Scottie Scheffler won his third major championship at the PGA Championship last week, defeating LIV Golfers Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau down the stretch at Quail Hollow.
There are no weeks off for the World No.1, who is back in action at the Charles Schwab Challenge on the PGA Tour.
Of course, Rahm and DeChambeau wont be his opponents in Texas. Ahead of the tournament, Scheffler was asked a couple of LIV-related questions.
While talk of the proposed merger between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund has quietened recently.
Questions are still being directed to the high-profile players on both sides of the divide, however.
Scottie Scheffler believes LIV Golfers are responsible for fixing the game
The American is on a stunning run at the minute. Since the start of 2024, Scheffler has won nine tournaments, including two major titles and the Tour Championship. Add in an Olympic Gold and there is doubt about who the best in the world is.
Ahead of the Charles Schwab Challenge, he was asked if this run would still have been possible if LIV Golfers still played on the PGA Tour.
“Do I think that some of the results would have changed? Who knows? I only get to compete against those guys four times a year,” said Scheffler.
“That was their choice; not mine. At the end of the day I’m here competing and doing the best I can, and that kind of stuff, what’s the point of me thinking about, you know?”
The two-time Masters champion also offered his thoughts on just whose responsibility it is to reunite the two factions of the men’s game.
“I mean, I don’t really know. That’s for the higher-ups to decide,” continued Scheffler.
“I have said it a few times this year. If you want to figure out what’s going to happen in the game of golf, go to the other tour and ask those guys.
“I’m still here playing the PGA Tour. We had a tour where we all played together, and the guys that left, it’s their responsibility I think to bring the tours back together.
“Go see where they’re playing this week and ask them.”
A damning verdict indeed and it remains to be seen whether talk of the potential merger resurfaces over the summer.
