{"id":2319716,"date":"2024-08-05T21:25:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T01:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scottie-scheffler-praised-for-showing-unabashed-patriotism-after-winning-golf-gold-in-epic-fashion\/"},"modified":"2024-08-05T21:28:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T01:28:27","slug":"scottie-scheffler-praised-for-showing-unabashed-patriotism-after-winning-golf-gold-in-epic-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scottie-scheffler-praised-for-showing-unabashed-patriotism-after-winning-golf-gold-in-epic-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottie Scheffler Praised for Showing Unabashed Patriotism After Winning Golf Gold in Epic Fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fscottie-scheffler-praised-for-showing-unabashed-patriotism-after-winning-golf-gold-in-epic-fashion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2319716&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Scottie\u200d Scheffler, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scottie-scheffler-speaks-out-after-felony-arrest\/\" title=\"Scottie Scheffler Addresses Arrest Issue\">top-ranked golfer<\/a> in the world, emotionally celebrated his Olympic gold medal win for the United \u2062States in France. After starting the final round four strokes\u200d behind, Scheffler made a spectacular \u2062comeback, scoring five birdies in \u200cthe final six holes to finish with a course-record tying 9-under 62. He secured the gold with\u2062 a total score of 19-under 265\u200c over 72 holes. During the medal ceremony, Scheffler was visibly\u2063 moved as he sang the &#8220;Star-Spangled Banner,&#8221; choking up as the national \u2064anthem \u2062played. His victory is particularly poignant given the \u200dchallenges he faced earlier in the year, including a police incident in Louisville, Kentucky, that\u200c saw\u200d him briefly arrested but later had the charges dropped. Scheffler&#8217;s Olympic success caps off an \u200bimpressive year, having won \u2062six times on the PGA Tour and his second Masters title.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>Scottie Scheffler, the world&rsquo;s top-ranked golfer, became very emotional on the podium Sunday after winning the Olympic gold for the United States in France.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/climate-agitators-storm-course-interrupt-scottie-schefflers-decisive-putt-patriotic-crowd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scheffler<\/a> took the prize in dramatic fashion in a come-from-behind, one-stroke win.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old started Sunday&rsquo;s final round four shots down, and he was six shots behind early in the back nine, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/olympics\/story\/_\/id\/40724534\/scottie-scheffler-wins-men-golf-gold-final-round-62\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>But the golfer then &ldquo;birdied five of six holes down the stretch and matched the course record with a 9-under 62 for a one-shot victory over Tommy Fleetwood,&rdquo; the news outlet said. A birdie is one stroke under par for the hole.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just tried to do my best to make some birdies and start moving up and maybe get a medal or something like that just because Jon is such a great player,&rdquo; Scheffler said, referring Spanish golfer Jon Rahm, who was siting atop the field when the day began.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Scheffler ended up setting &ldquo;an Olympic record for 72 holes at 19-under 265,&rdquo; ESPN noted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">2-under. 2 back.<\/p>\n<p>A chip-in birdie for Scottie Scheffler to move to T4 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OlympicGolf?\">@OlympicGolf<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ISA3MXbkwK\">pic.twitter.com\/ISA3MXbkwK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PGATOUR\/status\/1820050258556072235?\">August 4, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s been a long week. It&rsquo;s been a challenging week. I played some great golf today, and I&rsquo;m proud to be going home with a medal,&rdquo; Scheffler said. &ldquo;These guys played tremendous golf, and I think we should all be proud of the golf that we played this week.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Scottie Scheffler with three birdies in his last four holes to move T-3 and ONE BACK of gold position. &#127482;&#127480;&#128064;<\/p>\n<p>&#128250; Golf Channel and Peacock | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ParisOlympics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ParisOlympics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VfddUJMF1X\">pic.twitter.com\/VfddUJMF1X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GolfChannel\/status\/1820103615421227290?\">August 4, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Scheffler could not contain his emotions as the American national anthem began to play after receiving his gold medal.<\/p>\n<p>With his hand over his heart, the golfer sang along to the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ingrid-andress-brutally-mocked-drunk-national-anthem-apology-just-made-worse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Star-Spangled Banner<\/a>&rdquo; until toward the end when he broke down in tears, causing the crowd to roar and applaud with approval.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Profound emotions for Scottie Scheffler hearing the Star-Spangled Banner after winning Olympic gold. &#129401;&#127482;&#127480;<\/p>\n<p>&#128250; Golf Channel and Peacock | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ParisOlympics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ParisOlympics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kgsOVOBZjD\">pic.twitter.com\/kgsOVOBZjD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GolfChannel\/status\/1820144570774045109?\">August 4, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>One <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KenBaileyMin\/status\/1820250351611813991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">responded<\/a> on X, &ldquo;It is so refreshing to see an American athlete who loves his country, to the point of shedding tears during the National Anthem.