Joe Bennett: Scottie Scheffler questions fulfilment in golf success
On the eve of the Open golf championship, the favourite, Scottie Scheffler, gave a press conference.
This is a customary thing to do, but what Scheffler said was not customary at all. He chose to tell the truth.
One doesn't expect the truth in sport. In sport there's no
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