Scottie Scheffler responds when asked if he thinks he’s more likely to win the US Open or the British Open

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Scottie Scheffler is halfway to achieving the career Grand Slam.

However, the two majors he’s still chasing are arguably the hardest to win in the form of the US Open and The Open Championship.

Scheffler has been the best and most consistent player on the PGA Tour this season, with three wins from the 14 events he has played including a major championship.

However, he obviously wants even more success. Scheffler has added the Scottish Open to his schedule ahead of The Open this year.

And that should certainly help him acclimatise to the demands of links golf.

Scheffler is now at the end of his two-week break, and he is expected to contend deep into Sunday at both the Scottish Open this week and the Open Championship next week.

However, does he feel like his game is suited to the challenge of winning on a links golf course?

Scottie Scheffler responds to question about the US Open and The Open

Scheffler addressed the media on Wednesday ahead of the start of the Scottish Open on Thursday.

The world number one was asked whether he believes he has a better chance of winning the US Open or The Open.

Scheffler responded: “I don’t think so. I like both styles of golf. I love getting beat up at the U.S. Open. That’s a fun battle between us and the golf course. And coming over here, like I said, you get to do a lot of stuff I wouldn’t normally do.

“Around the greens here, for example, when we’re in the States, if we’re practicing short game around the green, playing a practise round, I probably will use two clubs. I’ll use a 60-degree and a 56. Here, I’m bringing like five or six clubs, sometimes all the way down to an 8-iron.

“To me, it’s a much more traditional style of golf where you can tell that the game was invented over here. Because if you come out with an older gentleman who is maybe a 10 handicap and can’t hit the ball very high, I can still play these golf courses because you can run the ball on the ground.

“No matter where you are, there’s always a shot to be played. In the States we have to deal with a lot of grain and stuff like that around the greens and some heavier rough. When you look at — let’s compare the U.S. Open to the The Open Championship, two totally different types of challenges.

“When you miss a green at the U.S. Open, you’re basically going to hit a similar type of shot each time where you’re just opening the face with a 60 and trying to play like a bunker shot to get the ball close to the hole, extremely difficult for anybody. It’s something that I would say nobody has really perfected how to do it.

“You get over here and I miss a green, and I’m going to go over there, assess the lie. Sometimes I may get a really clean lie and sometimes I may get a thick lie, and with a thick lie I’ll have to do a more traditional open face with a 60, play like a bunker shot.

“Again, a clean lie, and I may be using an 8-iron to pitch up the slope or maybe a 50-degree depending how much pitch there is in the slope. Over here, there’s just more options, and it’s just a little bit of a different test than some of the tests we see at home.“

Scottie Scheffler’s record at the US Open and The Open

Scheffler came very close to winning the US Open in 2022, but aside from that he hasn’t really had a genuine chance to win on the back nine during the final round of either of the two championships.

Here is his career record at the US Open and The Open:

Scheffler will be desperate to improve upon his Open record next week at Royal Portrush.

He has everything needed to be successful on a links golf course, having grown up playing in the strong winds of Texas.

Scheffler will undoubtedly complete the career Grand Slam at some point in the near future, and a win at Royal Portrush next week would crank the pressure up on him at every single major next season.