Tour pro: I hope Scottie Scheffler doesn't regret being so honest

English Tour pro Eddie Pepperell has implored the golf media not to punish Scottie Scheffler for being so honest.

Scheffler claimed his second major championship title of 2025 and fourth overall with a dominant display at Royal Portrush two weeks ago. 

But his Open week was largely overshadowed the comments he made before the final men's major of the year even began. 

Scheffler went on a five-minute soliloquy in the media centre where he explained whilst winning multiple major titles does bring a sense of accomplishment, it doesn't fulfil the deepest desires of his heart. 

"What's the point?" he asked. 

"Why do I want to win this tournament so bad? That's something that I wrestle with on a daily basis."

Pepperell told the latest episode of The Chipping Forecast he hopes Scheffler doesn't regret being so honest.

It's also the responsibility of the golf media not to 'punish' Scheffler going forward, Pepperell said. 

"Well, one thing I would hope for his sake, and indeed the game's sake, is that I don't know that Scottie necessarily loves the media," Pepperrell said. 

"I think there was a comment he made within the last 12 months where I think he said something like, 'You guys', and he spoke a bit down to the media.

"This was around the time when the whole Rory [McIlroy] thing was kicking off. 

"But for him to do what he did in that interview and give a real insight into his personality now, I wouldn't want him at any point in the future to regret doing that. 

"And the onus is going to be on the journalists moving forward to make sure that the line of enquiry is softly furthering that narrative and not punishing him for being honest.

"Because what he just did was very unusual for the best player in any sport to do, and highly enlightening and vulnerable. 

"Because I do think he was just asking himself a question."

Pepperrell said he experienced conflicting emotions as a young pro, particularly when he bagged a huge amount of prize money over a two-week stretch when he was 27 years old. 

"I wrote a blog about it," he said. "I couldn't come to terms with the fact that I just earned £750,000 across two weeks of the Scottish Open and the Open Championship.

"I was walking through Didcot High Street [going] to buy some Thornton's chocolates, and seeing the wave of people out there that were living a very, very different life to me. None of it made sense in my mind.

"It didn't seem right, it didn't seem fair, but it was a thing. 

"And that was what was going on in my mind as a 27-year-old. 

"Now, Scottie's 28, 29, he's still young, but he's entering that time in his life where I think the introspection begins to really happen."