World Number One Scottie Scheffler made headlines with his profound press conference in the build up to the Open Championship as he questioned his desire to win golf tournaments. The typically unflappable American proved in Portrush why he is the world number one as he toyed with the field throughout.

The somewhat contradictory answer was that golf does fulfill Scheffler, along with his family, but that if the game ever affected his role as a husband and father he'd quit on the spot. Family matters the most to him, so he ends up asking himself the same question at tournament after tournament:

"I love getting to live out my dreams. But at the end of the day, sometimes I just don't understand the point.”

Scottie Scheffler created waves before the British Open when he questioned the meaning of his success in a press conference, repeatedly asking what was the point of his relentless pursuit of golfing glory.

Padraig Harrington gave his opinion on Scottie Scheffler's comments during the pre-Open Championship press conference.

Scottie Scheffler was asked about success at the Open and delivered one of the more fascinating press conference answers you'll ever hear.

Before the first round at the Open Championship at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, Scottie Scheffler delivered a philosophical press conference about where his accomplishments on the golf course fit in to the grand scheme of life,

On the eve of The Open, the world’s best golfer revealed a startlingly honest insight into the emptiness of winning. Lawrence Ostlere unpacks Scheffler’s words