the tournament\u2019s prohibitive favorite, <\/a>told reporters that while he is not super goal oriented, he\u2019s driven by a love of practice and competition.<\/p>\n\u201cWhen I\u2019m getting ready to come back out and play, when I look at the offseason when I\u2019m practicing, I\u2019m thinking about coming out here and competing and preparing for that,\u201d he said Tuesday at La Quinta\u2019s PGA West Pete Dye Stadium Course. \u201cI don\u2019t think about really much other than that. I\u2019m just trying to get ready to come out here and play and compete and do my best.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n
Since winning the 2022 Masters, Scheffler has enjoyed one of the best four-year runs in the sport\u2019s history. His enjoyment of such success has been subject to much speculation \u2014 both internally and from the golf world at large. <\/p>\n
The question reared its head again at Tuesday\u2019s press conference: Is chasing perfection fun?<\/p>\n
\u201cI have the understanding that I\u2019m never going to get there,\u201d Scheffler replied, echoing past sentiments on winning at a historic clip. \u201cThis is a game that can\u2019t be perfected. But I think that\u2019s what always keeps you coming back.\u201d<\/p>\n
He concluded that his game can always be sharper, and that what he\u2019s chasing is the perfect shot off the tee as much as he is chasing perfection in his overall career. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s nothing better than hitting the ball exactly the way you want to. That\u2019s one of the best feelings ever,\u201d Scheffler said. \u201cI think as golfers we\u2019re all kind of chasing that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scottie Scheffler might be enjoying wearing shorts and shirts in California as his hometown of Dallas awaits a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-421549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}