Scottie Scheffler: 'This is not a fulfilling life'

“I'm blessed to be able to come out here and play golf, but if my golf ever started affecting my home life, or it ever affected the relationship I have with my wife or my son, that's going to be the last day that I play out here for a living."

WHY PLAY: Playing golf is not the be all and end all for Scottie Scheffler as he questions regularly why he plays. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Scottie Scheffler is world number one and enters this week’s Open Championship as favourite to add a fourth major title to his name, but the 29-year old has admitted to wondering what it all amounts to.

It’s not exactly a case of existential angst.