Those delight in pebble beach? Here is 1 theory why they are talking

A curious email landed in my box on Thursday morning. Subject Line: “Incident Ravioli of Scheffler”. He came from a Golfit.com reader who suggested that Scottie Scheffler was the next refreshing at his press conference with Details about his Christmas Day accidentand as Isn’t that kind of what Justin Thomas was suggesting with his letter to the tour members last week? That players need to be more open to divide parts of themselves?

As I appreciate the attempt to connect some last points, Thomas was Speaking mainly about television broadcasts And not what the players reveal to the print center proletariat. But the email still raised a thought in my mind: Wow, this was really transparent by Scottie Scheffler. And it followed a long press conference by Rory Mcilroy. And preceded a deep existential 31-minute diving with Jordan Spieth.

Is it just me, or are they players actually gladly yourself in front of the media this week?

I text one of the writers who was in Monterey asking questions in those oppressors. His response: This was the best version of Scottie I have ever seen.

Yes! I couldn’t write my answer quite quickly. I thought the same thing!

Scheffler, like most of the best over time, has grown more comfortable in front of the media. He has been accepted to me and other tour employees in the past-after that red light comes out and has a high-defective camera lens that tells you, it is everything a little worrying. But with the time and therapy of exposure (see: a lot, a lot of wins), he has improved, and his Tuesday’s appearance was particularly good. We were now 21 minutes in Scheffler’s oppressor when asked about his favorite Pebble beach hole. He gave us two colorful minutes in Pebble charm, old trees, greens field and how it is compared to modern courses, 8,000 yards.

All this without answering the question directly.

When he was asked for a more detailed detail, he went again, with another 90 -second reflection on course quirkiness and how the decades of the old design stand in the test of time. Of course, an excited reporter followed with him, Uh, do you want to be an architect one day?

Scheffler is sure that the formation of golf courses is not in its near future. But for the first press conference in a long time, he felt like he did not want to cut it. He seemed to be enjoying himself. He seemed to be enjoying again being part of the PGA Tour car. These are the fruits of the new season of the tournament.

You can see it in Spieth and Mcilroy, as well, each of whom went deep in 2025 expectations, difficult things that happened to them in 2024 and goals that may take 10 years to reach. Everyone is on a trip, but their journey is worth watching. Scheffler’s press conference scored in 28 minutes, the same for mcilroy, while Spieth was hit half an hour (31 minutes, to be correct). For the context, virtually no oppressor reaches the 30-minute sign these days unless they are run by Tiger Woods. This is mainly because it is often not a tone to discuss.

But this week is a launch point for three of the biggest stars of the game – on the heels of the holidays extended by each, in one of the most beautiful places in the world. Their willingness to answer questions honestly and lengthy, and get those press conferences somewhere we didn’t expect is a good reminder that the creation of some ROOM In the calendar allows us to feel a feeling of absence with them – and, conversely, they with us. That reporters really want to spoil for more specific details, and that the good want to share it as well. (A kind like what Thomas required in his letter.)

“I think 47 to 50 events a year are many,” Mcilroy said on Tuesday. He was referring to the PGA Tour calendar. You can calculate it at the event or you can calculate it per month because despite season Being a sprint January to August, tourist events are played every month of the year, and have been for a long time. Whether FedEx Cup points are being distributed or the good ones are gathering in the Bahamas, the tour really does not turn off the ruby. At one point in the early 2000s, this was a sound business decision. But in 2025, there are some values ​​in creating a vacation.

Your favorite bulletin does not hit your box three times a day. It can only be once a week. Best TV shows make you wait more than a year for next season. When there is there always Another tour next week, never feels as if players are turning into something. Because it never feels like they are gone. It does not allow us to want to want for Mcilroy on our screen, or in front of a podium. And definitely does not allow Mcilroy to want the microphone either.

Mcilroy has raised the inadequacy of the speech point often, including this week, referring to how breaks for other sports leagues work. At one point in June, all pro -men basketball for men rest and you will not see Giannis or Jokic or Lebron for four more months. Next time you will see that he seduces Allen to get a competitive premature will be seven months from now. The other important interview he gives is likely to be after the NFL draft, three months full. As long as Allen wants he was playing next week, the solution in absentia is also healthy for him.

Back to Scheffler, Spieth and Mcilroy. Uni -udesly, these three pros are among the leaders of the League in the exchange of concerns about the schedule. Mcilroy is very aware of what the burning of the event looks like – something like 2024, when playing 27 times, including a forced break between diplomas – making it create only about 22 events for this year. He wants another full month at home with his family. Scheffler and Spieth would win big contracts to play TGL, Newfound Simulatory connection This has recruited many of the best players in the game. But both Scheffler and Spieth have new and growing families and do not want to add more to their dishes. Both are starting at the end of this year due to hand/hand injuries (two very different issues, it should be noted), but that time has clearly given them a healthy car break. There may be something to learn from this.

As much as it can hinder my work-and tour marketing opportunities-it is probably true that high-level tournament players make a lot of media appearances. When Scheffler won the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the player championship in successive weeks last year, he went to record eight days out of 10, sometimes many times a day with different exits on different platforms, answering many of the same questions. Between masters and RBC heritage, he met the press in 10 days from 13. Between the memorial and the passengers, it was 15 days from 21.

We may not be charming to that first state of the first world, but it was no wonder Scheffler showed some media fatigue in what it is like doing tiger woods in the midst of doing things Tiger Woods. The same thing happened with Mcilroy and Spieth during their best seasons. On the contrary, the constant presence of Scheffler in the press room became an exercise in the same way – similar answers and a trend from Scheffler to detect as little as possible. This model is true for many other professional athletes flooded with continuous demands. But does it finally give what we all hope to get out of it, a better understanding of athletes at their peak?

The answer seems to be NO and sits in harsh contrast for several weeks like this, when a no. 1 refreshed has some time away from us, and from him. He has returned to claim his throne and be ready to talk about him as well.