The somewhat contradictory answer was that golf does fulfill Scheffler, along with his family, but that if the game ever affected his role as a husband and father he'd quit on the spot. Family matters the most to him, so he ends up asking himself the same question at tournament after tournament:

Scottie Scheffler says winning is special, but fleeting, and that being a great father means more than being a great golfer.

Backspin: His year was slowed by a rib injury that kept him out for two months. Padraig Harrington (2007-08), Tiger Woods (2005-06) and Tom Watson (1982-83) are the only back-to-back Open champions the last 50 years.

To win the British Open, played this week at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, players must play well in the wind. And to play well in the wind, they must control their trajectory and flight the ball low.

Scottie Scheffler had a hilarious reaction to a putt that didn't go quite as he expected, turning into a meme after going viral on the internet.

Scottie Scheffler said on Tuesday he does "not care" about being the tournament favourite as he prepares for his latest tilt at a maiden British Open title this week at Royal Portrush."I could not care any less about being the favourite or not being the favourite,