Scottie Scheffler will be Texas-Georgia guest picker on College GameDay

Scheffler, 28, is coming off one of the best seasons in golf history, including six wins and one of the largest salaries ever earned by a pro golfer. He won the Tour Championship — and claimed the $25 million FedEx Cup bonus — and also added an Olympic gold medal to his resume. But the biggest moment of his season came in April, when Scheffler won his second major championship (and second green jacket) at the Masters.

Of course, one storyline that might also come up on Saturday was his eventful week at the PGA Championship in May, when he was arrested by Louisville Metro Police while trying to enter the course on Friday morning (charges were later dropped).

It’s no surprise the GameDay crew is in Austin for Texas-Georgia. The powerhouse programs have only faced each other five times in their history, but that was before Texas joined the SEC over the summer. Texas holds the 4-1 series edge and won the last meeting, 28-21, at the 2018 Sugar Bowl.

Scheffler’s first guest-picker appearance in 2022 was also memorable for a different reason. Texas men’s golf coach John Fields surprised him with the Jack Nicklaus Award for PGA Tour Player of the Year (an award Scheffler is bound to win again this year, although it’s yet to be announced).

A couple of months after Scheffler’s inaugural appearance, three-time major champion and another former Longhorns star, Jordan Spieth, joined the crew as the guest picker when Texas hosted TCU.

College GameDay airs 9 a.m. to noon ET on Saturday on ESPN.

Josh Berhow

Golf.com Editor

As GOLF.com’s managing editor, Berhow handles the day-to-day and long-term planning of one of the sport’s most-read news and service websites. He spends most of his days writing, editing, planning and wondering if he’ll ever break 80. Before joining GOLF.com in 2015, he worked at newspapers in Minnesota and Iowa. A graduate of Minnesota State University in Mankato, Minn., he resides in the Twin Cities with his wife and two kids. You can reach him at joshua_berhow@golf.com.