Scottie Scheffler leaves major winner and Sky Sports pundit 'flabbergasted' at The Open

Scottie Scheffler raised more than a few eyebrows with an unexpected admission ahead of The Open this week. With 16 PGA Tour victories, three major triumphs, 148 consecutive weeks as world No.1 and enough riches to last him a lifetime, the 29-year-old has just about everything he has ever wanted.

But he acknowledged in a thought-provoking pre-tournament press conference that those things don't necessarily give you the feeling of fulfillment that some might expect. Scheffler said: "There are a lot of people that make it to what they thought was going to fulfil them in life, and you get there, you get to number one in the world, and they're like, 'what's the point?'

"I really do believe that because, what is the point? Why do I want to win this tournament so bad? That's something that I wrestle with on a daily basis."

From a sporting perspective, the reasons are clear why Scheffler should be desperate to top the leaderboard at Royal Portrush. For one, he has never won The Open before. With two Masters titles and a PGA Championship under his belt, a victory at The Open would take him three quarters of the way to a Career Grand Slam - an achievement which brought Rory McIlroy to tears at Augusta earlier this year.

For those reasons, and after thinking back on her own career, Sky Sports pundit and multiple major winner Dame Laura Davies could not quite wrap her head around Scheffler's remarks.

Asked what she made of them, the 61-year-old told Bunkered: "I'm a little flabbergasted. I've no idea what he's going on about. You can only feel how you're feeling. And obviously, if golf doesn't give him that much excitement after about a couple of minutes after he's won a tournament, it's unusual.

"I don't understand it. Because for me, winning was everything, and it's exciting. You never know when your next one is. So, the fact that he doesn't relish the wins for much after he's done them, I think it's unusual.

"And some of the other tour players who are desperately battling to get there... Tommy Fleetwood, he wouldn't mind taking one win in the PGA Tour.

"I think it is a shame, because we all marvel at how good he is, and the fact that it doesn't fill him full of joy, the fact that he's, at the moment, the best player on the planet. Fair play to him for saying it, because you don't have to say things like that, you can feel it and keep it bottled up."