He added: “I’ve gotten better as I’ve gotten older of letting the competition be the competition, and when you’re done, take your hat off and shake hands and we’re on to the next week.”
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Despite only one tournament victory this season, Scheffler said finding his core purpose has brought peace.
“I guess the point for me was figuring out your ‘why’,” he explained. “Why am I doing this?
Why do I want to win this tournament so badly?”
He added: “I think that’s when I’m at peace the most.”
Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy shared a similar sentiment when asked about his legacy.
“I don’t really care,” McIlroy replied.
“I would like to think that the people that love and care about me think a certain way of me, but yeah, I’ll be long gone.
I’ll be dead.”
McIlroy, the second favorite to win his seventh major, said he no longer focuses solely on career milestones.
“I don’t think I’ll be seeing what people say about me,” he added. “I’ll be six feet under.
I don’t think I’ll be a ghost.”
He admitted obsessing over records can detract from the experience of competing.
“I think it would be a pretty unfulfilling pursuit if you’re just chasing records and chasing results,” he said.
“You have to enjoy the process. You have to enjoy the journey to get there.”
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McIlroy added: “I’ve learned that the hard way at times by chasing results and chasing records too much.”
