Report suggests Scottie Scheffler's driver also failed testing at PGA Championship
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Scottie Scheffler of the United States plays his shot from the second tee during the final round of the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Country Club on May 18, 2025 in Charlotte, N.C. Photo by Andrew Redington /Getty ImagesCHARLOTTE, N.C. â While Rory McIlroy stayed mum on the topic of reports his driver had to be replaced after failing USGA testing this week at the PGA Championship, Golfweek has a report that Scottie Scheffler may also have been forced to use a backup driver this week.
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Speaking to defending champion Xander Schauffele about driver testing following his round, Golfweekâs Adam Schupak quotes the two-time major champion suggesting the World No. 1âs driver might also have been deemed non-conforming earlier this week.
âI think Scott is winning the tournament and I think he switched to his backup too,â Schauffele is reported by Golfweek to have said on Sunday as Scheffler was beginning his final round with a commanding lead.
Schauffele went on to say that driver testing during major weeks shouldnât be random. A reported sampling of 50 drivers were tested this week by the sportâs governing body.
âDo it to everybody, not just a third of the guys, and if a player has a hot driver theyâre still playing the tournament. Just my take,â Schauffele said.
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Schauffele has strong opinions on the subject after he was forced to switch to a backup after his driver failed testing ahead of the 2019 Open Championship.
For the fourth day in a row, McIlroy opted not to speak with media following his round at Quail Hollow. Without hearing from the Masters champion himself, itâs impossible to know why he decided to be so unusally silent during what has been a wonderful season for the 36-year-old.
Is it possible the Northern Irishman is upset that his results of what is supposed to be a confidential testing process somehow leaked? Could be, but until he speaks or releases a statement it will remain a mystery.
McIlroy could have cleared the air earlier in the week, and it would also have helped clarify to mainstream sports fans that having a driver pulled for testing non-conforming is nothing like cheating.
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Modern drivers are built so close to the legal limits that after hitting thousands of balls, the club can change enough to fail the test.
âFinding driver heads that have crept over the line of conformance is not an unusual occurrence, especially for clubs that are hit thousands of times over a long period of time. The results are kept confidential to protect players, who are unaware the club has fallen out of conformance and not responsible for it falling out of conformance other than hitting the club thousands of times,â said Kerry Haigh, the PGA of Americaâs Chief Championships Officer.
Think of it like a Formula One car that begins a race within legal specifications but over the course of a race a part rubs against a curb and gets too thin, or the tires lose so much rubber that the car is under weight and fails post-race weigh-in. In these situations, nobody blames Lewis Hamilton or Max Verstappen. Itâs simply a modern reality of a sport played on the cutting edge of technology.
But on a week where casual sports fans are tuning into golf, a little more transparency from the tournament, the club manufacturers, and, at the end of the day, the players, would go a long way.
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