{"id":43455,"date":"2026-02-19T03:04:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T08:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/scotty-scheffler-talks-about-why-golfers-keep-playing-a-frustrating-game\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T03:04:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T08:04:27","slug":"scotty-scheffler-talks-about-why-golfers-keep-playing-a-frustrating-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/scotty-scheffler-talks-about-why-golfers-keep-playing-a-frustrating-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotty Scheffler talks about why golfers keep playing a &#8220;frustrating&#8221; game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"lightbox-btn\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"lightbox-expand\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" class=\"lightbox-overlay\" aria-modal=\"true\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p>Scotty Scheffler talks about why golfers keep playing a &#8220;frustrating&#8221; game<small class=\"credit\">Nick Piastowski<\/small><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">Scottie Scheffler pulled his right arm back, arched his back until it was just above the back of his right knee, and stepped his left leg forward. <em>I threw it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A good hand wedge.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>There may even be a move of 9.<\/p>\n<p>But good banishment. Now his ball was rooted among the trees near the 11th green at Riviera Country Club. Two years ago at the Genesis Invitational, Scheffler had just hit a 5-foot birdie putt 4 feet beyond the hole.<\/p>\n<p>But is the point here other than to wonder if golf&#8217;s top-ranked player could also have been the quarterback of his hometown Dallas Cowboys?<\/p>\n<p>What do you mean?<\/p>\n<p>If playing golf makes us so frustrated, why do we play it? Obviously, there are other pursuits as well. The payoff for throwing a ball at a tree sounds unpleasant. Scheffler said Wednesday that he doesn&#8217;t even have a good way to measure his ability.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Then again, maybe it&#8217;s freedom to not be stuck in a box. Perhaps unfathomable is definitely a good thing.<\/p>\n<p>At least Scheffler&#8217;s press conference ahead of this week&#8217;s Genesis Invitational was anything but ordinary. The session was reflective. Golf offers endless opportunities to learn, he says. And if you&#8217;re the type to learn like him &#8211; &#8220;my mind has always been my greatest tool,&#8221; he said &#8211; it&#8217;s as welcome as a sunny day at weekend tea time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think that&#8217;s why we keep practicing,&#8221; Scheffler said. &#8220;You never get to a place where you feel like you have it figured out. I always like to practice and try to improve and create new shots.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think golf is like a never-ending pursuit of trying to figure something out, and I&#8217;ll never get there, but there&#8217;s no harm in trying.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Scheffler approached fellow pro and longtime friend Jordan Spieth for a round.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You talk about golf as a never-ending quest to understand the game,&#8221; Scheffler said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I play a lot of golf with Jordan at home. I learn so much just by watching the way he hits his shots and asking questions. And he does some things that don&#8217;t work for me that work very well for Jordan. And there&#8217;s also a certain way he approaches things. I like asking questions and trying to figure things out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">    news <\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"2026 Genesis Invitational Thursday Tee Time: Scotty Scheffler tees off at Pebble Beach.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/RiGdVK8V0Hi.VrELHsiDXg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/golf_articles_613\/2d26fec3b1204ee049179a8b47209aad\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p>2026 Genesis Invitational Thursday Tee Time: Scotty Scheffler tees off at Pebble Beach.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But what about defeat?<\/p>\n<p>Learn more.<\/p>\n<p>This poetic description will make you want to read it again and again.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When it comes to playing in a golf tournament,&#8221; Scheffler said, &#8220;you can&#8217;t control what the people you&#8217;re playing with are doing. Let&#8217;s say I go into the final round tied for first and I shoot a 62 and they shoot a 61. Sure, you can see some shots you&#8217;d like to get back, but ultimately the tournament is over, you take your hat off, you shake their hands, you say congratulations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe great thing about golf is that a lot of times you can come back the next week and start over and compete again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over time, even friendships develop.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s like you saw a guy like Colin (Morikawa) last week,&#8221; Scheffler said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been playing against Colin since I was about 14 years old. He wins a tournament and announces he&#8217;s pregnant and all of a sudden this happens. It&#8217;s a really cool moment to see a guy who&#8217;s been playing really good golf the last couple of years, who hasn&#8217;t had a lot of results or wins, but who&#8217;s been pretty consistent golf, announce that he&#8217;s having a baby. That&#8217;s what this moment is about. I think it&#8217;s amazing. I competed as hard as I could and I lost, but it&#8217;s amazing that I won, congratulations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Your baby has been born. Congratulations! We&#8217;ll be here this week and preparations will begin again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the same thing applies to the moment you throw a ball into a tree.<\/p>\n<p>Go to the next hole. On to the next tournament. Here&#8217;s where things get really good.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 Genesis was the last tournament Scheffler played with a bladed putter, which he used to hit the putt on No. 11.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, he has gone on to win 14 events, including three majors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s healthy to have a certain amount of frustration when things don&#8217;t go as planned, because it takes a lot of effort to get out of this, especially when you feel like you&#8217;re doing the right thing, you&#8217;re doing it the right way, and you&#8217;re not getting results,&#8221; Scheffler said.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there\u2019s always going to be frustration, but I think it\u2019s part of the game of golf to be able to manage it to get the next shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post Why Golfers Keep Playing &#8216;Frustrating&#8217; Games According to Scotty Scheffler appeared first on Golf.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scotty Scheffler talks about why golfers keep playing a &#8220;frustrating&#8221; gameNick Piastowski Scottie Scheffler pulled his right arm back, arched his back until it was just above the back of his right knee, and stepped his left leg forward. I threw it. A good hand wedge. advertisement There may even be a move of 9. 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