"It cost me" - Scottie Scheffler criticizes PGA of America for not invoking major rule at the 2025 PGA Championship

Scottie Scheffler criticized the PGA of America for not invoking a rule related to preferred lies after his performance in the opening round of the ongoing 2025 PGA Championship on Thursday. World No. 1 golfer is currently competing at the 2025 PGA Championship after a dominant win at The CJ Cup Byron Nelson earlier this year.

After Round 1 at Quail Hollow Golf Club, Scottie Scheffler finds himself tied for 20th place with a score of 2-under par. While the American golfer has achieved a decent position and is on the right path to make the cut, he was vocal after Round 1 and criticized the PGA of America for not invoking preferred lies during the round.

In a detailed statement, Scottie Scheffler explained the reason behind his frustration and said:

“When you think about the purest test of golf, I don't personally think that hitting the ball in the middle of the fairway you should get punished for. On a golf course as good of conditioned as this one is, this is probably a situation in which it would be the least likely difference in playing it up because most of the lies you get out here are all really good."

"So I understand how a golf purist would be, oh, play it as it lies. But I don't think they understand what it's like literally working your entire life to learn how to hit a golf ball and control it and hit shots and control distance, and all of a sudden due to a rules decision that is completely taken away from us by chance."

Scottie Scheffler further added:

"In golf, there's enough luck throughout a 72-hole tournament that I don't think the story should be whether or not the ball is played up or down. When I look at golf tournaments, I want the purest, fairest test of golf, and in my opinion maybe the ball today should have been played up. But like I said, I don't make the rules. I deal with what the rules decisions are. I could have let that bother me today when you got a mud ball and it cost me a couple shots. It cost me possibly two shots on one hole, and if I let that bother me, it could cost me five shots the rest of the round…”

You can check Scottie Scheffler's statement below:

While Scottie Scheffler sounds disappointed due to preferred lies not being invoked, he still had a decent outing in comparison to favorites Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele, who were paired with him. After Round 1, McIlroy is on T98, whereas Schauffele is tied for 60th place.

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What time will Scottie Scheffler tee off in Round 2 of the 2025 PGA Championship?

In Round 2 of the 2025 PGA Championship, Scottie Scheffler will tee off at 1:47 p.m. ET. Once again, he will be paired with Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele. Here is a detailed look at the tee times and pairings for Round 2 of the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow:

Hole 1:

• 7:00 a.m. – Keith Mitchell, Bob Sowards, Adam Hadwin
• 7:11 a.m. – Eric Cole, Eric Steger, Cam Davis
• 7:22 a.m. – Austin Eckroat, Brian Bergstol, Jacob Bridgeman
• 7:33 a.m. – Niklas Norgaard, Byeong Hun An, J.J. Spaun
• 7:44 a.m. – Patrick Rodgers, Nick Taylor, Dean Burmester
• 7:55 a.m. – Joe Highsmith, Cameron Young, Aaron Rai
• 8:06 a.m. – Tom Hoge, Matthieu Pavon, Taylor Pendrith
• 8:17 a.m. – Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Patton Kizzire, Matt McCarty
• 8:28 a.m. – Tyler Collet, Jimmy Walker, Richard Bland
• 8:39 a.m. – Jason Dufner, Michael Thorbjornsen, Shaun Micheel
• 8:50 a.m. – Rafael Campos, Ryan Lenahan, Matt Wallace
• 9:01 a.m. – Jhonattan Vegas, Elvis Smylie, Brian Campbell
• 9:12 a.m. – Kevin Yu, Larkin Gross, John Keefer
• 12:30 p.m. – John Parry, Justin Hicks, Ryan Fox
• 12:41 p.m. – Andre Chi, Patrick Fishburn, Seamus Power
• 12:52 p.m. – Max McGreevy, Alex Smalley, Sepp Straka
• 1:03 p.m. – Brooks Koepka, Rickie Fowler, Shane Lowry
• 1:14 p.m. – Phil Mickelson, Tommy Fleetwood, Jason Day
• 1:25 p.m. – Jon Rahm, Patrick Cantlay, Matt Fitzpatrick
• 1:36 p.m. – Corey Conners, Min Woo Lee, Rasmus Højgaard
• 1:47 p.m. – Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler
• 1:58 p.m. – Tony Finau, Nicolai Højgaard, Max Greyserman
• 2:09 p.m. – Andrew Novak, Keegan Bradley, Maverick McNealy
• 2:20 p.m. – Akshay Bhatia, Denny McCarthy, Sam Burns
• 2:31 p.m. – John Catlin, Garrick Higgo, Jesse Droemer
• 2:42 p.m. – Eugenio Chacarra, Rupe Taylor, Justin Lower

Hole 10:

• 7:05 a.m. – Michael Kartrude, Sami Valimaki, Jake Knapp
• 7:16 a.m. – Erik van Rooyen, Michael Block, Mackenzie Hughes
• 7:27 a.m. – Lucas Glover, Max Homa, Joaquin Niemann
• 7:38 a.m. – Tyrrell Hatton, Will Zalatoris, Adam Scott
• 7:49 a.m. – Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, Collin Morikawa
• 8:00 a.m. – Jordan Spieth, Patrick Reed, Ludvig Aberg
• 8:11 a.m. – Hideki Matsuyama, Wyndham Clark, Tom Kim
• 8:22 a.m. – Bryson DeChambeau, Viktor Hovland, Gary Woodland
• 8:33 a.m. – Sergio Garcia, Daniel Berger, Russell Henley
• 8:44 a.m. – Justin Rose, Cameron Smith, Brian Harman
• 8:55 a.m. – Brandon Bingaman, Davis Riley, Sungjae Im
• 9:06 a.m. – Takumi Kanaya, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Tom McKibbin
• 9:17 a.m. – Keita Nakajima, Timothy Wiseman, Beau Hossler
• 12:25 p.m. – Luke Donald, Padraig Harrington, Martin Kaymer
• 12:36 p.m. – John Somers, Taylor Moore, David Puig
• 12:47 p.m. – Kurt Kitayama, Nic Ishee, Alex Noren
• 12:58 p.m. – J.T. Poston, Ryo Hisatsune, Tom Johnson
• 1:09 p.m. – Davis Thompson, Bud Cauley, Nico Echavarria
• 1:20 p.m. – Harris English, Michael Kim, Thomas Detry
• 1:31 p.m. – Stephan Jaeger, Chris Kirk, Robert MacIntyre
• 1:42 p.m. – Thorbjørn Olesen, Karl Vilips, Laurie Canter
• 1:53 p.m. – Si Woo Kim, Sam Stevens, Rico Hoey
• 2:04 p.m. – Bobby Gates, Lee Hodges, Ben Griffin
• 2:15 p.m. – Thriston Lawrence, Nick Dunlap, Harry Hall
• 2:26 p.m. – Greg Koch, Marco Penge, Ryan Gerard
• 2:37 p.m. – Dylan Newman, Daniel van Tonder, Victor Perez