Portrush, Northern Ireland – on the verge of a tournament that could bring Scottie Scheffler to four major victories and three of the four -step four -year career stages at 29 years old, the best undisputed player in the world said on Tuesday that he could not find the real achievement in victory.
“It’s not a fulfilling life,” said Scheffler. “It is satisfactory of the feeling of accomplishment, but it does not realize a feeling of the deepest places of your heart.”
Scheffler won two masters, added a third major when he won the PGA championship at Quail Hollow this year and won 16 career victories since his professional return. In the past, he has spoken at length not to root his identity in golf despite the recognition of the way he wants to win each time.
“This is something I fight daily with daily,” Scheffler told Royal Portrush, where the open championship begins Thursday. “It’s like going to the Masters every year; it’s why I want to win this golf tournament so much? Why I want to win the open championship so much? I don’t know because, if I win, it’s going to be great for two minutes.”
“It’s something I fight with daily. It’s like going to the masters every year; it’s why I want to win this golf tournament so much? Why do I want to win the championship open so badly? I don’t know because, if I win, it’s going to be great for two minutes.”
Scottie Scheffler
Scheffler said on Tuesday that sometimes he did not understand the point of winning, even a major championship, because he knows that the nature of sport will simply be to go next week, where he will be asked the same questions about where he goes from here.
“Is it great to be able to win tournaments and do things I have in the golf game? Yes, that makes me tears just to think about it because I have literally worked all my life to be good in this sport,” said Scheffler. “Having this kind of sense of accomplishment, I think, is a cool quite cool feeling. To live your dreams is very special, but at the end of the day, I am not here to inspire the next generation of golfers. I am not here to inspire someone to be the best player in the world, because what is the point?”
For example, Scheffler spoke of the Byron Nelson event on the PGA Tour, which is a tournament, he said, that he tried to work to earn “all his life”, since it is his hometown event. Earlier this year, Scheffler pulled 31 under his way to win the event outside Dallas and he always said, he was struck by the way the moment felt ephemeral.
“You win it, you celebrate, you kiss my family, my sister is there, it’s an incredible moment. So it’s like, ok, what are we going to eat for dinner? Life continues,” said Scheffler. “I feel like I work all your life to celebrate the victory of a tournament for a few minutes. It only lasts a few minutes.”
However, Scheffler admitted that he could not help contining to seek this feeling, as ephemeral, even knowing that, statistically, he is more likely to lose than to win each time he plays.
“It sucks. I hate that, I really do it,” said Scheffler about the loss. “We work so hard for such small moments. I am a little sick; I love putting the job, I like to practice, I like to live my dreams. But at the end of the day, sometimes I just don’t understand the point.”
The point this week, for many players on the field, is to raise the jug of Blaret on Sunday. Scheffler is not immune to sharing this feeling, and he does everything in his power to prepare to win his fourth major championship.
In four appearances at the Open, Scheffler has two top 10 and two finishes outside the Top 20. It is a testimony of his game constantly high during the major championships that this tournament is probably the one where his performance has not completely equaled his other major departures.
“If I arrive in second position this week or if I finish the dead last, whatever happens, we are still next week,” said Scheffler. “This is one of the beautiful things in golf, and it is also one of the frustrating things, because you can have such great achievements, but the spectacle continues.” It’s like that. “
