Scottie Scheffler Skipping Wells Fargo Championship Amid Baby Watch, Still Finding Time To Play With Tony Romo

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Scottie Scheffler will enter next week's PGA Championship without having played a competitive round in nearly a month. The World No. 1 did not commit to playing in this week's Wells Fargo Championship, a signature event and the final tuneup opportunity before the year's second major, as he and wife Meredith continue to be on baby watch.

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Scheffler was on high alert during the Masters and the following week's RBC Heritage with Meredith's due date fast approaching, but at the time of this writing the couple is still waiting on the arrival of their first child. He made headlines at Augusta National by making it clear that he would have withdrawn if Meredith went into labor back home in Dallas, but baby Scheffler stayed put, and their dad went on to put on the green jacket and followed it up with yet another victory at the RBC Heritage just days later.

While it's safe to assume Scheffler isn't venturing too far away from Meredith at the moment, he is still finding time to play golf with his good buddy and fellow Dallas legend Tony Romo.

According to Brentley Romine of Golf Channel, Scheffler teed it up with the former Cowboys quarterback at Maridoe Golf Club late last week. To no surprise, he posted a smooth 67, while also pushing his own clubs around with a push cart.

As for the PGA Championship, Scheffler has not publicly commented on whether he will tee it up at Valhalla as his child's arrival will certainly play the most-pivotal role in that decision.

Opting out of the PGA Championship would be a truly unbelievable move given that Scheffler is by far and away playing the best golf of anyone in the game at the moment. His withdrawal would also cease all conversations about completing the grand slam.

A PGA Championship victory would only put him at the halfway mark of completing the feat, but given the historic form he's currently in, grand slam chatter has been as loud as it's been in a long, long time.

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