The ‘unbelievable’ part of Scottie Scheffler’s game which still goes under the radar and doesn’t get talked about enough

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Scottie Scheffler is well on his way to cementing himself as an all-time great after winning his fourth major title in just his 25th start on Sunday at The Open Championship.

Scottie Scheffler is now just a US Open victory away from completing the Career Grand Slam after clinching The Open Championship at Royal Portrush.

It is remarkable to think that there were questions about whether the world number one could win a major not held at Augusta National heading into 2025. He won the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow, and there was a brief moment on Sunday at Oakmont where it appeared that he was not out of contention to win the US Open.

Every part of Scheffler’s game is, rightly, being raved about right now. He is first on the PGA Tour for strokes gained off the tee and approaching the green. Meanwhile, he is just outside the top 20 for putting.

The part of Scottie Scheffler’s game which still does not get spoken about enough

Scheffler also appears to have one of the most impressive mental games golf has seen in a long time. It made the double bogey he made on Sunday at Royal Portrush all the more surprising, with the 29-year-old briefly appearing to be a mere mortal.

He made a birdie on the following hole.

But perhaps there is still one aspect of his game which Scheffler does not get enough credit for. Speaking on Fried Egg Golf, Andy Johnson claimed that he is blown away by his ability to stick to a game plan.

“People talk about his strategy a lot, ‘oh, he’s so smart, look at the targets he plays to’. I think what goes under the radar with his strategy, and I think it’s showing in his putting now – which didn’t before, probably because of confidence – but his commitment to targets, I think, doesn’t get talked about maybe enough,” he said.

“When you watch, it’s like yeah I know there’s this back pin on this narrow green and I should play 10 feet left of this pin that’s tucked on the right side. I know I should play there, but to me, what is fascinating is it feels like he is 100 percent committed. Because so many people pick a target and then the next challenge after you pick the right target becomes can I commit to hitting it to that target and not subconsciously knowing that I can bail out 25 short left of this target, that’s really the safe place to miss.

“What boggles my mind when I really think about it is how often he is able to not only pick the right target, then 100 percent commit to these extraordinarily difficult shots that he is hitting to the right target when there’s a very small margin of error. And I think so much of putting becomes, ‘okay, I’m set up right, I’ve picked my line and now I’m committing to it’. Golfers just know where they can bail out, and where they can play away and avoid risk. But he hits it to these targets and every time it’s pin high. It’s just unbelievable to me.”

The remarkable comments Scottie Scheffler made after his victory at The Open Championship

Scheffler provided an insight into how he was thinking on Sunday at The Open Championship when he spoke about his double bogey.

Scheffler found the bunker off the tee and decided to be a little more aggressive and go for the green. However, he failed to clear the lip and remained in the sand.

Incredibly, Scheffler suggested that the decision was ‘silly’ because of the size of the lead he had. Most people would surely think that was exactly the reason why the time was right for him to take on the riskier shot.

“I got a little greedy with the second shot. I felt, with the two par putts I just made I was feeling pretty confident, I felt like I could actually get this ball to the green, which turns out to be a little silly. It was on the upslope and I felt like I could get it there and in hindsight, that was a little silly, especially with a big lead, I should have just chipped it out,” he said.

Given Scheffler’s incredible mindset, it would not be a surprise if it is now going to be a very long time before golf fans see him attempt the more aggressive shot out of the bunker again.