022, but has never won another major tournament. He finished in a tie for second at both the 2022 U.S. Open and 2023 PGA Championship. Scheffler’s best finish at the Open Championship was a tie for seventh in 2024. 

“It was cool to be able to see Rory get the job done,” Scheffler added. “Definitely from the outside it looked a lot more like relief than anything. Rory has accomplished everything in the game of golf, and that was really the last thing for him to accomplish. The guy has won the FedEx Cup, the Players, all four majors. Maybe the only other thing would be the Olympics is what he would want to win.”

 

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​Us Weekly

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