In April, Paul had travelled to Jacksonville, Florida, for a night of fights sponsored by the U.F.C., the preëminent organization in mixed martial arts. As evidence, he adduced some recent data collected from American sports arenas. “I think the narrative is changing from ‘Fuck Jake Paul’ to ‘We love Jake Paul,’ ” he said. One hot afternoon in Sun Valley, California, he had some encouraging news to report. Like many executives, Jake Paul pays close attention to the fluctuating prospects of the business he runs, which in his case is the business of being Jake Paul. I think it's important to be able to laugh at yourself because you're going to have a lot of hard days out here on Tour, and golf's going to get really hard.This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. I think it's important to not take yourself too seriously, so maybe a little bit goofy. Upon hearing that Burns described him as "goofy", Scheffler pretty much agreed with it. He's one of the most competitive people I've ever met." He just relaxes and doesn't take life too seriously. Off the golf course, he's a fun guy to hang out with. "Once you become No 1 in the world, you get a lot of attention, and things change a little bit.he has not changed a single bit, so I can tell you that. So I think that's probably the most important thing. At the end of the day, he knows that golf isn't everything. "He isn't necessarily defined by golf," Burns said, "so I think that will serve him well because obviously golf is very difficult, and you're going to have great stretches and you're going to have some bad stretches. Being goofy might be the perfect antidote to the pressures of being ranked No. In describing Scheffler, one of the words Burns uses is "goofy". Sam Burns, one of Scheffler's closest friends on the PGA Tour, stayed in the same house as Scheffler during this year's Masters at Augusta National. "He just loves playing the game and he's playing it better than anybody else right now." I think that he just looks at that (No 1) as the label as something that's really cool but just loves to play golf." He's a competitor on the course, but he's so light. "I've known Scottie since he was eight, and I think it will serve him really well," said Jordan Spieth. We asked golf fans who they thought would be victorious at the 2022 Masters, which starts this Thursday live on Sky Sports.
He says it will not impact his approach going forward, and his friends and colleagues insist he will not get caught up trying to live up to the hype. Will Scheffler's mindset be different? Perhaps, if only because Scheffler didn't seek the top ranking. After a winless drought of more than three years, he has since fallen to 118th. But once he did, once he achieved what he worked so hard to obtain, it seemed to consume his energy. So will the pressure to maintain a position from which there is only one direction - down.Ĭonsider Australia's Jason Day, who never shied away from discussing his goal of reaching World No. Of course, now that he's No 1, Scheffler has a bigger target on his back. It was always just about being out here and competing." "The rankings never really crossed my mind. Just competing out here is really fun for me and just being able to win tournaments is pretty awesome. I like competing and I enjoy the challenge of playing out here every week. "I've always been, I would say, fiercely competitive. "It's not something that I didn't want to achieve or didn't believe that I could do," the 25-year-old Scheffler said. New world No 1 Scottie Scheffler says he will draw on previous experience of playing with Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in this years' Masters tournament.
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