Scottie Scheffler is playing in the Genesis Scottish Open this week as he ramps up his preparations for his Open Championship title defence next week.
Scheffler’s last trip to the British Isles was an extremely successful one after he flew back to Dallas, Texas, with the claret jug in his luggage following his Open Championship triumph.
The 30-year-old is competing at the Genesis Scottish Open this week, as he looks to get his game razor sharp for his Open defence at Royal Birkdale next week.
Scottie Scheffler has experienced a challenging season so far, but a win at the Genesis Scottish Open this week and/or the Open Championship next week would put a completely different spin on things.
Scheffler’s 2026 season may still go down as a memorable one, with six more events in his schedule this year.
The world number one is a real credit to the sport. His consistent brilliance over the past four years is the closest thing we’ve seen to sheer and utter dominance since Tiger Woods’ heyday.
However, there is one big criticism of Scheffler and that’s the fact that he barely travels outside of the United States to play golf like almost every other legendary figure throughout the history of the game has done.
Scottie Scheffler says if he has any interest in playing golf outside of the USA
Scheffler addressed the media in Scotland on Wednesday.
He responded when asked whether playing more international tournaments in the future is something that interests him.
“It definitely interests me,“ he admitted.
“I’d like to see how it shapes out the next couple of years. There’s a lot of places I think I’d like to play.
“There’s always just, you know, the time and the place for me. I’m at a time in my life where I have a young family at home and young kids. Those are times — the fall is a special time for our family. It’s where we can really check out and be together, and I get to spend a lot of time with my kids. So I hold those moments pretty sacred.
“But at the same time I love golf and I would love to be able to play more internationally. Like Australia; New Zealand is a place we would love to be able to go to. My wife has always wanted to go to New Zealand.
“But like I said, I love this style of golf, and I feel like it’s pretty unique to here. But going to play the Sandbelt in Australia would be pretty special as well. Hopefully I can find the time. It’s definitely an intriguing part of the schedule and yeah, it definitely interests me, as well.“
Scottie Scheffler comments on the future of the Genesis Scottish Open
Big change is incoming on the PGA Tour, with the top tier Championship Series and second tier Challenger Series set to be implemented in 2028.
But does Scheffler think the Genesis Scottish Open should be classed as a ‘track one’ event?
“It’s hard to tell,“ the world number one admitted.
“One of the things that’s important in our new schedule is getting the same, golf is so difficult to rank players when they are not playing together all the time.
“That was something we ran into a lot during junior golf and amateur golf is it’s very tough to rank who played better when you are not playing against each other each week.
“Having similar guys playing against each other on great golf courses week-in and week-out I think is the best way to set up our schedule. To have this tournament fit into that mold would be really nice.
“And like I said, this is a tournament that I really enjoy coming over to play. Love the people and the fans, and I’m hoping that I can come here for a long time to play.“
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