{"id":35736,"date":"2024-05-20T11:20:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T15:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=35736"},"modified":"2024-05-20T15:10:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T19:10:06","slug":"scottie-scheffler-and-his-wife-meredith-welcome-a-baby-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2024\/05\/scottie-scheffler-and-his-wife-meredith-welcome-a-baby-boy.html","title":{"rendered":"Scottie Scheffler and His Wife Meredith Welcome a Baby Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_35805\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35805\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2024\/05\/scottiie-scheffler-baby_credit-@scottie.scheffler-Instagram.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-35805\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2024\/05\/scottiie-scheffler-baby_credit-@scottie.scheffler-Instagram-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">@scottie.scheffler \/ Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Scottie Scheffler was met with congratulations after he arrived at the Valhalla Golf Club after he picked up another title: dad. The 10-time PGA Tour winner took to social media to announce the birth of his first child. Scheffler said in a post on Instagram, \u201cWelcome to the world, little one. Your mom &amp; dad love you so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scheffler had been on a three-week break as he and his wife, Meredith, awaited the arrival of their child. They welcomed baby Bennett on May 8, according to The Associated Press.\u00a0Scheffler told Golf Channel\u2019s Todd Lewis, \u201cI had, I think, pretty high expectations of what it would feel like, and I think those were far exceeded. It was fairly challenging leaving the house this morning, but I\u2019m here. I\u2019m committed to playing this week. I\u2019m excited to be out here competing.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C67huq2tLRq\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C67huq2tLRq\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Scottie Scheffler (@scottie.scheffler)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Scheffler continued, \u201cI told my little man when I was leaving, \u2018I don\u2019t\u2019 wanna leave, but I gotta leave.\u2019 I\u2019m called to come out here and do things to the best of my ability, and so showing up this week, especially with the weather forecast for the next couple of days, I know I had to be here to get some practice in to just see what\u2019s going to happen the next few days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scheffler hoped to continue his hot streak despite the time off, but that didn\u2019t happen as Xander Schauffele won his first PGA Championship. Scheffler hadn\u2019t played since winning the RBC Heritage, which came a week after he won his second Masters green jacket. Scheffler, who finished T2 at the\u00a0PGA Championship\u00a0last year, is coming off a streak of winning four of his last five tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cI think as the week goes on, I\u2019ll get more and more immersed in what I\u2019m doing and just trying to do my best to stay as present as I can on the golf course and then when I get home, I\u2019ll be calling home as much as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scottie Scheffler was met with congratulations after he arrived at the Valhalla Golf Club after he picked up another title: dad. The 10-time PGA Tour winner took to social media to announce the birth of his first child. Scheffler said in a post on Instagram, \u201cWelcome to the world, little one. 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