There wasn’t much drama at this year’s British Open at Royal Portrush as Scottie Sheffler pretty much did as he pleased in winning his first British Open and fourth overall major at the modest age of 29.
The Royal Scroll of Golf now goes like this…There was Jack. Then there was Tiger. And now there is Scottie.
And how uncanny it is that the same number of days, 1,197 to be exact…is the very identical span of days it took between Tiger’s first and fourth majors it has now taken Scottie to turn the same trick.
Even Rory admits it…Scottie is playing at a level so far ahead of the pack this is not even debatable right now.
In tennis….Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are pretty much 1a and 1b defacto No. 1’s in the world. There is no such ambiguity at the top of mens’ golf currently.
In the NBA… I would say Shai and Jokic are 1a and 1b heading into this ’25-’26 NBA season.
But I must say when I listened to Scottie talking about his priorities in life…I felt very much like I was listening to Shai’s moving MVP speech.
God, Faith, Family, then Golf.
As was the case with Shai’s comments…I found Scottie Sheffler’s approach to prioritizing his life in this manner very refreshing in this Dark Gilded Age of America we find ourselves in currently.
Scottie Scheffler, thank you.
A song would be a nice way for MJ to end this lovefest of sorts. A song would be nice given this heat.
MJ