Scheffler staying grounded despite Tiger Woods comparisons after winning PGA Championship

Scottie Scheffler reflects on his PGA Championship win and being compared to Tiger Woods

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00:00It was a long week. I felt like this was as hard as I've battled for a tournament in my career.

00:04I mean, this was a pretty challenging week.

00:07I mean, the first two days I did not swing at my best and I was able to post a score somehow.

00:10And outside of the last five holes yesterday, you know, that's where I really kind of put myself ahead in the tournament.

00:15The back nine today was pretty special as well, but yesterday, the way I finished off that round,

00:19I think it was really important for me to have a lead to play with today.

00:22And I played with it a little bit more than I would have liked to.

00:24I think at one point in the tournament I was tied for the lead on the back nine,

00:27but stepped up when we needed to and it was a pretty special week.

00:30You did some things last year that we haven't seen since peak Tiger Woods.

00:34But if you look statistically, you're actually trending to be even better.

00:37How have you and your team been able to do that?

00:38I don't know. I think we put in a lot of work to showing up here to tournaments to try and do our best.

00:43And, you know, I have a great team around me.

00:46I have a manager that keeps my mind clear.

00:48You know, I don't have a ton of responsibilities outside of the game of golf.

00:51And I've got a great coach in Randy, got a great putting coach in Phil, got a great caddy, got a great family,

00:55you know, a great wife and a wonderful son.

00:57And I feel like off the golf course, my life is wonderful.

01:00You know, we live what I would feel like is a pretty simple life at home.

01:03And, you know, we're looking forward to getting home this week

01:05and just doing normal stuff with our friends, you know, celebrating a nice win.