Scottie Scheffler reveals painful battle with viral illness: What happened?
World number one golfer Scottie Scheffler played through a painful bout of hand, foot, and mouth disease during the BMW Championship. Despite the physical discomfort and blisters on his hands, he chose to compete rather than withdraw from the tournament.
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This highlights the extreme physical demands and mental toughness required of professional athletes at the highest level of competition.
Scottie Scheffler played through pain most of us would have used as an excuse to sit out. The world number one just admitted exactly how bad it got during the BMW Championship, and why he refused to walk away from it.The reigning FedEx St Jude champion finished tied for 12th at Bellerive this past weekend, seven under par, a result that would read as ordinary for most golfers but landed as a mild disappointment given the form he'd shown just days earlier. Turns out there was a reason his game looked slightly off.What happened to Scottie Scheffler?Scheffler got sick on Monday night heading into tournament week, and it wasn't a minor bug. He was diagnosed with hand, foot and mouth disease, an illness that typically shows up in young children and brings blisters to the hands, throat and feet.
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