'What's the point?' - Scheffler's daily golfing wrestle
His wife Meredith gave birth to their son Bennett 14 months ago and Scheffler said if golf started to impact his family he would quit the sport."I'm blessed to be able play golf, but if my golf ever started affecting my home life or it ever affected the relationship I have with my wife or my son, that's going to be the last day that I play out here for a living," he added."This is not the be-all and end-all. This is not the most important thing in my life. That's why I wrestle with, why is this so important to me?"Because I'd much rather be a great father than I would be a great golfer. That's what's more important to me."Scheffler has won three times this year, has one runner-up finish and eight other top-10s in 15 events.He has not finished outside the top 25 this season, not missed a cut since the FedEx St Jude Classic in August 2022."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?'" he said."I don't know because if I win it's going to be awesome for two minutes, then we're going to get to the next week and it's, 'hey, you won two majors this year; how important is it for you to win the FedEx Cup play-offs?'"It feels like you work your whole life to celebrate winning a tournament for like a few minutes. It only lasts a few minutes, that kind of euphoric feeling."
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