Scottie Scheffler admits to disgusting act that left commentator stunned during The Open

Almost a week on from his victory at Royal Portrush, Scottie Scheffler has made a shocking confession about his Open Championship. 

During the first round of the World No 1's winning tournament, commentators were left stunned after hearing a fart noise after he hit an approach shot to the 17th green. 

And Scheffler, who claimed his fourth major win in Northern Ireland last week, has now come forward and admitted it was him. 

Making a guest appearance on the Pardon My Take podcast Friday, the 29-year-old was grilled on the viral moment.    

'Oh yeah that was me,' Scheffler shamelessly confessed, sending hosts Dan 'Big Cat' Katz and Eric Sollenberger into a fit of laughter. 

'You're out there fore like six hours,' Scheffler continued as he attempted to justify the incident. 'You're eating some different food over there so what's going to happen...' 

He was then asked if he was aware the noise was so loud that it had been caught on the broadcast, to which he responded: 'You never know where the booms mics are. You don't know what they're going to pick up.' 

In a bizarre moment caught live on air, Scheffler hit a stunning shot that landed beside the hole, however, while it was in flight, the fart noise was heard.

Commentators Andrew Cotter and his co-commentator were left stunned by the incident and, initially, just let out a confused: 'Oh!'

After a brief period of silence, the duo burst out into laughter before Cotter posed the question: 'What are you laughing about?'

As replays showed Scheffler's shot - which very nearly bounced into the hole - Cotter cheekily said: 'Just a little bit of wind from behind'. 

Scheffler went on to seal a four-shot victory at The Open, closing out the third leg of the career Grand Slam. 

The Texan also won the PGA Championship earlier this year after victories at The Masters in 2024 and 2022. 

His triumph on the links of Royal Portrush came after Scheffler stunned concerned reporters with an existential rant about his feelings towards the sport. 

'I think it's kind of funny,' he said at the beginning of an answer to a query about the longest he had spent celebrating a victory. He ended with a long hard, stare into an existential void.

'I said something after the Byron Nelson this year that it feels like you work your whole life to celebrate winning a tournament. It only lasts a few minutes, that kind of euphoric feeling. Then it's like, "okay, what are we going to eat for dinner?" Life goes on.

'Is it great to be able to win tournaments and to accomplish the things I have in the game of golf? Yeah, it brings tears to my eyes. But at the end of the day, what's the point?'

That was the stage when his answer began to escalate. 'This is not a fulfilling life,' he added. 'It's fulfilling from the sense of accomplishment, but it's not fulfilling from a sense of the deepest places of your heart.

'There's a lot of people that make it to what they thought was going to fulfil them in life, and you get there, you get to No 1 in the world, and they're like what's the point? I really do believe that because what is the point?

'Why do I want to win this tournament so bad? That's something that I wrestle with on a daily basis. It's like showing up at the Masters every year - why do I want to win this golf tournament so badly? Why do I want to win the Open Championship so badly? I don't know because, if I win, it's going to be awesome for two minutes.

'Then we're going to get to the next week, '"Hey, you won two majors this year - how important is it for you to win the FedExCup playoffs?" And we're back here again.'