Scottie Scheffler shares what he was talking about with Shane Lowry on day two at The Open after his comments went viral

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Scottie Scheffler dominated all aspects of The Open at Royal Portrush, from his pre-tournament press conference to lifting the Claret Jug.

Scheffler has been compared to Tiger Woods after his success, which represents a fourth major championship win.

He won The Open by four shots at Royal Portrush, with the US Open representing the only major he has yet to win.

Scheffler was full of emotion as he triumphed in Northern Ireland, but his celebrations are certain to come into the limelight in the immediate aftermath.

Before the event, he said winning would be ‘awesome for about two minutes’, with Scheffler confusing Padraig Harrington with his eye-catching comments on success.

What Scottie Scheffler said to Shane Lowry at The Open after his viral comments

That perspective was queried after he did indeed win the tournament, when he was asked if the ‘awesome’ feeling would now last for more than two minutes.

In a similarly detailed and honest statement, he clarified: “Yeah, I think we live now in a day and age where clickbait is kind of what people look for. You can shorten a five-minute clip into three words.

“I think it really underestimates what I was trying to communicate. Maybe I didn’t do as effective of a job as I hoped to in communicating that.

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“At the end of the day, I have a tremendous amount of gratitude towards moments like these. I literally worked my entire life to become good at this game and play this game for a living.

“It’s one of my greatest joys of my life to compete out here. To be able to win The Open Championship here at Portrush is a feeling that’s really hard to describe.

“I’m very fortunate to be able to come out here and live out my dreams. I just grew up a kid in Texas that wanted to play professional golf.

“I grew up wearing pants to the golf course because that’s what I wanted to do. I saw professional golfers like Justin Leonard, Harrison Frazar, those types of guys on TV wearing pants, and I was like, I want to be like those guys. So I used to wear pants to grow up to play golf.

“It would be 100 degrees out. I’d be way too hot. People would make fun of me. But that’s what I wanted to do; I wanted to be a professional golfer, so I wore pants. I don’t know why I’m so lucky that I get to live out my dreams, but it’s something I’m very grateful for.

“If somebody was going to listen to the comments I had this week, I would encourage them to listen to all of it, and I hope I did a good job communicating that, yeah, this is amazing to win the Open Championship, but at the end of the day, having success in life, whether it be in golf, work, whatever it is, that’s not what fulfils the deepest desires of your heart.

“Am I grateful for it? Do I enjoy it? Oh, my gosh, yes, this is a cool feeling. I can’t wait to get home and celebrate this championship with the people that have helped me along the way. “But at the end of the day, it doesn’t fulfil the deepest desires of my heart. It’s just tough to describe when you haven’t lived it.

“It’s something I actually talked to Shane [Lowry] about this week was just because you win a golf tournament or accomplish something, it doesn’t make you happy.

“It doesn’t… maybe for a few moments, maybe for a few days, but at the end of the day, there’s more to life than playing golf. I’m pretty excited to go home and celebrate this one.”

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Lowry will have learned a lot from Scheffler, having been paired with the American on Thursday and Friday.

The popular Irishman won The Open at Royal Portrush in 2019, but finished T40 on two-under this time around.

Scheffler meanwhile really has been on another level in recent years, and has just claimed his fourth victory of the season.

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His PGA Tour wins tally now sits at 17, while he leads the way in many significant areas of the game, such as strokes gained approach, off the tee and tee to green.

And he’s now added the Claret Jug to his ever-growing trophy collection, and said of the silverware on BBC Radio 5 Live: “It’s hard to put into words right now. I’ll be bringing this one back home with me to have a better look.”

Adding further thoughts on his latest success, he said: “I’m feeling tired, but feeling pretty good. This was a long week but it was a successful one and I did a good job this week of handling myself mentally and I’m fortunate to be here with the trophy.

“I just tried to keep my head down and execute shots, it’s a tough course. You’ve got to be focused and I did a good job of staying focused.”

Hopefully it will be his efforts on the challenging course that are celebrated this week, rather than his comments off it.

He definitely raised a lot of eyebrows with his words, but the world number one certainly deserves praise for such an honest approach, particularly at a time when many of his fellow players have refused to speak to the media, Lowry included.