A biography for Scottie Schefflerhasn’t been written yet.
“If I get asked constantly about putting, sometimes it feels like I'm not playing well.”
“Putting is just so different than the rest of the game, so when it comes to putters, it's all personal.”
“You always want more, and I think you have to fight those things and focus on what's good.”
“You have to be able to trust your equipment.”
“When I clean our pool and like, leaf-blow the backyard and it looks nice, I'm like, 'Yes, I accomplished something today, I didn't just totally sit on my butt.'”
“Whenever I do something, I usually will just try and figure out how to do it better.”
“I think you take something away from every tournament.”
“I built my entire career here on the PGA Tour and I wasn't willing to leave it.”
“I've always struggled with putters that have a lot of weight in the back side of it.”
“Kapalua is a great, fun event, but you don't get a good feel for where your game's at. You're playing on the side of a volcano, and the wind's blowing hard, and it's a different type of golf course.”
“Crying for me is not an abnormal thing.”
“If you ask my wife, she would say I need to celebrate more. She's definitely right.”
“Just because you make it to the top, the work gets more difficult to stay there.”
“In tournament weeks being No 1 doesn't do anything for me. I don't get an extra stroke. It doesn't really matter at the end of the day.”
“Golf does a good job of keeping you humble and motivated.”
“I always wanted to play pro golf, but I never 100 percent believed that I'd be out here. But I never had a backup plan, either.”
“Deep down, whatever I'm doing, I'm really competitive in it. My wife will tell me I'm competitive more playing board games or whatever we're doing.”
“I just love playing golf, and I love competing.”
“When the ball is always approaching the hole at the right speed, it's going to go in more often.”
“It's tempting to try a lot of the shots you see on tour, but some of them should come with those warning labels you see on dangerous products. Trying them in the wrong situation - or without enough practice - can be disastrous.”