J.J. Spaun says whether he agrees with Scottie Scheffler’s eye-catching comments ahead of The Open starting this year

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Scottie Scheffler gave an extremely thoughtful answer in his press conference before The Open Championship this week.

Scheffler has been the best player in the world for the last two years and won many tournaments, including The Masters and the PGA Championship.

Still, the 29-year-old remains as humble and determined to improve as any other player on the PGA Tour circuit. That’s probably what separates him from his peers.

Here’s what Scheffler had to say about winning events before The Open at Royal Portrush, and whether US Open champion J.J. Spaun agrees.

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Scheffler is not interested in fame. Off the golf course, he cares about his family and friends, and on it, he just wants to play good golf and win.

It’s that simple but effective approach to life that enables him to enjoy the success that so many PGA Tour players desire.

Speaking before The Open, Scheffler delivered an interesting spiel on how the excitement of winning tournaments doesn’t last long and makes him question why he cares so much.

“I think it’s kind of funny, I think I said something after the Byron this year about like, it feels like you work your whole life to celebrate winning a tournament for like a few minutes,” he said. “It only lasts a few minutes, that kind of euphoric feeling.

“To win the Byron Nelson Championship at home, I literally worked my entire life to become good at golf, to have an opportunity to win that tournament. You win it, you celebrate, get to hug my family, my sister’s there, it’s such an amazing moment. Then it’s like, okay, what are we going to eat for dinner? Life goes on.

“Is it great to be able to win tournaments and to accomplish the things I have in the game of golf? Yeah, it brings tears to my eyes just to think about it because I’ve literally worked my entire life to be good at this sport. To have that kind of sense of accomplishment, I think, is a pretty cool feeling.

“To get to live out your dreams is very special, but at the end of the day, I’m not out here to inspire the next generation of golfers. I’m not out here to inspire someone to be the best player in the world because what’s the point? This is not a fulfilling life. It’s fulfilling from the sense of accomplishment, but it’s not fulfilling from a sense of the deepest places of your heart.”

“There are a lot of people who make it to what they thought was going to fulfill them in life, and you get there, you get to No. 1 in the world, and they’re like, ‘What’s the point?’ I really do believe that, because what is the point? Why do I want to win this tournament so badly?”

J.J. Spaun agrees with Scottie Scheffler about winning tournaments

J.J. Spaun has not achieved anywhere near as much as Scheffler, but he did enjoy a taste of major championship success at the US Open last month.

Spaun won the brutal tournament at Oakmont with an incredible birdie putt on the 72nd hole to pull clear of his competitors.

Winning the event clearly meant a lot to him, but weeks later, he agreed with Scheffler that there are more important things in life.

“I believe there’s some truth behind Scottie’s words for sure,” Spaun explained. “Yeah, you do have these high aspirations, these dreams to accomplish things in golf at the highest level, and then you do, and it happens so quickly. Then you’re so elated, and then all of a sudden it’s like, now what?

“I tried to sink it in as much as possible, and it did, but it’s a weird feeling. I never thought I would win a major, let alone a few years ago, I was just trying to get in them. So I think, yeah, there’s some testament to that. You’ve got to really… I think it goes back to your priorities, what you really want to accomplish, not only in this game, but in your life.

“I think that’s true to what Scottie said, like he’s more focused on being a better person off the course than achieving historic monuments, monumental things on the course.

“I would say, yeah, it was really surreal when I won, but I still wake up every morning trying to pinch myself, looking at the trophy, and just think it’s actually mine. So it is weird. It kind of comes and goes very fast.”