Who is the coach of Scottie Scheffler?

The American has established himself as a prolific winner on tour and a major champion, but who is Scottie Scheffler’s coach?

His rise to the top of the game should come as no surprise given his talent, but also the knowledge and experience he can lean on. 

Alongside wife Meredith, and caddie Ted Scott, the New Jersey-born man has worked with the same coach throughout his career. 

However, after turning to a second coach towards the end of 2023, Scheffler has began to dominate.

So, who does Scheffler have in the backroom department?

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Scottie Scheffler’s coach

Scottie Scheffler’s coach is Randy Smith, one of the best regarded coaches in the States and is even more so now one of his students is a Masters champion. 

Smith has won more PGA of America National awards than any other instructor and has been at his club in Texas since 1977.  

He was also linked with Brooks Koepka in 2021, however he confirmed that he was only helping the five-time major champion with his alignment, rather than formally teaching him. 

Scheffler and Smith met when the current World No. 1 was eight-years-old, as he joined Royal Oaks Country Club in Dallas, Texas. 

That is where Smith taught out of and still does to this day, as he is Golf Professional Emeritus and Director of Instruction. 

Smith, therefore, has been coaching for a long time and has worked with a handful of top golfers in America. 

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The 18-time PGA of America National Award winner previously worked with 1997 Open champion Justin Leonard, as well as pros Colt Knost and Harrison Frazar. 

And after a lesson with Leonard, that is when Smith realised the potential of a young Scottie Scheffler. 

In an interview with Travis Fulton, he said: “It was an odd situation. Somebody at the shop said, ‘Randy there’s a family going to come out and want to see the facilities out here, they want to meet you.’ I said meet me? 

“But they had this little kid who is the next coming, I had heard… And sure enough they come out, I had just finished a lesson with Justin Leonard at the time and this little kid comes out with a bag as tall as he is, and they set him up to hit some balls down from me and I couldn’t help but glance over.

“And this little kid is making swings that are the same swing every time. I watched him hit balls and within 15-20 minutes I had that a-ha moment. It was totally different.” 

Meanwhile, arguably the final piece of the jigsaw was bettering Scheffler’s putting. He was losing out considerably on the putting surfaces until turning to Phil Kenyon.

Regarded as one of the best on the planet, the Englishman has worked with the likes of Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood. But his work with Scheffler has proved pivotal.

Explaining how the move happened, Scheffler said: “I had watched Phil before and watched him coach players. When you’re out here as long as I’ve been, I just see stuff, and I loved the way Phil coached his players.

“You look at a guy like Fitzy who lines up his putts and uses a putter that has a lot of swing to it, and you look at a guy like Keegan Bradley, doesn’t use a line on the ball, uses a big giant putter cross-handed, and he putts good.

“As I watched Phil, I could tell that he was open-minded, and that’s the type of people I like to work with. And we kind of hit the ground running in the fall.”