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Scheffler, speaking to reporters ahead of this
week's Zurich Classic of New Orleans team event, said he is
treating the Green Jacket with respect but also having some fun
with it at home.
"When my wife asks me to do stuff at home, sometimes I'll grab
it out of the closet and look at her, huh, really? It hasn't
worked yet," Scheffler told reporters at TPC Louisiana.
"I haven't taken it out of the house. I think I'm the only one
that can take the jacket off property. So I want to do a good
job of representing Augusta National well, and I got to bring it
back at the end of next year."
At the Masters, Scheffler went 10-under par 278 after a closing
71 that left him three strokes ahead of Rory McIlroy. Scheffler
was so dominant all week that he had the luxury of four-putting
on the 72nd hole.
Scheffler's victory marked his fourth win in his last six
starts, a stretch that cemented his position as the hottest
player on the planet.
The 25-year-old Scheffler, who until mid-February had yet to win
on the PGA Tour, is enjoying the best stretch of golf since
Australian Jason Day enjoyed a similar run in 2015 but it has
not changed his outlook.
"People kept asking me last week at the Masters, I think they
kept saying three out of six, and I had to remember if it was
three out of five or four out of six, like I couldn't remember
what it was. I really just try to stay in the moment," said
Scheffler.
"For me, that's fun for you guys to talk about. It's nice to be
on a good run... Goals, expectations, nothing like that changes
for me. I just like being out here playing golf."
This week's Zurich Classic is the only team event on the PGA
Tour schedule. Scheffler and fellow American Ryan Palmer are one
of 80 two-man teams competing.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Toby Davis)
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