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Daily Mirror
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Scottie Scheffler comments see Darts star James Wade tee off over 'easyJet vs private jet'
James Wade said the lifestyles of top darts and golf players cannot be compared as he brought up Scottie Scheffler's mode of transport after his latest win at the World Matchplay James Wade claimed darts players have it tougher than elite golfers as he brought up Scottie Scheffler's private jet and his use of budget airlines. Wade made the comments after continuing his pursuit of a second World Matchplay crown with a fine 11-5 win over Wessel Nijman. The 2007 champion showed in victories over Joe Cullen (10-3) and then Nijman why he is a genuine contender for glory at Blackpool's Winter Gardens. Wade is one of darts' most thoughtful players, and after his win over Nijman, he struck a similar tone to Scheffler. Before his recent Open Championship victory, he said about how there was more to life than his chosen profession. Sharing his own priorities in life away from darts, Wade said: "There's more important things outside of this. I want to go and eat fish and chips with my wife after this. This isn't that important. "I think people are too amplified on what you're achieving and what you're doing. I know I'm one of the best, probably top 10 in the world at the moment. Now I go home to see my wife, Arthur and Alfred [his children]. I'm winning. None of this is important. It's really not." When made aware of Scheffler's comments, Wade went on a tangent about top golfers' luxury lifestyles compared to that of leading darts players. He added: "I'm not really interested in what another golf player says because golf players aren't even close to being on the pressure or the pedestal that darts players are put upon. "You can't compare that. When he gets in his private jet... he doesn't have to get on an easyJet, he doesn't have to get on a happy bus, he doesn't have to do all those things. "So it's not comparable really. It's quite amazing that darts players achieve when they don't have that. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to be on a private jet and use a backward [private] entrance at an airport. But I'm a darts player. I will use easyJet, Ryanair, because I am what I am. "It's nothing about money, it's just how they travel. Would you travel 12 hours to get to a floor tournament?" Before The Open, Scheffler delivered a surprisingly candid press conference where he confessed that golfing success didn't fulfil him and that he valued being a devoted husband and father above everything else. However, after claiming the Claret Jug for the first time, he claimed his remarks had been misinterpreted and stressed he wasn't disrespecting the sport or diminishing his accomplishments. He said: "I think it really underestimates what I was trying to communicate. Maybe I didn't do as effective a job as I hoped to in communicating that. At the end of the day, I have a tremendous amount of gratitude towards moments like these. "I literally worked my entire life to become good at this game and play this game for a living. It's one of my greatest joys of my life to compete out here. "To be able to win The Open Championship here at Portrush is a feeling that's really hard to describe. This is amazing to win the Open Championship, but at the end of the day, having success in life, whether it be in golf, work, whatever it is, that's not what fulfils the deepest desires of your heart. "Am I grateful for it? Do I enjoy it? Oh, my gosh, yes, this is a cool feeling. It's just tough to describe when you haven't lived it." Wade is set to face Gian van Veen, who dumped out defending champion Luke Humphries in the first round, in the Matchplay quarter-finals on Thursday.
