"Literally felt like I got hit by a bus" – Scottie Scheffler reveals why he felt 'terrible' after winning the PGA Championship
Scottie Scheffler revealed how he felt 'terrible' after winning the 2025 PGA Championship. Scheffler's last major championship win came at the Quail Hollow Golf & Country Club, and recently, while playing at the US Open, the World No. 1 shared his victory experience in the last major.
Scheffler joined the press conference at Oakmont Country Club and shared his experience of winning the PGA Championship. His words were:
“When I woke up after the PGA Championship this year, I literally felt like I got hit by a bus. Like I felt terrible. And it's just part of the adrenaline, part of competing for four days on a really difficult golf course, keeping your head in it for 72 holes, which is a long time, and just mentally it's exhausting. Physically it's a grind too.”
He continued, “So if that's how I felt after the PGA, I can only imagine how Rory felt after winning the career Grand Slam, and it's not easy to show up every week out here and play well. This is a very difficult sport. We play very difficult golf courses like this one…at the end of the day, we're just showing up trying to do our best and then we go home.”
Scottie Scheffler won the 2025 PGA Championship by defeating Bryson DeChambeau with a five-shot lead, and his total score was 11 under after the four rounds.
How did Scottie Scheffler and the top 20 perform in the 2025 US Open so far?
Scottie Scheffler is tied in 11th place on the US Open leaderboard with a score of 4 over after three rounds. He shot 73 in the tournament's first round with two birdies on the front nine and one on the back nine. The golfer fired 71 in the second round and 70 in the third round with four birdies in each.
There are nine other 11th-place finishers after the third round of the US Open, along with Scottie Scheffler. The list included Chris Gotterup, Nick Taylor, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Russell Henley, Ben Griffin, and others.
The first place on the leaderboard is occupied by Sam Burns with a total score of 4 under. He shot 72 with three birdies on the front nine and two on the back nine. He fired 65 in the second round and 69 in the third round with six and three birdies, respectively.
The second place is secured by Adam Scott and J.J. Spaun, who finished with a score of 3 under each. The fourth-place has Viktor Hovland as the solo finisher, while the fifth-place has Carlos Ortiz, with 1 under and even-par, respectively.
The sixth place is occupied by two players: Tyrrell Hatton and Thriston Lawrence, who finished with a score of 1 over each. The eighth-place solo finisher is Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, who finished at 2 over, and the ninth place is jointly occupied by Robert MacIntyre and Cameron Young, who finished with a score of 3 over par each.