SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER has broken his silence on ‘fart-gate’ that left the Open commentators in stitches.
The American golfer was taking a shot at the green on the 17th hole when a .
The noise caught the attention of Andrew Cotter on the broadcast microphone.
He and his co-commentator burst into a fit of laughter as the moment also went viral on social media.
, 29, has now revealed who was responsible for the comedic flatulence.
It was none other than... HIMSELF.
The made the shocking revelation while making an appearance on the Pardon My Take podcast.
He was asked by host Eric “PFT Commenter” Sollenberger if it was he who indeed farted.
Scheffler said: “Yeah that was me.
“You are out there for six hours, eating some different food over there, some stuff is going to happen.
“You never know where the boom mic is and what it is going to pick up.
“I’m actually surprised it has not happened more in the past.
“I did not think anything about it and afterwards I was shown the video I could see me standing on the 17th and I was like ‘I know what this is’.
“It was good, had a good sound to it, we were outside, perfect.”
followed up the first-tainted shot by rolling in the putt for birdie.
He finished his day one round three under before .
His closest challenger was Harris English, who shot 66 to finish on -13.
