'What's the point?': Scottie Scheffler gets introspective ahead of The Open - NBC Sports

Scheffler talked Tuesday at The Open Championship about how he wrestles with his love for competition and what it really means.
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‘What’s the point?': Scottie Scheffler gets introspective ahead of The Open
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Published July 15, 2025 12:28 PM
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Scheffler offers 'refreshing' insight on values
July 15, 2025 11:38 AM
Live From dissects Scottie Scheffler's comments on what it has taken to become the world's best golfer, exploring the emotional and physical demands he has withstood along the way, and how he displays "absence of fear."
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland – Professional athletes are not often associated with introspection, but professional golf has taken a decidedly existential turn in recent weeks.
Since winning the Masters for the first time and completing the career Grand Slam in April, Rory McIlroy publicly wrestled with the type of soul-searching that players typically try to avoid and never, if at all, speak openly about.
“I climbed my Everest in April, and I think after you do something like that, you’ve got to make your way back down,” McIlroy said. “You’ve got to look for another mountain to climb.”
McIlroy’s return to the United Kingdom for last week’s Genesis Scottish Open, where he finished runner-up, and this week’s Open Championship, which is being played about 90 minutes from where he grew up near Belfast, has seemed to re-inspire the world No. 2.
But Tuesday at Royal Portrush brought a new level of deep thinking from world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.
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