Bryson DeChambeau’s tee shot hits Scottie Scheffler’s dad in awkward moment during PGA vs LIV showdown

In the everlong, bitter rivalry between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, it appears that not even parents are safe from the crossfire. 

During ‘The Showdown’ between the teams of Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy vs. Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka taking place in Las Vegas, one player’s shot unintentionally struck a patron.

It was DeChambeau’s tee shot on the second hole that started sailing towards the crowd, when it struck someone watching the action.

Turns out, that person happened to be Scottie Scheffler’s father.

After the incident occurred, Scheffler’s father was seen giving DeChambeau a hug and was overheard telling the LIV golfer he loved him.

Scheffler’s father was hit in the foot by the ball, not in the head, and was seen fake limping after the impact as a bit of fun and laughed it off. As a gesture of goodwill, DeChambeau offered to sign something for Mr. Scheffler.

DeChambeau and Scheffler were both competing in a PGA v. LIV battle: ‘The Showdown’

At the time of publishing, McIlroy and Scheffler were leading DeChambeau and Koepka in the one-off battle.

It comes at a time where there’s more uncertainty about a potential LIV-PGA merger than ever before.

A deal between the two sides was supposed to be finished last year, but even after an extension, there’s no indication that an agreement will be reached any time soon.

Ahead of the match, Koepka and DeChambeau teased a possible Ryder Cup-style clash between the best of the PGA Tour and LIV Golf.

Scheffler insisted, however, that the ‘end goal’ is to bring ‘golf back together’ rather than pit the two factions against each other.

‘For us as players, I think we’d all love to see everybody back together,’ the world No 1 said. 

‘What I love most about the game of golf is the competition. And there’s so much talk nowadays about LIV vs. PGA and money. I think what most of us want is to just get back to is the competition… the end goal here is to get the game of golf back together.’

Scheffler added: ‘After Brooks and Bryson left, we only get to compete with them four times a year…. I want to compete against the best players in the world and wherever those players are competing, I think that’s where we all want to be. I think ideally you would get that 20 weeks a year not four.’