Scottie Scheffler: Open win is special, Tiger comparison ‘silly’ | Live From The Open | Golf Channel

Scottie Scheffler: Open win is special, Tiger comparison ‘silly’ | Live From The Open | Golf Channel

NICKLAUS, WOODS AND HOGAN, WINNING THREE OR MORE DIFFERENT MAJORS BY 4 OR MORE SHOTS THAN HOGAN, NICKLAUS AND IN THE MOST DOMINANT FIGURE OF ALL TIMES, STILL AND ALWAYS, TIGER WOODS. NOW, LET’S GO INSIDE THE PRESS CENTER HERE AT ROYAL PORTRUSH. >> I AM DELIGHTED TO WELCOME IN THE ROOM THE CHAMPION GOLFER OF THE YEAR, SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER. SCOTTIE, CONGRATULATIONS ON A TREMENDOUS PERFORMANCE . YOU KNOW, YOU PLAYED TREMENDOUS GOLF DURING THE WEEK BUT TODAY YOU WERE VERY CALM AND COLLECTED. CAN YOU TELL US JUST WHAT IT MEANS TO WIN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP AND TALK ABOUT IT? >> YES. IT’S A VERY SPECIAL FEELING. IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO GET TO THIS POINT IN MY CAREER. THIS WAS A TOUGH WEEK, IT WAS CHALLENGING, THE GOLF COURSE WAS REALLY TOUGH. YOU KNOW, I HAD TO FOCUS REALLY HARD OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND. REALLY, THE ONLY BLEMISH OVER THE LAST 36 HOLES WAS THE 8 BACK, BUT I DID A GOOD JOB OF RESETTING AND CAME BACK ON 9. YOU KNOW, I GUESS THIS ONE WAS DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF, THE PGA, FELT LIKE I STRUGGLED ON THE FRONT NINE AND I WAS ABLE TO COME AND KIND OF PUSH, PUSH FORWARD AND WIN ON THE BACK NINE. WHEREAS, THIS ONE, I FELT LIKE IT GOT A LITTLE CLOSE AFTER THE DOUBLE 8, THEN I WAS ABLE TO BOUNCE BACK ON 9 IT TOOK THE PRETTY SIZABLE LEAD FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. >> OKAY, WE WILL TAKE QUESTIONS. LET’S START WITH DAVID. >> SCOTTIE, I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE SO HAPPY TO SHARE THE SPOTLIGHT AS YOU WERE. DID THEIR ARRIVAL MAKE THINGS EVEN MORE MEMORABLE? >> YEAH, HE WAS TRYING TO GET UP THAT HILL ON THAT SIDE OF THE GREEN, I DON’T THINK HE IS EVER BEEN UPHELD THAT BIG BEFORE. HE KEPT FALLING DOWN, THAT IS PART OF THE LEARNING CURVE AND GROWING UP. YEAH, IT’S VERY COOL TO HAVE THEM HERE. YOU KNOW, HE OBVIOUSLY HAS NO CLUE WHAT IS GOING ON. HE JUST WANTS TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH DAD, I HAVEN’T SEEN THEM MUCH TODAY. YEAH. IT IS PRETTY COOL. NEXT QUESTION, DOUG? >> Reporter: SCOTTIE, AS MUCH AS YOU CONCENTRATED ON YOUR GOLF OVER THE LAST FOUR DAYS, CAN YOU SHARE WHAT IT IS LIKE COMING UP ON THE 18th WITH THE TROPHY IN HAND, IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE ONE OF THE GREAT WALKS IN GOLF, THE GRANDSTANDS, JUST WHAT THAT FELT LIKE. SURELY, LESTER MORE THAN TWO MINUTES, RIGHT? >> [ LAUGHTER ] IT’S HARD TO TELL. NO, IT’S A VERY COOL WALK, IT’S A VERY SPECIAL WALK. TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, WALKING UP 18, I DIDN’T KNOW I WAS GOING TO GET THAT MUCH SUPPORT FROM THE CROWD. THE CROWD, I THINK, ONE IS VIDEOS TO WIN THIS WEEK AND I GOT TO PLAY SPOILER LITTLE BIT, WHICH IS FUN, AS WELL. IT REALLY WAS, IT WAS A GREAT RECEPTION. YOU KNOW, I HEARD A LOT OF THE FAN SUPPORTING ME OUT THERE TODAY. IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD ENVIRONMENT TO PLAY IN, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE HERE SUPPORTING, LOCAL FAVORITES, THAT YOU HAVE PEOPLE FROM THE STATES SUPPORTING US. