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Toronto Sun
15-07-2025
- Sport
- Toronto Sun
Fellow PGA Tour players react to Scottie Scheffler's shocking comments
Scottie Scheffler of the United States looks on during a practice round prior to The 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club on July 15, 2025 in Portrush, Northern Ireland. Photo by Warren Little / Getty Images PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Two days before play at the Open Championship is set to begin, Scottie Scheffler shocked the golf world at Royal Portrush by saying he doesn't find the game fulfilling or satisfying, and that victories only offer him a few minutes of euphoria. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. 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Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account 'I'm not out here to inspire someone to be the best player in the world because what's the point? This is not a fulfilling life,' Scheffler said as part of a lengthy speech during a press conference on Tuesday. When the Toronto Sun relayed the world No. 1's comments to Nick Taylor following a practice round, the Canadian golfer was able to relate to some of what the three-time major winner had said. 'In this game, you're always chasing,' Taylor told the Sun . 'If you look at him I think that's probably why he's so driven.' 'It's easy to settle in this game and that's when you get in trouble. But it's always on to the next. That's the theme out here. It's not like other sports where you win the Super Bowl or the Stanley Cup and you have time to soak it in. Jon McCarthy has something for every golfer, with a notably Canadian slant. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'When I've won, I've played the next week every time and it's always like three days later it's onto next week and you're trying to focus on that but it's difficult. It's interesting.' Five-time PGA Tour winner Taylor said he certainly finds winning tournaments satisfying, but understands that everyone is an individual and some players are in a different position. 'There's fulfillment for sure with success,' Taylor said. 'I think everyone is at a different level as to what fills their cup essentially.' Taylor Pendrith seemed to have a slightly more difficult time putting himself in Scheffler's shoes. 'The guy wins so much, maybe he's only happy for a few minutes,' Pendrith said. 'I've only won once and had a couple other chances and it's exciting to do. I don't know. I think I would find winning fulfilling. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'You want to put yourself in that position as much as you can because it doesn't happen very often.' Read More Pendrith agreed, however, that fulfillment has to come from more than the game of golf. 'I think you have to enjoy the good times, but at the end of the day it is a job and there's much more to life,' he said. 'I really enjoy my time away from the game.' Taylor added that he feels there is something to be learned from Scheffler's point of view on success and fulfillment. 'I can understand what he's saying, but what I take from that is that is why he's so driven,' Taylor said. 'His thing is kind of the journey, it's not what's at the end of it. 'Someone like Tiger and him, they can win and it's great but they always want to be better and I think everyone can learn from that.' Celebrity Toronto & GTA Columnists Editorial Cartoons NFL
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
All majors should ban cell phones like Augusta National
OAKMONT, Pa. — Given the opportunity, we humans will default to our lowest possible level. Oh sure, we talk a good game about wanting to live our lives with higher purpose, but with the slightest temptation, we slide into the pit, abandoning all pretense of discipline in favor of instant gratification. I'm talking, of course, about using cell phones at golf tournaments. It's a crime against sport and nature, and it's my considered view that phones should be banned from all majors. No exceptions. Advertisement As you surely know, Augusta National does not permit cell phones on its grounds during the Masters. Anyone caught with a phone will be escorted from the property and lose all privileges to ever attend the Masters again. You may say that banning someone for life from one of the world's elite tournaments for the crime of using a cell phone is the very definition of 'punishment not fitting the crime.' And I would agree with you. I think offenders ought to lose a finger or two, as well. Plus, the prohibition ought to extend to golf's other marquee events. You heard me. U.S. Open, PGA Championship, Open Championship … all of y'all, get the cell phones outside the gates. Imagine a cell phone-free Pebble Beach, a silent St. Andrews. Imagine a second, third and fourth tournament each year without a thousand people all holding their phones high in the air on every tee box. It's golf the way it used to be, and it's the way golf ought to be again. Advertisement If you question the purpose of a no-cell-phone policy, well, clearly, you have not been in a place that forbids cell phones. Hell, Augusta National might be the last holdout in our always-connected world, and it's high time the other three majors followed the Masters' example. If they're not going to lower ticket or food prices , at least they can give us this. Fans look on — and record on their phones — as Jon Rahm tees off from the 15th tee during a practice round prior to the 125th U.S. OPEN at Oakmont Country Club. () (Warren Little via Getty Images) The players are at least partially on board. Last year at Augusta, Jordan Spieth, in his typically Spiethian way, wandered over, under, around and through the topic of cell phones at the Masters. On one hand, he understood that cell phones — both the ability to remain connected and the ability to share moments from the golf course — help grow the game exponentially. But he landed on the side of 'no phones,' at least for one week. "What's really cool about it is you just feel that everyone's very, very present,' he said. 'They're not focused on if they got the right shot that they're sending.' Advertisement That's exactly it. Everyone with a cell phone at a major spends a not-insignificant amount of time making sure that people know they're at a major … either through direct contact or through the judicious application of Jealous…? photos and video on Instagram or TikTok. In their rush to remain connected with the outside world, they completely miss out on the transcendence of engaging with a golf tournament … which might just be the most spiritual of all sporting events. An afternoon walking a beautiful golf course will do wonders for your soul … and will strengthen the bond of whoever's lucky enough to walk with you. There's another element of the gallery that the cell phones affect: applause. 'The art of clapping is gone,' Tiger Woods said several years ago . 'Everyone's holding a cell phone,' On Wednesday at Oakmont, Sam Burns and Scottie Scheffler walked up the 18th as a hundred phones tracked their every movement. Will any of those videos ever get watched again? Doubtful. For the purposes of a control group, I sought out people in the Oakmont gallery wearing Masters gear. It didn't take long; finding Masters gear at a golf tournament is about as tough as finding snow at a ski resort. I met a lovely couple from right here in Oakmont named Ben and Hannah Wolfe — Hannah was sporting a pink Masters cap — and they immediately agreed with my thesis. At Augusta National, fans can actually clap because their hands aren't busy holding a cell phone. () (Jamie Squire via Getty Images) 'When we were up at the tee, we had to look through all these people's cell phones to even see anything,' Ben said. 'You don't have to worry about that at the Masters.' Advertisement 'It's like going back in time there,' Hannah added. 'You can log back into the world.' She allowed that it was nice having a cell for photos and for keeping in touch with the babysitter, but aside from that, the disconnected environment is the preferable one. Of course, some people miss the point entirely. Soon after chatting with Hannah and Ben, I ended up walking behind a guy who was FaceTiming and describing to the poor unfortunate soul on the other end of the call exactly how he was going to play the 18th hole, and what a magnificent score he would surely record on his card. If you are instinctively cringing and wanting to throw this cat's phone onto the highway that runs through Oakmont, well, that is the proper reaction. Make the right call, majors. Join your azalea-and-pimento-laden brethren. Get rid of cell phones and let people reconnect with the game, each other and themselves. It's the right thing to do, and we'll be sure to thank you … once we get back to our phones.