Irish Daily Mirror
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Mirror
Inside the five-star luxury hotel where Rory McIlroy stayed during The Open
This is the five-star hotel that Rory McIlroy and his family stayed in during this year's Open Championship at Royal Portrush. McIlroy grew up in Holywood, a town outside of Belfast, which is about an hour away from the famous Dunluce Links. But the five-time major champion decided to stay close to the course for this year's Open Championship - and he could not have gotten any closer than the Dunluce Lodge. Overlooking the fourth fairway of Royal Portrush, Dunluce Lodge was officially opened this year, just in time for the 153rd Open Championship. (Image: Instagram: Dunluce Lodge) (Image: Instagram: Dunluce Lodge) Owned by a US-based investment group, the five-star hotel has 35 suites, a state-of-the-art spa, and its own onsite nine-hole putting green, among its many amenities. Rooms at the plush hotel are typically available €400 to €1,100 per night, depending on room type and demand, and they also offer a private lodge with eight suites, where McIlroy and his family are thought to have stayed. Built at a cost of over €17 million, the new hotel aims to capitalise on a surge in golf tourism in the area following the Open Championship. Posting a photo on social media of McIlroy along with hotel staff, Dunluce Lodge said: "What an unforgettable week. It was an incredible honour to host Rory McIlroy and his family at Dunluce Lodge during The Open. (Image: Instagram: Dunluce Lodge) (Image: Instagram: Dunluce Lodge) "Welcoming one of golf's all-time greats, just steps from Royal Portrush Golf Club was truly special for our entire team. "Thank you, Rory, for choosing to stay with us. We hope it felt like home." McIlroy enjoyed a hero's welcome at Royal Portrush as huge crowds followed him around the course all week. The Holywood man threatened to get his hands on the Claret Jug once again, but he and the rest of the field ultimately had no answer to Scottie Scheffler, who dominated the major championship from start to finish. McIlroy said after the championship: "It's been an awesome week. I've gotten everything I wanted out of this week apart from a Claret Jug, and that's just because one person was just a little bit better than the rest of us. "It's been an amazing week. I feel so thankful and just so lucky that I get to do this, I get to do this in front of this crowd. "Hopefully I'll have one or two Opens left here, if the R&A decide to keep coming back, probably one while I'm still competitive and another one while I'm more grey than I already am. "It's just been incredible to come back here and to play and at least feel like I had a chance today going out there. Just an awesome week."
Irish Daily Mirror
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Mirror
Scottie Scheffler enjoys pint of Guinness after Open win
Scottie Scheffler had the chance to celebrate his Open Championship success at Royal Portrush with a pint of the black stuff. The American proved why he is the best player in the world with a dominant four-shot victory on the Dunluce Links. It was the second major championship of the 29-year-old's season and the fourth of his career. And while there was something nearly robotic about his performance on the course, he let his hair down a bit after lifting the Claret Jug. Pictures on social media show the world number one enjoying a pint of Guinness not long after he was crowned the Champion Golfer of the Year. On the eve of the tournament, Scheffler admitted that his great success in the game has left him feeling unfulfilled. 'There's a lot of people that make it to what they thought was going to fulfil them in life, and you get there, you get to No 1 in the world, and they're like what's the point?' he said. 'I really do believe that, because what is the point? Why do I want to win this tournament so bad? 'That's something that I wrestle with on a daily basis. Showing up at the Masters every year, it's like, why do I want to win this golf tournament so badly? "Why do I want to win the Open Championship so badly? I don't know. Because, if I win, it's going to be awesome for two minutes. "Then we're going to get to the next week and it's: 'Hey, you won two majors this year; how important is it for you to win the FedExCup playoffs?' And we're back here again.' He added: 'To get to live out your dreams is very special, but at the end of the day I'm not out here to inspire the next generation of golfer. 'I'm not out here to inspire someone to be the best player in the world, because what's the point? This is not a fulfilling life. It's fulfilling from the sense of accomplishment, but it's not fulfilling from a sense of the deepest places of your heart.'
Kuwait Times
14 hours ago
- Sport
- Kuwait Times
US golfer Scheffler cruises to fourth major title at British Open
