More Satisfying Than Being Number One
Kevin McCullough
There was a moment this week—brief, unassuming, and barely covered in the blaring swirl of press microphones and boom cameras—when one of the most dominant athletes in the world offered a sermon disguised as a shrug.
Scottie Scheffler, the current World No. 1 in golf, sat before a packed room of reporters ahead of the 153rd Open Championship in Northern Ireland. As expected, the questions were incessant: what does it mean to be No. 1, what drives him to win, how does he stay so mentally sharp? Sports journalists, trained to extract sound bites, wanted a narrative. Scheffler gave them something far more meaningful.
“There’s a theme,” he said early on. “The thrill of victory, it lasts a few minutes.”
Let that sit with you for a moment. From a man who had five PGA Tour wins in 2024 alone. A guy who, at 28, is already being compared to the legends. A player whose effortless precision and humility have become the stuff of lore. And yet, for all his wins, all the trophies, all the green jackets and glittering titles—Scheffler gently insisted: That’s not where I draw fulfillment.
When pressed further on what he was reading that week, reporters likely expected a biography, a mental toughness manual, or perhaps a deep dive into sports psychology. Instead, Scheffler held up two volumes: a devotional and his Bible.
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