World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler says his “stupid” Christmas day injury won’t impact his first competitive tournament of the year at this week’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Scottie Scheffler added more details Tuesday to what happened during his Christmas-dinner-gone-awry, saying that he was lucky he didn’t suffer an even more serious hand injury when a wine glass shattered in his palm.

The top-ranked golfer in the world is back this week and ready to make his season debut at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. He said on Tuesday that he and his wife, Meredith, were simply cooking pasta on Christmas when a wine glass broke directly into his hand as he was trying to roll out the pasta.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler felt frustrated sitting at home for two tournaments he normally plays while recovering from glass puncturing the the palm of his right hand while making ravioli. A big part of him was thankful the injury wasn’t worse.

Scottie Scheffler has been forced to skip a couple of events that ushered in the start of the current PGA Tour season due to an injury he suffered on

Scottie Scheffler will return to action on the PGA Tour next week after a freak Christmas Day injury left him needing surgery on his right hand

Sky Sports will show all four rounds of the latest AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, with early coverage live from 4.45pm on Thursday ahead of full coverage from 8pm; Coverage begins at the earlier time of 4.

Scheffler has not played competitive golf since he won The Showdown alongside Rory McIlroy in mid-December. He arrived in Las Vegas for the exhibition match against Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau fresh off a victory at the Hero World Challenge.

Scottie Scheffler felt frustrated sitting at home recovering from glass puncturing the palm of his right hand while making ravioli. A big part of him was thankful the injury wasn’t worse.

Scottie Scheffler is set to return to action at this week's ATandT Pebble Beach Pro-Am having been sidelined for a month with a hand injury sustained during the Christmas break

Scottie Scheffler stepped into the media center at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Tuesday with everyone wondering what exactly happened on Christmas Day. Sidelined since the holidays due to a hand injury sustained while preparing dinner,