Scottie Scheffler oozed class throughout his final round of The Open Championship on Sunday.
Scheffler double-bogeyed the eighth hole at Royal Portrush on Sunday but aside from that, his performance was pretty much perfect on day four of The Open.
With the chasing pack pursuing the 29-year-old, he burst out of the blocks on Sunday and went out in two-under par 34, despite the two shots he dropped on the eighth.
If Scheffler wins The Open by three or more shots, he will become the first player since the First World War to win his first four major championships by a margin of three or greater.
Before the tournament began, Scheffler said he had a great desire to win The Open.
That was in stark contrast to what he said before the first round, when he suggested that he doesn’t get fulfilment from winning golf tournaments.
It’s more important for the world number one to be a good father and husband than it is for him to be a good golfer.
What Scottie Scheffler told Wayne Riley during the final round of The Open
Sky Sports on-course commentator Wayne Riley was following Scheffler’s group on Sunday at The Open.
And taking into consideration Scheffler’s comments prior to the tournament, it was really interesting to hear how he was feeling coming towards the end of his round.
Riley said he had a brief chat with the man from Dallas, Texas, on the 14th tee during the final round of The Open.
Riley said: “I just had a chat with Scottie Scheffler, and said seeing your mum and dad, seeing you, pretty nervous. I asked him, ‘how you feeling’? He said, ‘first time in a while, I’m feeling pretty nervy, we want it so badly.“
Winning clearly means a lot to Scheffler.
However, the point people are missing is that once he has won an event, he focuses on his family, and that’s the way it should be, right?
Scheffler should be praised to the hilt rather than criticised for his comments on how he feels about winning.
Nick Faldo delivers verdict on Scottie Scheffler’s Open comments
Sir Nick Faldo is someone who definitely did define himself by what he did on the golf course.
The polar opposite to Scheffler, you might say.
Before round four began, Faldo said: “Well I hope he’s more than satisfied or got more satisfaction for more than two minutes after winning tonight. It’s 35 years on since I won my fourth and I’m still chuffed I can promise you that much. But that was a very strange thing to say because you put in that much work, I’m not even going to go down that route. But he’s a very special golfer, he could quite easily get the third leg and maybe somewhere, the way he’s going, somewhere even next year he might join Rory in the Grand Slam, which would be actually unthinkable wouldn’t it when you think back two years ago.“
And then, when told about what Scheffler said to Riley, the six-time major champion responded in kind.
He said: “This comment, him saying the satisfaction only lasts for two minutes. He’s ecstatic when he’s winning them, I don’t get it, do you?“
The thing that Faldo is missing here is that Scheffler is going about his business in a way that suits him, and that’s why he has been so successful at The Open Championship this week.
And if the American continues what he is doing, he will surpass Faldo’s major record with ease.
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