Scottie Scheffler Claims Completing Grand Slam Is Not a Motivating Factor for Him at 2026 U.S. Open

Scottie Scheffler could become the 7th golfer to win all 4 major championship with a victory this upcoming Sunday.

Scottie Scheffler Claims Completing Grand Slam Is Not a Motivating Factor for Him at 2026 U.S. Open

Scottie Scheffler (Image via X/@DPWorldTour)

This week at the U.S. Open, Scottie Scheffler will have his first real chance of completing the career grand slam. Ahead of this, the World No.1 claimed that accomplishing this huge feat has not been a motivating factor for him.

The American international last year won the PGA Championship in May, before claiming a dominating victory at the Open Championship in July. Along with his two previous Masters Tournament victories in 2022 and 2024, he completed three legs of the career grand slam.

The grand slam in golf refers to a golfer winning all the 4 majors. In the long history of the game, only 6 players have accomplished this huge feat.

One of them did it last season. World No.2 Rory McIlroy broke an 11-year major drought and finally won the Masters Tournament. He thus joined Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods as the player to win all 4 major titles.

Scheffler can join this list on Sunday. In fact, he can do this on his 30th birthday.

On Sunday, June 21st, Scheffler will turn 30. It will also be the day when the final round of the U.S. Open is played. Unless there is a storm that delays the tournament to Monday, Scheffler could be lifting the U.S. Open title and becoming just the 7th player to complete the grand slam on his 30th birthday.

However, the golfer is not using that as a motivation. While speaking with the reporters on Tuesday, the 4-time major champion expressed that if he won the Grand Slam, the question would turn to what he would do next.

If I win this tournament, that would be amazing, but I think then I show up the next week, and it’s like, okay, now Scottie’s won the grand slam, he’s won all these golf tournaments. Now where do we go from here? … The grand slam has never been a motivating factor for me. I always just wanted to be the best version of myself, and that got me this far.

Scottie Scheffler told the reporters

Since 2021, Scheffler has 4 top-10 finishes in the U.S. Open. Last year, he finished T7 along with Sam Burns and Jon Rahm with a 4-over par score at Oakmont. His best finish came in 2022, when he was T2 alongside Will Zalatoris at 5-under par. Both of them finished 1-shot behind the winner, Collin Morikawa.

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Golf insider claims Scottie Scheffler is no longer the man who cannot be beaten

As Scottie Scheffler prepares for an important week in his career, a golf insider dropped a huge statement regarding him. He expressed that the No.1 player in the world was no longer the man who cannot be beaten.

Scottie Scheffler
Scottie Scheffler (Image via X/@UnderdogGolf)

2 years ago, in 2024, Scheffler was on a rampage. The American international won 9 times, including a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Paris. Last year, he won 6 times, with 2 of them coming in major events.

Compared to his high standards, this year he has just one win. It was during his 2026 season debut at the American Express Championship.

He then went on a strange run. For 3 successive tournaments, he fired a high score in the opening round. However, he managed to strike back and finished T3 at the WM Phoenix Open, T4 at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, and T12 at the Genesis Invitational.

Overall, he has 7 top-10 finishes and has made the cut in all 12 events. Despite this, insider Brandel Chamblee says that Scheffler’s game is “off” at the moment.

His (Scottie Scheffler) game is off and so he’s provided opportunity to the best players in the world. He’s still the man to beat, but he is no longer the man that can’t be beat.

Brandel Chamblee said regarding Scottie Scheffler as per Adam Schupak

Scheffler has been left a bit frustrated with his game this season. In the first round of the Memorial Tournament, he lost his cool a bit and gave his caddie, Ted Scott, an earful after his ball landed in the water.

In the second round, he had to fight on the back nine to make the cut. Following the round, he expressed that this was the “worst” he has hit in recent years. Eventually, he finished T12.

This week, he will play alongside the reigning U.S. Open Amateur Champion, Mason Howell, and the reigning U.S. Open Champion J.J. Spaun. This is because of the customary rules of the United States Golf Association (USGA).

As per these rules, one group features the defending U.S. Open Amateur Champion, the U.S. Open Champion, and the Champion Golfer of the Year (the Open Championship winner). As a result of this, the three of them will tee off together at 8:14 a.m. local time on Thursday and 2:09 p.m. local time on Friday.

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