{"id":26130,"date":"2025-07-21T12:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T12:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/26130\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T12:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T12:55:07","slug":"scottie-schefflers-son-takes-a-tumble-climbing-toward-dad-after-british-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/26130\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottie Scheffler&#8217;s son takes a tumble climbing toward dad after British Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scottie Scheffler\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/20\/sports\/scottie-scheffler-cruises-to-british-open-win-one-away-from-career-grand-slam\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fourth career major victory<\/a> resulted in an adorable moment between the world\u2019s No.1 golfer and his 14-month-old son.<\/p>\n<p>Minutes after Scheffler completed his first British Open championship with a four-stroke win Sunday at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland, his son Bennett attempted to join his father on the green.<\/p>\n<p>Bennett Scheffler, who was born in May 2024, fell multiple times while attempting to ascend the steep slope to the green. <\/p>\n<p>Scottie Scheffler\u2019s son, Bennett, takes a tumble climbing toward his dad on the 18th green at the British Open on July 20, 2025. REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>Scottie Scheffler\u2019s son, Bennett, falls down while climbing toward his dad on the 18th green at the British Open on July 20, 2025. REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>A man helps Scottie Scheffler\u2019s son get to his dad on the 18th green at the British Open on July 20, 2025. Getty Images for HSBC<\/p>\n<p>Scottie Scheffler puts his son, Bennett, down on the 18th green next to the Claret Jug after winning the British Open on July 20, 2025. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>After the toddler was helped to his feet by a tournament official, Scottie Scheffler met him halfway up the hill and lifted him up to roars from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>More cheers followed when dad placed Bennett alongside the legendary Open trophy, the Claret Jug.<\/p>\n<p>Bennett Scheffler walks toward dad Scottie after the British Open on July 20, 2025. REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>Scottie Scheffler\u2019s son, Bennett, points his finger after his dad\u2019s British Open win on July 20, 2025. REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>Scottie Scheffler celebrates winning the British Open with his son, Bennett, and wife, Meredith, on July 20, 2025. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Scottie Scheffler also won the PGA Championship earlier this year after he\u2019d captured the Masters title in 2022 and 2024. <\/p>\n<p>He will have his first chance to complete the career Grand Slam at the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills in Southampton in June 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scottie Scheffler\u2019s fourth career major victory resulted in an adorable moment between the world\u2019s No.1 golfer and his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[7697,427,5758,99],"class_list":["post-26130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-british-open","tag-golf","tag-scottie-scheffler","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}