Sky Sports Golf’s Paul McGinley has criticised Scottie Scheffler for turning up late for his third round tee time with Patrick Cantlay at the Tour Championship.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scheffler<\/a> rocked up on the 1st tee while his playing partner Cantlay was already about to tee off.\u00a0<\/p>\n While he was not later than his official 2.38pm tee time, and therefore did not get penalised, he did cut it mighty fine.\u00a0<\/p>\n If a player arrives on the tee between 0 and 5 minutes past their official tee time, they receive the general penalty of two strokes.<\/p>\n After five minutes is a DQ.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Sky Sports claimed Scheffler arrived on the tee with 30 seconds to spare.\u00a0<\/p>\n Cantlay<\/a> teed off and sent his drive into the first cut of rough.<\/p>\n Scheffler then proceeded to drive way right into the deeper rough.\u00a0<\/p>\n He was forced to lay up in the fairway on the brutal 521-yard par-4.<\/p>\n Scheffler flicked in a wedge to 20 feet but he would miss the par putt left of the hole.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n As he tapped in for bogey, it was then that former European Ryder Cup captain McGinley hit out at Scheffler’s lack of preparation.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Would you put it down to being late on the tee?” questioned McGinley after seeing Scheffler make bogey on the 1st.<\/p>\n “There’s no doubt he was late, there was hardly any time there to get settled and by the time he shook hands they were announcing Patrick Cantlay on the tee.\u00a0<\/p>\n “So much of this game is about concentration and being prepared and being in the right mental mindset.”<\/p>\n Some golf fans had some fun with the situation by claiming Scheffler knew he could be a tad late given he was playing alongside Cantlay.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n The announcers were freaking out about Scotty Scheffler being late to the tee at the FedEx PGA Tour Championship, but he just knew he would have a few extra minutes with Patrick Cantlay teeing off in front of him\u2026. pic.twitter.com\/gHVkMz32Om<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jeff (@jeffhawk30) August 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n To compound the drama on the 1st tee, the PGA Tour announcer read Scheffler’s name wrong over the microphone.\u00a0<\/p>\n Despite a big build up listing all of Scheffler’s biggest recent achievements, the announcer called him Scottie Schauffler.\u00a0<\/p>\n A mix between a Scheffler and Schauffele you could argue.\u00a0<\/p>\n Golf social media could not believe the mishap given Scheffler’s status in the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Who\u2019s the idiot announcer @TOURChamp<\/a> who just introduced the world no. 1 Golfer Scottie Scheffler as Scottie \u201cSchauffler\u201d??!<\/p>\n You had one job, bro! SMH<\/p>\n \u2014 Joey A. (@Joeyjonz) August 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Scheffler then went on to make bogey on the par-3 2nd to fall further off the pace.<\/p>\n Sky Sports Golf’s Henni Zuel added: “To Paul’s point, maybe arriving late to the 1st tee has contributed to his wobble of a start.”<\/p>\n To Scheffler’s credit he did recover with a bounceback birdies on the par-4 3rd and par-4 4th.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n The four-time major champion leads many stats on the PGA Tour and one of them is the bounceback statistic.\u00a0<\/p>\n Scheffler started the third round five shots off the pace.\u00a0<\/p>\n Despite leading the FedEx Cup just about all season, the points all reset ahead of this week’s $40m Tour Championship.<\/p>\n There was also no adjusted handicap start at the Tour Championship like previous seasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n The winner of the Tour Championship wins the FedEx Cup and a huge first prize of $10m.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n VIEW LIVE SCORES HERE<\/a><\/p>\n Subscribe to our Newsletter