Life at the top not so different for world number one Scheffler

AUGUSTA: Scottie Scheffler stated his life has not modified very a lot since he capped his meteoric rise from obscurity to world primary final month, and that fits him simply fantastic.

The affable American stated his friends have stopped to congratulate him since he gained three tournaments to take high spot from Jon Rahm, however in any other case it was enterprise as typical.

“Outside of the guys saying congrats, I wouldn’t say too much has changed,” he advised reporters forward of this week’s Masters.

“My friends are still making fun of me. I’ve still got to do my chores at home, and nothing really changes.”

Scheffler, 25, stated he appreciated the type phrases from his fellow golfers given the extremely aggressive nature of the tour.

“We have a lot of class acts out here that are really gracious in defeat and in victory. So it’s a pretty cool environment,” he stated.

The New Jersey native and board recreation fanatic stated a key to not getting too excessive or too low amid the pressures {of professional} golf was not taking himself too critically.

“I think it’s important to be able to laugh at yourself because you’re going to have a lot of hard days out here on Tour,” he stated.

“We lose a lot more than we win, so being able to not take yourself too seriously is pretty important because we experience failure on a weekly basis out here.”

The presence of five-time champion Tiger Woods, who introduced on Tuesday that he deliberate to tee off at Augusta National regardless of struggling career-threatening leg accidents in a February 2021 automobile crash, may even relieve the strain, he stated.

“Tiger takes a lot of attention away from all of us, which I think is a good thing,” Scheffler stated.

“He’s used to being in the spotlight. Tiger is the needle for professional golf. We’re all excited and hoping he’s going to be able to play this week.”