Scottie Scheffler might carry the reputation of being calm and collected on the course, but according to his longtime coach, that wasn’t always the case. In fact, as a young golfer, his temper sometimes flared so intensely that it nearly landed him in the hospital. Randy Smith, who has guided Scheffler since childhood, revealed that behind the World No. 1’s composed exterior lies a fiery competitiveness that once boiled over in surprising ways.

“It might not seem like it today with all the talk about Scottie being ‘boring,'” his longtime coach Randy Smith revealed in a stunning admission. “Nobody wants to play better more than Scottie, and as a younger player, his temper would get the better of him, not where you would necessarily see it—and not directed at another competitor or any

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