{"id":610679,"date":"2026-04-17T17:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/610679\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T17:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:45:11","slug":"scottie-scheffler-reflects-on-time-100-recognition-questions-role-model-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/610679\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottie Scheffler reflects on TIME 100 recognition, questions role model status"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mature beyond his years.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s how former NFL quarterback Tony Romo described Scottie Scheffler in a writeup for TIME\u2019s \u201c100 Most Influential People of 2026.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Scheffler downplayed the comments after his opening round at the RBC Heritage on Thursday<\/a>, suggesting he does not know whether or not he should even be considered a role model to kids \u2014 perhaps a reflux of that maturity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d much rather try to be a positive influence than a negative one,\u201d he told reporters when asked about being influence on kids and young golfers. “… I dreamed of growing up and being a professional golfer, and being able to achieve my dreams, I\u2019m very fortunate to have been able to do that, but at the end of the day, like I said at The Open last year, that\u2019s not what satisfies me. If I can be a positive influence on someone\u2019s life, that\u2019s a great thing. But at the end of the day, I don\u2019t know if I\u2019m the best role model.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scheffler added that he didn\u2019t know what to make of the recognition or what making TIME\u2019s list means. <\/p>\n

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\"RBC<\/p>\n

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Scottie Scheffler sits T-20 on the RBC Heritage leaderboard after his first swing of the first round at Harbour Town went wide right and out of bounds.<\/p>\n

He praised Romo, who he golfs with regularly, for being a \u201cgreat asset\u201d to him over the years.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust to see how he goes through life as a family man and as someone who is on TV all the time,\u201d Scheffler said. He was the quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, so he has a better understanding than I do of what it\u2019s like to be in the spotlight, and I\u2019m fortunate to have the ability to bounce stuff off of him, whether or not he handles certain things like — how he handles his sponsorship days or how he handles media or pictures when he goes out to dinner, little stuff like that that I feel like I\u2019ve just learned a lot from him about how to navigate being a professional athlete while also trying to be a family man.\u201d<\/p>\n

Romo, for his part, wrote he was going to be Scheffler in golf one day. <\/p>\n

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\"RBC<\/p>\n

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Scottie Scheffler and Matt Fitzpatrick tee off shortly after 10 locally Friday morning. Here\u2019s a full list of RBC Heritage second round tee times and pairings.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe hasn\u2019t beaten me yet,\u201d Scheffler said but left the door open.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to say that he can\u2019t because he\u2019s a good golfer, so I\u2019m definitely not going to go out and say that he can\u2019t,\u201d he added, \u201cin golf you never really know what\u2019s going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mature beyond his years. That\u2019s how former NFL quarterback Tony Romo described Scottie Scheffler in a writeup for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":610680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-610679","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}