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile GOP Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenRonJohnson\/status\/1820207498412142860\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>, &ldquo;Kudos to Scottie Scheffler for representing America so admirably during the National Anthem. Congrats for his gold medal, too!!!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps some of the golfer&rsquo;s emotion was him thinking back to May when he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wild-gets-world-no-1-golfer-scottie-scheffler-detained-police-shortly-pga-championship-tee-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrested<\/a> by Louisville, Kentucky, police on his way to the PGA Championship after he misunderstood the traffic flow at an accident scene in the early morning hours. He then endured the wrath of a police officer who handcuffed him and sent him to jail.<\/p>\n<p>Following all the turmoil, Scheffler ended up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/golf\/story\/_\/id\/40240096\/charges-dropped-scottie-scheffler-louisville-arrest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">finishing eighth<\/a> in that tournament.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Scottie Scheffler was extremely complimentary of the police, despite being arrested on Friday morning. He said one officer even offered him a sandwich.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m grateful that we have such strong police, and they&rsquo;re our protectors out there.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u0GkqYzMxy\">pic.twitter.com\/u0GkqYzMxy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Zaksheske (@RealDanZak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealDanZak\/status\/1791575558817452120?\">May 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The charges of second-degree assault of a police officer (who had tried to attach himself to Scheffler&rsquo;s car), third<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-charges-suspected-antifa-members-for-riot-that-damaged-democratic-party-headquarters\/\" title=\"Portland Charges Suspected Antifa Members For Riot That Damaged Democratic Party Headquarters\">-degree criminal mischief<\/a>, reckless driving, and disregarding traffic signals from an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/worlds-top-golfer-arrested-while-trying-to-enter-club-for-2nd-round-of-pga-championship\/\" title=\"Top golfer arrested attempting access PGA Championship club for 2nd round\">officer directing traffic<\/a> were all later dropped.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, ESPN reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/louisville-police-chief-charged-scottie-scheffler-resigns-new-controversy-comes-light\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scheffler<\/a> has been having a great year on the links as a six-time winner on the PGA tour, as well as his second Masters title.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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He achieved this victory in a thrilling comeback, winning by just one stroke. The 28-year-old began the final round four strokes behind and found himself six strokes back early on the back nine, according to ESPN. However, he managed to &#8220;birdie five of six holes down the stretch and matched the course record with a 9-under 62,&#8221; securing a narrow win over Tommy Fleetwood. A birdie is defined as scoring one stroke under par for a hole. &#8220;I just tried to do my best to make some birdies and start moving up and maybe get a medal or something like that just because Jon is such a great player,&#8221; Scheffler said, referring to Spanish golfer Jon Rahm, who was leading at the start of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Scheffler also set an &#8220;Olympic record for 72 holes at 19-under 265,&#8221; noted ESPN. After his impressive performance today, he expressed pride in bringing home a medal: &#8220;It\u2019s been a long week. It\u2019s been challenging&#8230; These guys played tremendous golf, and I think we should all be proud of what we accomplished this week.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>As he received his gold medal and listened to the American national anthem play, Scheffler couldn&#8217;t hold back his tears while singing along with his hand over his heart; this moment drew cheers from the crowd. One user on X commented on how refreshing it was to see an American athlete so emotionally connected to their country during such moments.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, GOP Senator Ron Johnson from Wisconsin praised Scheffler&#8217;s representation of America during this emotional time while congratulating him on his gold medal win as well.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on past challenges may have contributed to Scheffler&#8217;s emotions; earlier in May he had been arrested by police in Louisville while heading to the PGA Championship due to confusion over traffic flow at an accident scene early that morning. Despite being handcuffed and briefly jailed\u2014leading him ultimately finishing eighth in that tournament\u2014Scheffler remained complimentary towards law enforcement afterward.<\/p>\n<p>The charges against him were later dropped; despite these incidents earlier in 2024, ESPN reported that Scheffler has had an outstanding year with six wins on tour including another Masters title<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2319717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Scottie-Scheffler.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[34508,11583,7825,32416,36713],"class_list":["post-2319716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-gold-medal","tag-golf","tag-patriotism","tag-scottie-scheffler","tag-sports-achievement"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Scottie-Scheffler.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2319716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2319717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2319716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2319716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2319716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}