Scottie Scheffler Told the Truth About Success
And it’s not the answer you’d expect from a champion.
When the Trophy Doesn’t Hit Like It Should
Scottie Scheffler won The Open Championship, but before the tournament even started, he sat down in front of a mic and quietly dismantled our cultural obsession with success. Not with a dramatic speech, or a viral one-liner. Instead, he gave a raw, unscripted interview with an honesty that made me pause.
“You work your whole life to win a tournament. You get there, you celebrate, you hug your family—and then it’s like, ‘What are we going to eat for dinner?’ Life goes on.”
It was the most Ecclesiastes thing I’ve heard all year. The kind of truth you can only say once you’ve actually reached the top. And I say this with all the bias in the world: Scheffler is my favorite golfer. He played at the University of Texas. (Hook ’Em.) And he’s dominating the sport like few have before. (I wonder if my kids know who Tiger Woods is?) Anyway, what he said in that interview stuck with me.
The High Doesn’t Last
It might come to a …
