Portrush, northern Ireland – there IS An existential question facing Scottie Scheffler.
It reaches without a lack of seriousness, carries what some can describe as severe consequences, and is usually severly required in the following way:
Black or Pinto?
“There are two chipotles I eat at home,” Scheffler said Sunday evening in northern Ireland, a few minutes after winning Grand Grand Grand of Grand of Golf In a laughter in the open championship and the seconds before giving a response that revealed everything about the player who was sure at the top of the sport.
It was in the middle of the Scheffler winner’s press conference in Royal Portrush, the type of forced media, usually reserved for the tireless work and the good fortune equipped by one’s creator, not the virtues of a quick coincidence Burrito behemoth. The question was about the burden of fame and Scheffler’s unique adaptation for attention after winning his 4th adult in just three years, a four-shot victory that was never close. The response had to do with how secret fame AND attention Can be someone’s desire to live a happy and fulfilling life. The analogy was chipotle.
“There is a right where I grew up, a kind near SMU campus. If I were going to the chipotle and trying to eat nowadays, it would be very difficult for me,” Scheffler said. “There is another in another part of the city that I won’t tell you where it is, but if I go there no one knows me.”
The audience laughed while Scheffler delivered Punchline, perhaps because it was the kind of real-human man, without bubbles that Scheffler seems to call with such convenience in the moments he holds the golf world at his fingertips. For those who listened closely, Scheffler’s response was much more than funny – was the answer to a question Scheffler himself had asked only five days ago.
“What is the goal?”
Scheffler’s response to the flight of his professional success imposed no shortage of firestorm media in Portrush and beyond when he first handed over Tuesday afternoon. That was, in a way, deeply ironic, because media storms are one of the few things Scheffler looks at with external contempt … and it was completely doing Scheffler himself. But the fiery storm for Scheffler’s response was, in another way, deeply unfair, because many of those who heard did not bother understanding what Scheffler really would say.
“This is not a fulfilling life,” he said then. “It is fulfilling by a sense of achievement, but not being fulfilled by a feeling of the deepest places of your heart. There are many people who do it in what they thought they would fulfill them in life. And then all of a sudden you get to No. 1 in the world, and they are like, what is the point?”
At that time, Scheffler intentional To suggest that he could not derive golf more than he could from a wooden spoon. To Scheffler, things that really Important in life were simple: God and the family. The rest did not provide Scheffler fulfillment because he did not WISH that they provide him with fulfillment. Golf, fame, wealth? It was a fool’s mistake to set the purpose of his life in ideals as unintentionally.
“He doesn’t care about being a superstar,” said Jordan Spieth.
However, Scheffler had broken one of the cardinal rules of the Golf Internet commentator. He had come down to play golf to live and express interest in anything other than the tournament golf. Given his general disinterest in the types of salon intrigues that determine most of the pro -golf news cycle, Scheffler had long stayed in the good graces of this group, but his suggestion of disappointment struck a nerve. In commentary sections and emails around the world, some fans criticized Scheffler as unworthy, or worse, ingrate For extraordinary wealth he would be gifted.
After he won Open on Sunday evening, Scheffler tried to walk back to that kindness, several times citing his eternal commitment to golf and gratitude to find himself again in the winner’s circle. But it did not happen until he raised the chipotle theme that Scheffler finally told the crowd what he would understand when he first entertained the purpose and fulfillment conversation five days ago: that his life would not be determined by his golf.
“Well -known It’s just one of those things, “Scheffler said.” In some circles, now I’m the best player in the world. This week I was the best player in the world. I’m sitting here with the trophy. We will all start in the memfis (for Play off -EET of FedEx Cup), again at the same time, the show continues. “
Scheffler is right. The results are reset, and this is not only true for golf. The legendary basketball coach Phil Jackson reminded his players that they were only successful when they were “committing a successful act”. After that, they had to win it.
Monday morning, Scheffler will have to win it. He will be set up in a group as a champion golf player of the year. He will rise to another as a man. And another as dad. And as a friend. And as a boy. And maybe, if the cards break down straight, like a stranger in line for a burrito.
The pointing is not that it means nothing to keep the title of the champion player of the year. For Scottie, it means a lot. The pointing is that it doesn’t mean anything if the “Golf Champion of the Year” is only the title he holds.
These may not sound like deep words, but they are the synthesis of a lesson that most people of Scheffler’s fame and fate spend a life following in vain: things that really matter would exist even if fame and wealth did not have.
“I would say my biggest advantages are my faith and my family,” Scheffler said on Sunday, summarizing it simply. “They come first for me. Golf is the third. That way.”
Much of the Golf world spent Sunday afternoon in the open attempt to make sense of an event that Scheffler made meaningless. His margin was five shots after the first hole and grew up to eight. When he was over, he won with four.
It didn’t make sense to find out that you didn’t know already. Scottie Scheffler is a historical golf player who just won a historic open. He can be on the way to become one of the biggest players ever.
But you don’t have to worry about the monster of fame, at least not about this man. If things sometimes get too serious, it will not be difficult for Scottie to find an extra dose of humility.
Even for the biggest player of a generation, Guac is still extra.
You can reach the author in James.colgan@golf.com AND @Jamescolgan26.
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James Colgan
Golfit.com editor
James Colan is a news editor of news and features in Golf, writing stories on the website and magazine. He manages the hot germ, golf media vertical and uses his experience on camera across brand platforms. Before entering Golf, James graduated from Siracuse University, during which time he was a caddy scholarship receiver (and Astuta Looper) in Long Island, where he is. He can be reached on James.colgan@golf.com.
