{"id":24088,"date":"2025-07-26T01:45:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T01:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/24088\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T01:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T01:45:11","slug":"that-was-me-scottie-scheffler-comes-clean-with-shock-confession-after-viral-open-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/24088\/","title":{"rendered":"‘That was me’ – Scottie Scheffler comes clean with shock confession after viral Open video"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scottie Scheffler has finally come clean after a week of suspense.<\/p>\n

The world No.1 has enjoyed a whirlwind week from reigning supreme at The Open<\/a> to donning the green carpet at the Happy Gilmore 2 premiere.<\/p>\n

\"Scottie<\/a><\/p>\n

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Scottie Scheffler picked up his second major of the season at Royal PortrushCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

But on Friday, journalists only wanted the answer to one question.<\/p>\n

A television broadcast picked up a loud farting noise<\/a> during last Thursday\u2019s play at Royal Portrush with nobody owning up to it.<\/p>\n

Scheffler <\/a>was immediately pinned as the prime suspect of the viral moment which even had the commentators throwing a few snide jokes into their broadcast.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat are you laughing about? Let\u2019s stick to golf,\u201d said one commentator, who later added: \u201cA little bit of wind from behind.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, there was a chance that it wasn\u2019t Scheffler but instead a caddie, a fan or one of the cameramen located on the course.<\/p>\n

But thankfully all was revealed on Friday thanks to an episode of \u2018Pardon My Take.\u2019<\/p>\n

Asked whether the fart was his doing, Scheffler said:<\/a> \u201cYeah, that was me. Oh, yeah. It was me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re out there for like six hours,\u201d he added. \u201cYou\u2019re eating some different food over there. Some stuff\u2019s gonna happen. You never know when the boom mics there. You never know what they\u2019re gonna pick up.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m definitely surprised it hasn\u2019t happened more in the past, picking up stuff like that,\u201d the Claret Jug winner continued. \u201cI literally didn\u2019t think anything about it, then after we got inside, Xander [Schauffele] was showing me the video.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe pulls up the video, and I see myself standing on 17 and I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh, I know what this is.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Scheffler<\/a><\/p>\n

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Scheffler came clean when asked if it was him that farted at The OpenCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Scheffler was then bizarrely asked to grade his fart to which he replied: \u201cIt was good. It got a nice sound to it. We were outside. It was perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n

The American was untouchable throughout The Open, shooting a three under to start the tournament.<\/p>\n

On Friday, he shot a seven under to take a one-stroke lead into the weekend.<\/p>\n

He extended the lead to four with a bogey-free Saturday and claimed the title on Sunday with a four-shot win over Harris English.<\/p>\n

\u201cNone of us could hang with Scottie this week,\u201d said Rory McIlroy<\/a>, who finished tied for seventh.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s an incredible player. He\u2019s been dominant this week. Honestly, he\u2019s been dominant for the last couple years.<\/p>\n

\"Rory<\/a><\/p>\n

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Rory McIlory paid tribute to Scheffler after his Open victoryCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is the bar that we\u2019re all trying to get to. In a historical context, you could argue that there\u2019s only maybe two or three players in the history of the game that have been on a run, the one that Scottie\u2019s been on here for the last 24 to 36 months. Incredibly impressive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scheffler toasted his victory with a special tribute to wife and No.1 supporter Meredith.<\/p>\n

“Every time I\u2019m able to win a tournament the first person I look for is my wife Meredith.<\/p>\n

“I didn\u2019t see her at first but then I saw my dad and saw Meredith and she\u2019s always the first person I want to celebrate with,” he said.<\/p>\n

“She knows me better than anyone, she\u2019s my best friend. I wouldn’t be able to do it without her support. It\u2019s not a lifestyle that\u2019s suited to everybody, but we\u2019re very grateful. It\u2019s fun – being able to celebrate tournaments like this.”<\/p>\n

He continued: “It\u2019s a very special feeling.<\/p>\n

Commentators left in tears as fan FARTS during Scottie Scheffler’s shot at The Open<\/p>\n

“It takes a lot of work to get to this point in my career. This was a tough week – it was challenging. The course was playing really tough. I had to focus very hard over the course of the weekend.<\/p>\n

“This one was different from the PGA (in May) because I had a decent lead to start the day. At the PGA, I felt like I struggled on the front nine and then was able to push forward and win it on the back nine.<\/p>\n

“This one, I felt like I built up a lead. It got a little close there after the double bogey on eight but as I bounced back at nine I was able to keep a pretty sizeable lead for most of the day.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scottie Scheffler has finally come clean after a week of suspense. The world No.1 has enjoyed a whirlwind…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[15220,5904,6670,1172,15221,3026,101,676,56,54,55,1232],"class_list":["post-24088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-fart","tag-golf","tag-golf-news","tag-latest","tag-pardon-my-take","tag-scottie-scheffler","tag-sports","tag-the-open","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}