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. >> I AM SURE IT WILL SINK IN AND YOU WILL APPRECIATE AS YOU ARE HEADING UP THERE. >> I THINK SO. BEING ABLE TO WALK UP 18 WITH THE TOURNAMENT AT HAND IS A REALLY TOUGH THING TO DESCRIBE. UH, IT’S A REALLY COOL FEELING. I HAVE A LOT OF GRATITUDE TOWARD BEING ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING LIKE THIS. IT HAS TAKEN A LOT OF WORK, NATALIE A LOT OF WORK, BUT A LOT OF PATIENCE. IT IS A HIGH LEVEL OF FOCUS FOR THE TOOLS OF THE THERE, I FELT LIKE THIS WAS WHEN MY BEST PERFORMANCES MENTALLY. WE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF STAYING THERE ALL WEEK. YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, TO ONLY HAVE ONE DOUBLE, REALLY, ONE OVER PAR HOLE IN A MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP, THAT IS HOW YOU ARE ABLE TO WIN THESE TOURNAMENTS, JUST BEING ABLE TO DO THINGS LIKE THAT. TAKES A HIGH LEVEL OF FOCUS AND TEDDY AND I DID A REALLY GOOD JOB THIS WEEKEND OF BEING COMMITTED TO WHAT WE ARE DOING . >> BEHIND YOU, MARK, TO THE LEFT. >> Reporter: CONGRATULATIONS. UH, SPEAKING OF THE FOCUS YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT, OBVIOUSLY, YOU ARE PRETTY STONEFACED FOR FOUR STRAIGHT ROUND SO WHEN IT WAS OVER, YOU LET OUT A PRETTY GOOD YELP JUST, CAN YOU DESCRIBE THAT RELEASE OF EMOTION? IS IT A BLACKOUT MOMENT? DO YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ARE IN THAT MOMENT WHAT YOU ARE DOING? JUST, FROM THEN, TO JUST SEEING YOUR FAMILY AND KNOWING IT IS DONE, WHAT THAT EMOTION IS LIKE? >> YEAH, LIKE I SAID, TAKES A HIGH LEVEL OF FOCUS. SO I HAD A GOOD SIZED LEAD MOST OF THE DAY TODAY. IT IS A MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP, YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. THE GOLF COURSES CHALLENGING, METER DOUBLE ON A HOLE WHERE I FELT I HAD A CHANCE TO MAKE A BIRDIE. YOU JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. SO IT DOESN’T EVER REALLY FEEL LIKE YOU WON SOMETIMES UNTIL THE BALL IS IN THE HOLE. GOLF IS A FUNNY GAME. YOU HAVE TO STAY FOCUSED FOR THE ENTIRE TOURNAMENT BUT I DID A GOOD JOB OF THAT. THEN I SEE MY FAMILY AFTERWARDS, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A PRETTY SPECIAL FEELING, ONE THAT IS VERY HARD TO DESCRIBE. IT IS SOMETHING I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR AND SOMETHING I WILL HOLD ONTO FOR A LONG TIME. >> THE NEXT QUESTION, ON THE LEFT. >> Reporter: CONGRATULATIONS, SCOTTIE. EASY QUESTION TO GO BACK TO THE QUOTE EARLIER THIS WEEK, IT WILL BE AWESOME