Scottie Scheffler Says Being The No 1 Golfer In The World Is 'not A Fulfilling Life'

Scottie Scheffler is 1 of nan champion golfers connected nan satellite and, making love backmost to past year, has been connected a historic run. 

Yet, occurrence from winning play tournaments is not what "satisfies" him.

Scheffler, 29, is simply a three-time awesome champion arsenic he has won the Masters doubly and nan PGA Championship this year. He will look to inch person to nan profession expansive slam astatine The Open this week astatine Royal Portrush. 

The 16-time PGA Tour victor has been nan world’s No. 1 classed golfer for complete 100 weeks, yet his power connected nan people is not what is "fulfilling" to him. 

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Scottie Scheffler watches aft hitting his changeable from nan first tee during nan first information of nan U.S. Open play tourney connected June 12, 2025 successful Oakmont, Pennsylvania. (Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images)

"There’s a batch of group that make it to what they thought was going to fulfill them successful life, and you get there, you get to No. 1 successful nan world, and they’re like, what’s nan point?" Scheffler said astatine a property convention connected Tuesday.

"I really do judge that, because what is nan point? Why do I want to triumph this tourney truthful bad? That’s thing that I wrestle pinch connected a regular basis. It’s for illustration showing up astatine nan Masters each year. It’s like, ‘Why do I want to triumph this play tourney truthful badly? Why do I want to triumph the Open Championship truthful badly?’

"I don’t cognize because, if I win, it’s going to beryllium awesome for 2 minutes. Then we’re going to get to nan adjacent week, ‘Hey, you won 2 fields this year; really important is it for you to triumph nan FedExCup playoffs?’ And we’re backmost present again."

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Scheffler referenced his ceremony aft he won nan CJ Cup Byron Nelson tournament successful his location authorities of Texas successful May, erstwhile his infinitesimal of ceremony felt truthful fleeting.  

"I said thing aft nan Byron this twelvemonth astir like, it feels for illustration you activity your full life to observe winning a tourney for for illustration a fewer minutes. It only lasts a fewer minutes, that benignant of euphoric feeling. To triumph nan Byron Nelson Championship astatine home, I virtually worked my full life to go bully astatine play to person an opportunity to triumph that tournament," Scheffler said. 

"You triumph it, you celebrate, get to hug my family, my sister’s there, it’s specified an astonishing moment. Then it’s like, ‘OK, now what are we going to eat for dinner?’ Life goes on."

While being incredibly successful arsenic a golfer mightiness not beryllium what yet fulfills him, it does springiness him a "sense of accomplishment."

"Is it awesome to beryllium capable to triumph tournaments and to execute nan things I person successful nan crippled of golf? Yeah, it brings tears to my eyes conscionable to deliberation about, because I’ve virtually worked my full life to beryllium bully astatine this sport. To person that benignant of consciousness of accomplishment, I think, is simply a beautiful cool feeling," Scheffler said. 

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Scottie Scheffler plays his changeable from nan first tee during nan 2nd information of nan Travelers Championship play tourney connected June 20, 2025 successful Cromwell, Connecticut. (Bill Streicher-Imagn Images)

For Scheffler, he doesn’t play to "inspire" nan adjacent procreation of golfers, because, for him, being world No. 1 isn’t fulfilling.

"To get to unrecorded retired your dreams is very special, but astatine nan extremity of nan day, I’m not retired present to animate nan adjacent procreation of golfers. I’m not retired present to animate personification to beryllium nan champion subordinate successful nan world, because what’s nan point? This is not a fulfilling life. It’s fulfilling from nan consciousness of accomplishment, but it’s not fulfilling from a consciousness of nan deepest places of your heart," Scheffler said. 

Scheffler said nan athletics of play is not nan "be all, extremity all" for him. 

"(Golf) is not nan astir important point successful my life," Scheffler said. 

Scheffler and his wife, Meredith, stock a 1-year-old son, Bennett. For Scheffler, his family takes priority. 

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Scottie Scheffler chips onto nan 17th greenish during nan 2nd information of nan Travelers Championship play tourney connected June 20, 2025 successful Cromwell, Connecticut. (Bill Streicher-Imagn Images)

"I’m blessed to beryllium capable to travel retired present and play golf. But if my play ever started affecting my location life aliases if it ever affected nan narration I person pinch my woman aliases pinch my son, you know, that’s going to beryllium nan past time that I play retired present for a living," Scheffler said. 

"I would overmuch alternatively beryllium a awesome begetter than I would beryllium a awesome golfer.

"At nan extremity of nan day, (golf is) conscionable not what satisfies me."

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