Scottie Scheffler Sends Four-Word Message Before Tee Off at Open Championship originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

Rory McIlroy will be roared on in his homeland as the 153rd British Open gets underway at Royal Portrush on Thursday as world number one Scottie Scheffler seeks his first Claret Jug. The world number three has not won a tournament since lifting the Claret Jug a year ago and has not even managed a top-five finish in 12 tournaments this year.

Scottie Scheffler is pre-tournament favourite to win The Open at Royal Portrush; The world No 1 went on a remarkable tangent on his battle to be fulfilled from golf during his pre-tournament press conference;

No one wins more than Scottie Scheffler these days. But as the year's final major nears, the world's No. 1 player finds himself asking what the point of it is.

Notes: The British Open returns to Royal Portrush for the second time in six years, after having gone 68 years since the Open first went to the Northern Ireland links. ... Schauff