TWO MINUTES TO WIN THE OPEN, TO SEE YOUR NAME IN THE GREAT NAMES OF THE SPORT. IS IT GOING TO BE LONGER THAN TWO MINUTES? >> YEAH,YOU KNOW, I THINK WE LIVE NOW WHERE CLICK PAID IS KIND OF WHAT PEOPLE LOOK FOR YOU CAN SHORTEN A FIVE-MINUTE CLIP INTO THREE WORDS, REALLY UNDERESTIMATES WHAT I WAS TRYING TO COMMUNICATE. MAYBE I DIDN’T DO AS AND AFFECTIVE OF A JOB I WOULD HOPE TO, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GRATITUDE TOWARDS MOMENTS LIKE THESE. YOU KNOW, I HAVE LITERALLY WORKED MY ENTIRE LIFE TO BECOME SOMEWHAT GOOD AT THIS GAME TO PLAY THIS GAME FOR A LIVING AND IT IS ONE OF THE GREAT JOYS OF MY LIFE TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE OUT HERE AND YOU WIN THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP HERE AT ROYAL PORTRUSH IS A FEELING THAT IS REALLY HARD TO DESCRIBE. I’M VERY FORTUNATE TO COME HERE AND LIVE OUT MY DREAMS, YOU KNOW? I GREW UP A KID WHO, I JUST GREW UP A KID IN TEXAS, I WANTED TO WEAR PANTS AT THE GOLF COURSE, I SAW PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ON TV WEARING PANTS AND I WANTED TO BE LIKE THOSE GUYS SO I USED TO WEAR PANTS TO DO, I WANTED TO BE A PROFESSIONAL GOLFER SO I WORE PANTS. YOU KNOW I DON’T KNOW WHY I AM SO LUCKY I GET TO LIVE OUT MY DREAMS BUT IT IS SOMETHING I’M VERY GRATEFUL FOR. SO IF SOMEBODY IS GOING TO LISTEN TO THE COMMENTS I HAD THIS WEEK, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO LISTEN TO ALL OF IT. YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY I DID A GOOD JOB OF COMMUNICATING, YES FRANK, IT IS AMAZING TO WIN THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE END OF THE DAY, HAVING SUCCESS IN LIFE, WHETHER IT IS GOLF, WORK, WHATEVER IT IS, THAT IS NOT WHAT FULFILLS US, IT DOES NOT FILL YOUR HEART. DO I ENJOY IT, YES, IT IS A GREAT FEELING. I CAN’T WAIT TO GET HOME AND CELEBRATE THIS CHAMPIONSHIP, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE KIND OF HELPED ME ALONG THE WAY BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT DOESN’T FULFILL THE DEEPEST DESIRES OF MY HEART. BUT IT IS JUST TOUGH TO DESCRIBE WHEN YOU HAVEN’T LIVED IT. UH, IS SOMETHING I ACTUALLY TALKED TO SHANE ABOUT THIS WEEK. JUST BECAUSE YOU WIN A GOLF TOURNAMENT OR A COMPASS. IT DOES NOT MAKE YOU HAPPY, IT DOESN’T PICK UP MAYBE FOR A FEW MOMENTS, MAYBE FOR A FEW DAYS BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE IS MORE TO LIFE THAN PLAYING GOLF. YOU KNOW, I AM PRETTY EXCITED TO GO HOME AND CELEBRATE THIS ONE. >> THE NEXT QUESTION, JEFF? >> Reporter: I AM SORRY TO TRANSITION FROM THE GOLF COURSE, I LOVE A TRANSITION. WHAT WENT WRONG OR 16 TODAY? >> 116, JUST A HARD HOLE, I GUESS. >> Reporter: SERIOUSLY, WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION OF THE HOLE? MAKING THREE BIRDIES IN FOUR? >> MY FIRST IMPRESSION OF THE HOLE, THE FIRST DAY IT WAS RAINING AND ON THE LEFT . THERE WAS A PRETTY AMAZING SHOT. I HAVE THE PRACTICE ROUNDS AND IT WAS A GREAT