US golfer Scheffler cruises to fourth major title at British Open Second world number one to lift the Claret Jug after Tiger Woods PORTRUSH: Scottie Scheffler romped to a magnificent four-shot victory to seal his first British Open title at Royal Portrush on Sunday, notching his fourth major success. The world number one eased to a three-under par final round of 68, finishing on 17-under for the tournament after shooting in the 60s on all four days. 'It's a pretty special feeling. It was a tough week,' said Scheffler, after becoming the first player in over 100 years to win his first four major titles by three strokes or more. 'I battled hard all weekend. It was a battle, but I played some really good golf and I'm fortunate to be standing here holding the trophy.' It was the 10th successive time Scheffler has converted a 54-hole lead into a win. His dominance over the past two years has been such that once he birdied the first hole, it seemed as though the chasing pack had already lost any belief of challenging. Scheffler, who took a lead he would never relinquish with a seven-under 64 on Friday, extended his run of successive top-10 finishes to 11 events. That streak now features four wins, including the PGA Championship and British Open titles. The American, who led by four shots overnight, became only the second world number one to lift the Claret Jug after Tiger Woods, completing the third leg of a possible career Grand Slam. Harris English finished in a distant second place, ending the tournament on 13-under courtesy of a closing round of 66. Chris Gotterup completed a dream fortnight after last weekend's Scottish Open triumph, carding a 67 to end a shot further behind in third. Home favorite Rory McIlroy could not launch a serious charge, with his challenge finally snuffed out by a double-bogey on the 10th hole. He had to settle for a tie for seventh place on 10-under and a standing ovation from his thousands of fans surrounding the 18th green. 'None of us could live with what he (Scheffler) had this week, but for me to be in front of everyone here at home and to get that reception up the last, absolutely incredible,' said Masters champion McIlroy. Scheffler's slip-up Scheffler made three birdies in his first five holes to serenely reach 17-under for the tournament, opening up an eight-shot chasm. Gotterup climbed into second on minus 11, with a group of four players, including McIlroy, one shot further back. Scheffler holed long par putts on the sixth and seventh holes to stay in total control, but slipped up with a double-bogey on the eighth after it took him four shots to reach the green. It was the first time he had dropped shots since the 11th hole of his second round on Friday. But he showed why he rarely lets 54-hole leads slip on the ninth, with a trademark precise iron shot setting up another birdie. From then on, it was a procession for the 29-year-old as he parred every hole on the back nine except for a routine birdie on the par-five 12th. Scheffler had raised eyebrows before the tournament when he suggested his pursuit of dominance on the course was an 'unfulfilling life' that only provides fleeting moments of satisfaction. He tapped in on the 18th green to tick off another achievement on his seemingly unstoppable path to golfing greatness, raising his arms in celebration before embracing his wife and young son. 'I don't think we thought the golfing world would see someone as dominant as Tiger come through so soon, and here's Scottie sort of taking that throne of dominance,' said Xander Schauffele, whose title defense ended in a tie for seventh. McIlroy comes undone McIlroy hung on the fringes of contention with three birdies on the front nine, against a lone bogey on the par-four fourth. But he fired his approach shot from the rough on 10 through the back of the green and eventually made a six which effectively ended any hopes of lifting a second British Open title this weekend. English and Gotterup, playing together in the third-last group, battled it out for second place over the closing holes. English, who also came second to Scheffler at this year's PGA Championship, grabbed the runner-up honors again thanks to birdies on the 16th and 17th holes. Matthew Fitzpatrick finished tied-fourth as England's wait for a first British Open winner since Nick Faldo in 1992 went on, alongside Wyndham Clark and Li Haotong of China. — AFP
USA Today
19 hours ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
British Open winner Scottie Scheffler takes Claret Jug on Tonight Show, to Happy Gilmore 2
After an epic week in Great Britain, former Texas Longhorn Scottie Scheffler is back in the United States and enjoying the spoils of his British Open win with his family. The four-time major champion stopped by the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and went to the premier of Happy Gilmore 2 with Adam Sandler and the cast. Scheffler dominated the media and the golf course in Northern Ireland. His monologue about professional satisfaction, or lack thereof, and the importance of family was the big story at the British Open last week until he blew away the field for his second major of the year. His reaction to winning the Claret Jug and sharing it with his 15-month-old son Bennett will live in his fan's memories for years to come. Scheffler said after winning at Royal Portrush he couldn't wait to get home to celebrate. But the Texas Ex stopped off in New York City for some fun before heading back to Dallas. First, Scheffler did a quick visit on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Scheffler got a standing ovation from the crowd as soon as the curtain opened to reveal him holding the trophy. Then Fallon and Scheffler took a selfie with the Claret Jug and the audience in the background. Then it was off to world premier of Happy Gilmore 2 with Adam Sandler and the rest of the cast. Again, the Claret Jug joined Scheffler and his wife Meredith. Scheffler reportedly has a cameo in the sequel to the 1996 classic. Not every entertainment reporter even know who the world's No. 1 golfer was. In the original, Happy Gilmore famously won the Tour Championship. That is a tournament Scheffler has now won twice in real life. On Monday, it was announced Scheffler would fun the renovation of the Texas Longhorns Men's Golf Team practice facility, which will be renamed "Scheff's Kitchen." Happy Gilmore 2 premieres on Netflix Friday, July 25. Follow us on X, formerly Twitter, at @LonghornsWire
