Scottie Scheffler of the US speaks to the media throughout a press convention previous to the Hero World Problem 2024 on the Albany Golf Course on December 04, 2024 in Nassau, Bahamas.
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Scottie Scheffler was each humorous and frank together with his replies because the world’s top-ranked golfer spoke to the media forward of the defence of his crown on the Hero World Problem that started at Albany on Thursday,
The American, who reaped it wealthy in 2024, stated that there wouldn’t be a lot of a change to his preparations after such an unbelievable yr.
“As 2024 went fairly nicely, it’s extra of simply persevering with to enhance on and improve the issues that we’ve labored on for years now,” stated Scheffler.
“Getting higher shouldn’t be one thing that occurs in a single day, it takes a whole lot of time and I nonetheless really feel like there are areas of my recreation that I can proceed to enhance with out making drastic modifications to the DNA of what I do.”
Queried on his views on the studies of Individuals being paid for his or her providers within the Ryder Cup, Scheffler stated he had no downside with the concept however added that he was not within the recreation for the cash.
“So far as I’m involved, I don’t play golf for cash. I’ve been enjoying golf my entire life totally free and the cash’s only a bonus. If any individual needs to pay us to return out and play, that’s nice, I’m not going to say no to it.
“I’m going to do the very best I can in my neighborhood to steward that cash nicely,” was the matter-of-fact response from a star who led the Tour in earnings this yr, raking in additional than $29 million in prize cash.
On the identical time, he additionally echoed Irishman Rory McIlroy’s view that gamers had been greater than prepared to pay to be a part of the staff within the biennial competitors between the USA and Europe.
(The author is in Bahamas on the invitation of Hero MotoCorp)
Revealed – December 05, 2024 07:06 pm IST