SHOT. I MEAN, IT WAS ONE OF THE COOLEST VIEWS I HAVE SEEN IN THE GAME OF GOLF. TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, TEDDY AND I WERE STANDING THERE, I THINK IT WAS ON FRIDAY, THERE WAS A DAY IN WHICH YOU HAD A BUNCH OF RAIN, THERE WERE RAINBOWS ON THE OTHER SIDE, LOOKING OUT OVER THE GOLF COURSE ON THE RIGHT, YOU’VE GOT THE HUGE LOSS BY THE OCEAN, YOU’VE GOT MOUNDS IN THE DISTANCE, IT IS A REALLY, REALLY COOL HOLE. TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE WALK TO THE RAVINE AND HAVE THE WEDGE OUTCOME I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE TEE SHOT THIS WEEK BUT AS YOU SAID THIS TO >> Reporter: THIS WEEK WAS SENSATIONAL ONCE AGAIN WITH THE PUTTER. AND THE KIND OF CHANGES? >> I FEEL LIKE I HAVE DONE A LOT OF GOOD WORK WITH PHIL, TREMENDOUS COACH AND WE MADE SOME REAL GOOD PROGRESS SO I FELT LIKE I GREW UP BEING A GREAT PUTTER, MY BALL STRIKING WASN’T ALWAYS THE BEST. I FEEL LIKE FROM A YOUNG AGE I WAS A LITTLE GUY, BASICALLY UNTIL I WAS A JUNIOR, SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, I GREW UP IN CHIPPING AND A FEW YEARS AGO I DIDN’T PUTT AS WELL AS I THOUGHT I COULD’VE, THERE WERE JUST NUMBER OF THINGS BEHIND IT, IT WAS JUST TREMENDOUS FOR ME, KIND OF HELPING ME BE MORE ATHLETIC, GIVE ME THE CONFIDENCE I NEEDED WEATHER, JUST KEEPING ME OUT THERE AND UM, OKAY, IT WAS TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS ON THE GREENS, I THOUGHT I HAD A GOOD PAR, YOU KNOW, IT WAS FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU GET IT BUT THE QUESTION OF THINGS AND YOU TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS WEEK BUT BASICALLY THE CONVERSATION WAS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY THAT DISCUSSING THINGS WITH PHIL, LIKE, PHIL, I THOUGHT I DID PRETTY WELL, I HIT MY LINES, THE BALL JUST WASN’T GOING IN. REALLY, THE ONLY THING YOU WANT TO CHECK IS TO MAKE SURE I AM LINED UP WHERE I THINK I AM, LINED UP WHERE I AM THINK I AM LINED UP AT AND YOU KNOW, PHIL CHECKS IT. I LINED UP WHERE I THOUGHT I WAS SO I DIDN’T HAVE TO PUT MUCH THOUGHT INTO IT. YEAH. >> Reporter: CONGRATULATIONS, SCOTTIE. I DON’T KNOW IF YOU SAW YOU WERE BOTH 1000, 97 DAYS APART. WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE THOSE COMPARISONS ARE GETTING LOUDER AND LOUDER? >> I MEAN, I STILL THINK IT IS SILLY. TIGER WON 50 MAJORS. I HAVE FOUR, I AM ONE FOURTH OF THE WAY THERE. I MEAN, I THINK TIGER STANDS A LOT FOR THE GAME OF GOLF. HE WAS AN INSPIRATION TO ME GROWING UP AND A HELL OF A GUY AND A SPECIAL PERSON TO BE ABLE TO BE AS GOOD IN THE GAME OF GOLF. I DON’T FOCUS ON THE KIND OF STUFF. THAT IS NOT WHAT MOTIVATES ME. I AM NOT MOTIVATED BY WINNING CHAMPIONSHIPS. I DON’T LOOK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND JUST SAY, I WANT TO WIN. I WANT TO WIN X AMOUNT OF TERMINUS, YOU WANT TO WIN. WHATEVER, I DON’T DO THAT. I HAVE ASPIRATIONS AND DREAMS I THINK ABOUT THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN I WAKE UP AND PRACTICE, I FEEL LIKE WHAT MOTIVATES ME IS JUST GETTING OUT AND GETTING TO LIVE OUT MY DREAMS, I GET TO PLAY PROFESSIONAL GOLF AND I FEEL LIKE I AM CALLED TO DO IT TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. WHEN I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, I TRIED TO PUT THE BEST EFFORT I CAN IN EACH DAY WHEN I’M WORKING OUT, WHEN I AM DOING COURT, WHEN I AM DOING RECOVERY, I JUST FEEL LIKE I AM CALLED TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND OUTSIDE OF THAT, I DON’T PLACE MUCH EMPHASIS ON THINGS I CAN ACCOMPLISH, THIS IS MOSTLY ABOUT PUTTING IN THE PROPER WORK. >> FINALLY, IN THE MIDDLE. >> Reporter: SOMEWHAT SIMILAR QUESTION. HOW OFTEN DO YOU THINK ABOUT BIG WINS? DO YOU OFTEN THINK ABOUT THAT? >> NOT REALLY. I HAVE ALWAYS DO MY BEST TO BE IN THE PRESENT. LOOKING BACK ON THIS WEEK,IF I JUST SHOWED UP THINKING I AM THE BEST AND I DON’T NEED A PRACTICE TO BE GOOD AT GOLF AND JUST WALK IN, YOU KNOW, RESTING ON MY A COMPASS MISS, YOU PROBABLY NOT HAVE A GOOD WEEK. IF I COME IN, YOU KNOW, FEELING DOWN ON MYSELF OR, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT MY POOR STARTS THIS YEAR, I WILL NOT BE IN A GOOD SPOT. FOR ME, I ALWAYS RELY ON EFFORT I PUT IN, SO I MAKE SURE I AM PREPARED AND I JUST GO OUT AND COMPETE. THAT’S ALL. I DON’T FOCUS ON WINNING THE TOURNAMENT, I DON’T FOCUS ON THINGS I CAN ACCOMPLISH IN THE GAME AGO, I JUST TRY TO BETTER MYSELF EACH DAY. YOU KNOW, IF I WIN INSIDE THE ROPES. >> Reporter: SCOTTIE, LOOKING AT YOU FROM THE OUTSIDE, IT SEEMS LIKE ONE OF THE BIG PRIORITIES OF YOUR LIFE IS TO MAINTAIN SOME TYPES OF SEMBLANCE OF NORMAL FAMILY LIFE AND PRIVATE LIFE AND IN THE FACE OF A VERY ABNORMAL LIFE. WE SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE, NOT JUST IN SPORTS BUT YOU KNOW, MUSIC OR ANY OTHER GENRE NOT KNOW HOW TO DO THAT OR HAVE TO DO THAT, IT IS SOMETHING TO LOOK OUT FOR. MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, HOW DID YOU KNOW, IF YOU AGREE WITH THE PREMISE, HOW DID YOU KNOW IT WAS SOMETHING YOU HAD TO DO? HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR THAT? >> NO. I THINK THAT IS A PRETTY GOOD DESCRIPTION. I WOULD SAY, MY GREATEST PRIORITIES ARE MY FAITH AND MY FAMILY. YOU KNOW, THOSE COME FIRST FOR ME. GOLF IS THIRD IN THAT, IN THAT ORDER. YOU KNOW, I HAVE SAID IT A LONG TIME. GOLF IS NOT HOW I IDENTIFY MYSELF. I IDENTIFY MYSELF BY THINGS OTHER THAN WINNING TOURNAMENTS, CHASING TROPHIES, YOU KNOW, BEING FAMOUS OR WHATEVER IT IS. LIKE, WHEN I GO HOME, THERE ARE TWO CHIPOTLE WHERE I EAT, ACTUALLY, ONE. IF I WAS TO GO THAT CHIPOTLE AND TRY TO EAT NOWADAYS, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT. THERE IS ANOTHER ONE IN A DIFFERENT PART OF TOWN, I WILL NOT TELL YOU WHERE IT IS, BUT IF I GO THERE, NOBODY RECOGNIZES ME. AND SO, FAMOUS IS JUST ONE OF THE THINGS. IT’S LIKE, IN SOME CIRCLES, LIKE, RIGHT NOW, I AM THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD. THIS WEEK I AM THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD. I’M SITTING HERE WITH THE TROPHY. WE ARE GOING TO START ALL OVER IN MEMPHIS. THE SHOW GOES ON. AND IT’S HARD TO DESCRIBE WHAT IT FEELS LIKE. YEAH, I DON’T FEEL ANY DIFFERENT BECAUSE I WON A GOLF TOURNAMENT, YOU KNOW? THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT THE BE- ALL, AND ALL FOR ME BUT I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR IT. I HAVE WORKED SINCE I WAS TWO OR THREE YEARS OLD TO HAVE A CHANCE TO PLAY PROFESSIONAL GOLF. NOW I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WIN TOURNAMENTS AND IT IS AN AMAZING FEELING. I AM SO GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO LIVE OUT MY DREAMS. LIKE I SAID, MY FAITH AND MY FAMILY IS WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO ME. I TRIED TO LIVE AS NORMAL A LIFE AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE A NORMAL GUY. I HAVE THE SAME FRIENDS I HAD GROWING UP. I DON’T THINK I AM ANYTHING SPECIAL BECAUSE I AM SHOOTING A LOWER SCORE THAN OTHER GUYS ARE. >> LET’S GO TO THESE QUESTIONS. >> Reporter: SCOTTIE, CONGRATULATIONS. THREE OUT OF FOUR MAJORS NOW, THE U.S. OPEN NEXT YEAR WHAT ARE YOURTHOUGHTS ON THAT? >> NO. I JUST GOT UP AT GOLF COURSE A FEW MINUTES AGO. WHAT RORY ACCOMPLISH THIS YEAR IS ON THE FRONT OF EVERYBODY’S MIND. JUST BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A HISTORIC CONSUMMATE IN THE GAME OF GOLF, WHAT A TREMENDOUS THING FOR RORY TO ACCOMPLISH, TO WIN ALL FOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS IS PRETTY DARN SPECIAL. IT IS FOR SURE A CAREER ACHIEVEMENT. LIKE I SAID, I DON’T FOCUS TOO MUCH ON THAT STUFF. YOU KNOW, WHEN THE SEASON ENDS AFTER THE RYDER CUP FOR ME, I WILL GET HOME AND SEE WHERE MY GAME IS AT AND THINGS I CAN IMPROVE ON. AND THEN GO FROM THERE. I DON’T THINK ABOUT WINNING TOURNAMENTS. I JUST LOOK AT THE BODY OF WORK I HAVE AND THINK ABOUT WAYS TO IMPROVE. >> OKAY, TO THE LEFT EAR. >> Reporter: ONE STATEMENT, ONE QUESTION. THE FIRST ONE, THEY CUT TO PICTURES OF YOU AND THEY ALSO HAD THE GOLF SWING, SECONDLY, IN THE MIXER WITH RORY, ROY SAID YOU COULD ARGUE IT IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME. IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE. >> I GUESS I WILL START WITH THE FIRST PART. YEAH, SOMETIMES HE CLAPS WHEN HE HITS A GOLF BALL AND STUFF. YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO SHOW HIM SCIENCE BUT THAT ALSO MEANS MORE FOOD. MAYBE HE WAS HUNGRY, I DON’T KNOW. I HAVE ONE NEPHEW WHO IS COMPLETELY OBSESSED WITH GOLF, HOW I WAS AT A YOUNG AGE. WE WERE IN THE BACKYARD, I THINK IT WAS MAYBE DURING COVID, MAYBE A LITTLE EARLIER THAN THAT. ACTUALLY, IT WAS AT MY SISTER’S BACHELORETTE PARTY. MY BROTHER STAYED WITH ME WITH THE TWO KIDS, WE JUST WERE BACK THERE HITTING GOLF BALL AFTER GOLF BALL. HE WANTED TO TRY IT SO HE SAT DOWN AND STARTED SWINGING THE CLUB BACK