"Life goes on."
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Golf’s No. 1 player in the world is making clear what’s most important to him - and it’s not winning golf tournaments.
“I love being able to play this game for a living,” Dallas native Scottie Scheffler shared, “It’s one of the greatest joys of my life. But does it fill the deepest wants and desires of my heart? Absolutely not.”
What does fulfill him are his wife, high school sweetheart Meredith and son Bennett, who was born last year.
“I’m blessed to be able to come out here and play golf, but if my golf ever started affecting my home life or it ever affected the relationship I have with my wife or my son, that’s going to be the last day that I play out here for a living.”
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Scheffler’s candid remarks came at the end of a 25-minute press conference following his practice round at the Open Championship at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.
The 29-year old, who has already won 16 tournaments including three majors on the PGA tour revealed the euphoria he feels from winning golf tournaments only lasts a few minutes.
“It’s such an amazing moment and then it’s like, ‘OK, what are we going to have for dinner,’” he said with a laugh.
“Life goes on.”
That short lived feeling winning brings is why Scheffler said he wrestles with wanting to win so badly.
“Why is [winning] so important to me because I would much rather be a great father than I would be a great golfer?”
Scheffler called playing professional sports “weird” because he “work[s] so hard for something that’s so fleeting.”
Still, he said, he feels lucky for the opportunity to live out his dreams even if it doesn’t make sense sometimes.
“I love putting in the work. I love being able to practice . . . but at the end of the day sometimes I just don’t understand the point, you know?”
Scheffler is the first player since Tiger Woods in 2007 to achieve 100 consecutive weeks as world No. 1.
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