Another major championship means another opportunity for Scottie Scheffler, but success at the Open Championship and golf in general isn’t what fulfills the American.

Open Championship returns to Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, the site of Shane Lowry's triumph in 2019. As has been the case all year, the strong favorites entering the tournament are Scottie Scheffler (9/2) and Rory McIlroy (7-1).

"I love getting to live out my dreams. But at the end of the day, sometimes I just don't understand the point.”

The somewhat contradictory answer was that golf does fulfill Scheffler, along with his family, but that if the game ever affected his role as a husband and father he'd quit on the spot. Family matters the most to him, so he ends up asking himself the same question at tournament after tournament:

Golf expert Sia Nejad has revealed his Open Championship 2025 picks and PGA best bets for Royal Portrush, beginning Thursday, July 17

On the eve of The Open, the world’s best golfer revealed a startlingly honest insight into the emptiness of winning. Lawrence Ostlere unpacks Scheffler’s words

Justin Rose shared similar emotions as Scheffler, admitting that when he became world No. 1, the feeling was not what he expected.