Riding ‘golden period' into PGA, Matt Fitzpatrick leans on Scottie Scheffler's viral words

Matt Fitzpatrick is leaning on Scottie Scheffler's viral words as he rides a "golden" era into the PGA Getty Images NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — Matt Fitzpatrick heard Scottie Scheffler’s viral message during last year’s pre-tournament press conference at the Open Championship and filed it away. Ahead of the championship at Royal Portrush, the World No.

1 got existential while talking about the fleeting feeling of success at the highest level . “It only lasts a few minutes, that kind of euphoric feeling,” Scheffler said last July. “To win the Byron Nelson Championship at home — I literally worked my entire life to become good at golf to have an opportunity to win that tournament.

You win it, you celebrate, get to hug my family, my sister’s there, it’s such an amazing moment. Then it’s like, ‘okay, what are we going to eat for dinner? ’ Life goes on.

“Playing professional sports is a really weird thing to do. It really is. Just because we put in so much effort, we work so hard for something that’s so fleeting.