Q. Just thoughts on the round today, two swings, the tee shot on 1 and the one on 15. Otherwise you battled all day and had a chance.
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: Yeah, I battled all week to give myself a chance. I wasn't as sharp as I would have hoped to have. I had a good first round, but outside of that didn't really play my best the first few days. Still gave myself a shot. Just needed a few better swings.
Q. How would you sum up your season? It was a great year.
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: Yeah, I think it was pretty good. Yeah, I did some good stuff. It was nice to get some results. Yeah, it was a lot of fun.
Q. What's the schedule the rest of the time before the Ryder Cup?
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: Play Napa and then we'll be in New York.
Q. Is there any different feeling you have over the course of these last four years where you can evaluate each of these great years, or does it all feel the same?
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: I mean, if you look at 2022, that was the year I got my first win, got my first major. That was a big steppingstone year for me. '23 I was consistent the entire year. I didn't have as many wins as I would have hoped to that year, but I finished high pretty much every week, which I think is very challenging to do.
Then you look at last year, I was able to capitalize on a lot of my opportunities and I think I won nine times in the calendar year last year. So that was a pretty special year.
Looking at this year, multiple major championships, a couple big time PGA TOUR events. It was another really great year out here for me. I gave myself some chances to win and was able to capitalize on those. And any time you have a year where you can win multiple major championships, I think it's a pretty special year.
Got off to maybe a bit of a slower start than I would have hoped to, but I had a really good start at the Byron in May and that kind of propelled me to having a really great year.
Q. You just mentioned the slow start for obvious reasons, but once you got dialed in, was this as good or better than last year even if it wasn't the same number of wins? How proud are you that you were able to keep it going after such a great year?
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: Yeah, I think after a year like '24, I think sometimes people's expectations and stuff of me can change. For me, nothing really changes. I'm not satisfied with where I'm at. I'm always trying to get a little bit better. I think that's just part of the game. I think that's what I love about golf is you're always trying to get a little bit better.
I feel like this year I improved my putting from last year, and that was really the one area of the game that I've been working quite hard on. Phil and I have been doing a lot of stuff, and it's nice to get some good results from that. Yeah, that's the reason I was able to win some more tournaments this year.
Q. The other day you cited that Tiger example from the Masters about why you don't give up. I just wonder if there's ever been any thought of letting off on the gas a little bit, like just to enjoy it?
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: You tell me. It's a lot harder coming in here and answering questions, why did you hit it out of bounds on 1, why did you hit it in the water on 15? I'd rather you say, hey, you just won again. How does that feel? I think that's a lot more fun than coming in fourth or fifth place.
For me, I take things day by day and week by week. Looking at this week, I felt like I could have been a little sharper the last few days to give myself a better chance. But overall, now I have a little time to reflect on the season, and it was a really good year. I have some stuff that I can try and improve on, and that's what I'll start focusing on after the Ryder Cup.
Q. After this grind, what do you plan to do in these couple weeks off mentally, mechanically, emotionally, physically? You tell me.
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: I'll stay in my normal routine for regular season. I'll go home, I'll take a couple days off and then I'll get back to practicing, get ready for Napa, and then I'll have another two weeks off, pretty similar routine to get ready for the Ryder Cup.
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