Meredith’s sacrifice – Scottie Scheffler, the world’s No. 1 golfer, said his wife Meredith makes major sacrifices while he’s on tour, ahead of the 2026 U.S. Open that could fall on Father’s Day with a win.
Scottie Scheffler is used to staying steady under pressure, the kind that arrives on a Sunday when the leaderboard feels like it’s tightening around every swing.
This weekend, though, the stakes aren’t only on the course. As he positions himself within reach for what would be his first U.S. Open championship, Scheffler is also talking about what it takes at home—specifically what his wife Meredith has carried while he’s away.
The 2026 U.S. Open has, for much of the tournament so far, revolved around Wyndham Clark. But Scheffler’s name keeps showing up on the right side of “striking distance.” If he’s still there by Sunday. the world’s No. 1 golfer can surge. If he isn’t—if the pace turns into a fight too far—then the moment will pass. and a first U.S. Open will stay just out of reach.
Scheffler’s personal life has been largely private, but the basic facts are known: he married his high school sweetheart, Meredith, in 2020. The couple has two children together—one son named Bennett, born in 2024, and another son named Remy, born earlier this year.
He doesn’t share much about that world, which is why the words he chose this week landed. In an interview with PEOPLE that was published on June 17—one day before the 2026 U.S. Open began—Scheffler addressed how tour life changes the balance at home.
He said, “It takes a lot of work for me to be able to do this for a living, and it’s a lot of sacrifice for [Meredith]. To be able to celebrate those moments for both of us is really cool.”
The timing matters. He was speaking about the possibility of celebrating the final round of the U.S. Open on Father’s Day. For Scheffler, that’s the kind of alignment athletes rarely get—one moment built by months of grinding, framed by a calendar that could make it land on something personal.
As of now, the tournament is still its own test, and Scheffler knows it. It would take a heroic effort from him, or an epic collapse from Clark, for him to win what would be his first U.S. Open title.
Scheffler has already won every major except the U.S. Open, and this is the weekend where that missing piece could finally click into place. Even if the course decides differently. the way he described Meredith’s sacrifice suggests he’ll still be watching the leaderboard with two kinds of pressure in his chest: the one that comes from competition. and the one he credits to home—where the work doesn’t pause just because the season does.
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