Texas head coach John Fields now considers Scheffler as the standard for greatness, both on and off the course, and soon Scheffler will give Fields' program a new facility.

This is the message Scottie Scheffler has delivered — in a subliminal way — to the rest of the golf world. That was a recurring theme heard from those competitors of the 29-year-old world No. 1 who nearly lapped the field en route to winning the 153rd British Open on Sunday at Royal Portrush.

Scottie Scheffler annihilated the opposition, and then turned his focus on the media. “I think we live now in a day and age where clickbait is kind of what people look for,” the American observed in his press conference,