NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — Scottie Scheffler doesn’t like to talk about himself or his accomplishments. He talks about his faith and his family and how he always dreamed of competing on the PGA Tour and winning majors. But even after his major triumphs, Scheffler very rarely reveals his secrets.
You can analyze his Chipotle order or his existential dissertation before last year’s Open Championship about the “fleeting” nature of success, but you’re going to be doing most of the work. As Jordan Spieth would tell it, Scottie Scheffler is great because his focus is just on golf, his family and his faith. He’s uninterested in everything else that comes with being the world’s best player. It is more plausible that there is no grand secret that Scheffler is holding back.
Scheffler’s peers have an understanding of his greatness. It would be impossible not to. But knowing someone is great, and understanding how they became that way — what makes them tick — is different…