Scottie Scheffler's take on success in golf - 'What's the point?' - ESPN

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — On the brink of a tournament that could get Scottie Scheffler to four major wins and three of the four legs of the career Grand Slam at age 29, the unquestioned best player in the world said Tuesday that he doesn't find true fulfillment in winning.

«This is not a fulfilling life,» Scheffler said. «It's fulfilling from the sense of accomplishment, but it's not fulfilling from a sense of the deepest places of your heart.»

Scheffler has won two Masters, added a third major when he won the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow this year and has 16 career wins since turning professional. He has, in the past, talked at length about not rooting his identity in golf despite acknowledging how badly he wants to win every time he tees it up.

«That's something that I wrestle with on a daily basis,» Scheffler said at Royal Portrush, where the Open Championship begins Thursday. «It's like showing up at the Masters every year; it's like why do I want to win this golf tournament so badly? Why do I want to win the Open Championship so badly? I don't know because, if I win, it's going to be awesome for two minutes.»

Scheffler said Tuesday that sometimes he doesn't understand the point of winning, even a major championship, because he knows that the nature of the sport will simply be to move on to next week, where he will be asked the same questions about where he goes from here.

«Is it great to be able to win tournaments and to accomplish the things I have in the game of golf? Yeah, it brings tears to my eyes just to think about it because I've literally worked my entire life to be good at this sport,» Scheffler said. «To have that kind of sense of accomplishment, I think, is a pretty cool feeling. To get to live