Scottie Scheffler is auctioning off his iconic car.
The World No.1 golfer has raised plenty of eyebrows over the years as he continued to drive the 2012 GMC Yukon XL, which his father gifted him after college.
That’s despite amassing over $71 million in on-course earnings during his PGA Tour career.
“It gets me from place to place,” Scheffler said back in 2022, revealing the car had around 190,000 miles on the clock.
“I go to the golf course, where I work out and a restaurant that’s usually within five minutes of the house.”
Recently, though, he has been gifted a new car to drive from his sponsors.
And with the birth of his son, Bennett, Scheffler realised it was time to move on from his reliable set of wheels.
He’s decided to make the best use of the old car, by donating it to charity.
A recent live auction started at $10,000 and went up to $15,000 before it was blown out of the water by a $50,000 offer.
The highest bidder, you may ask? Legendary sports broadcaster Jim Nantz.
“I’ll be more than happy to store Scottie’s car in my garage,” he said after putting the offer in.
The money raised by Scheffler’s car will be donated to Triumph Over Kid Cancer (TOKC), a non-profit that raises money for childhood cancer research.
TOKC was co-founded by James Ragan, a childhood friend of Scheffler.
Ragan himself was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare and often fatal form of bone cancer, aged 13 and battled the disease for seven and a half years.
Nantz, who has anchored CBS’s coverage of the Masters Tournament since 1989, has previously spoken about meeting Ragan at one of his “Lunch with a Legend” events.
““He was a hero to so many of us,” said Nantz.
“This kid was special. He could’ve been the President of the United States.
“He was super-smart, incredibly gifted and composed, kind, thoughtful and he had a great life to be lived that was taken away from him and he truly never felt sorry for himself.”
Nantz’ generous bid was enough to win the live auction, but he still might not end up walking away with Scheffler’s old car.
The $50,000 figure simply represents the opening bid when the auction resumes online at a later date.
