section_path: Professional career/2021: Ryder Cup debut
section_name: 2021: Ryder Cup debut
paragraph_text: 2021: Ryder Cup debut
  
  Scheffler recorded the first runner-up finish of his PGA Tour career in March at the 2021 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, held at Austin Country Club. He was defeated by Billy Horschel, 2 and 1, in the final.
  
  At the 2021 Masters Tournament, Scheffler tied for 18th. He then posted top-10 finishes at each of the three other majors: tied-8th at the 2021 PGA Championship, tied-7th at the 2021 U.S. Open, and tied-8th at the 2021 Open Championship.
  
  In September 2021, Scheffler was named as a captain's pick by Steve Stricker for the U.S. team in the 2021 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin. The U.S. team won 19–9 and Scheffler went 2–0–1 including a win in his Sunday singles match against world number one Jon Rahm.
  
  Later that fall, he switched caddies, replacing Scott McGuinness with Bubba Watson 's former caddie, Ted Scott.
  
  Scheffler recorded the first runner-up finish of his PGA Tour career in March at the 2021 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, held at Austin Country Club. He was defeated by Billy Horschel, 2 and 1, in the final.
  
  At the 2021 Masters Tournament, Scheffler tied for 18th. He then posted top-10 finishes at each of the three other majors: tied-8th at the 2021 PGA Championship, tied-7th at the 2021 U.S. Open, and tied-8th at the 2021 Open Championship.
  
  In September 2021, Scheffler was named as a captain's pick by Steve Stricker for the U.S. team in the 2021 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin. The U.S. team won 19–9 and Scheffler went 2–0–1 including a win in his Sunday singles match against world number one Jon Rahm.
  
  Later that fall, he switched caddies, replacing Scott McGuinness with Bubba Watson 's former caddie, Ted Scott.