AND FORTH. HE PUT THE GOLF BALL DOWN AND HIT IT. YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO OCCUPY YOUR ONE EURO WITH ANYTHING IS PROBABLY PRETTY GOOD FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO JUST, YOU KNOW, HE LIKES IT. HE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT A GOLF BALL IS, BUT HE WAS HITTING SOMETHING WITH IT, WHETHER IT WAS A PIECE OF FURNITURE, SOMETIMES OTHER KIDS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE WORKING ON THE GOLF CLUB. BUT THEN, YEAH, IT IS PRETTY SPECIAL TO CELEBRATE WITH MY FAMILY. YOU KNOW, I HOPE THEY WILL GET IN THE GAME OF GOLF ONE DAY. THE GAME HAS TAUGHT ME A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT. I FEEL LIKE EVERY DAY YOU GO OUT AND PLAY, I MET SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS TO THE GAME OF GOLF. YOU KNOW, IT IS A VERY SPECIAL GAME. YOU CALL PENALTIES ON YOURSELF, I MEAN, IT’S JUST, YOU LEARN A LOT OF GOOD LIFE LESSONS BY PLAYING GOLF. I HOPE HE CAN PLAY ONE DAY, I HOPE HE ENJOYS IT AS MUCH AS I DO. TO THE SECOND PART, I DON’T PUT MUCH THOUGHT TO IT. YOU KNOW, I DO MY BEST TO LIVE IN THE PRESENT. RIGHT NOW, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, HEADING BACK TO THE STATES TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, GETTING BACK HOME AS QUICK AS WE CAN AND CELEBRATE THIS WIN AT HOME. YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE GREAT. >> WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION, MICHAEL? BRIEFLY. >> Reporter: CAN WE GO BACK TO THE VERY FIRST MINUTE, THE VERY MODEST RESPONSE TO WINNING, BUT THEN WHEN YOU SAW YOUR SON, YOU THROUGH YOUR HAT UP AND YOU WERE A DIFFERENT PERSON. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH VIEW THAT ONE MINUTE INTERNALLY? >> UH, YEAH, WHEN I, EVERY TIME, I MEAN, WHEN I WIN A TOURNAMENT, THE FIRST PERSON I ALWAYS LOOK FOR IS MY WIFE. WHERE WE WALK OFF EACH DAY IS USUALLY ON MY RIGHT SIDE. I DIDN’T SEE HER AT FIRST. MEREDITH, WHAT HAPPENED? SHE’S NOT THERE. AND THEN, AS I KIND OF CIRCLED AROUND THE GREEN, I SAW MY DAD STANDING THERE. OKAY, MY FAMILY MUST BE DONE ♪ MY SON MEREDITH AND SHE IS ALWAYS THE FIRST PERSON I WANT TO CELEBRATE WITH. SHE IS MY BEST FRIEND, UH, IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO BE ABLE TO BECOME GOOD AT THIS GAME. I WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT HER SUPPORT. YOU KNOW, SHE DOES A TREMENDOUS JOB AT TAKING CARE OF EVERYTHING FOR US AT HOME AND SHE HAS GIVEN ME THE ABILITY TO PUT IN THE TIME AND EFFORT I PUT INTO THE GAME OF GOLF, WHICH IS A LOT. WE LIVE A DIFFERENT LIFESTYLE, TRAVELING THE WAY WE DO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR IT. IT IS A FUN LIFE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE WINNING TOURNAMENTS LIKE THIS, I FEEL LIKE, THE WHOLE TEAM SHOULD BE, THEIR NAME SHOULD BE ON THE TROPHY WITH ME. IT REALLY DOES, IT TAKES

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