If you watched Sunday’s post-round coverage of The Open, it felt like Scottie Scheffler did as many interviews as he hit golf shots all week at Royal Portrush. During most of these chats, the latest Open champ kept his answers brief (Smart, because he would have lost his voice otherwise), but Golf Channel’s cameras caught at least one interesting moment regarding his new trophy—which is the oldest trophy in the game.

Scheffler sat down with Brandel Chamblee and Paul McGinley for a “Live From” segment, taking the time to point out the first thing he noticed about the claret jug. And you’ll literally never guess what it is.

“Well, the first thing I noticed is this,” Scheffler says pointing to the historic prize. “2020, no championship owing to global pandemic.”

That is a pretty wild entry. It couldn’t just say “No tournament”? The R&A really made its engraver work hard on that one. Have a look and listen:

Man, 2020 seems like forever ago, huh? When the (golf) world shut down at that year’s Players Championship, Scheffler was still nearly two years away from his first PGA Tour title.

Anyway, we’re sure Scottie eventually noticed a lot of other things on that bad boy. Like Gary Player—back when it was the player’s responsibility to get the claret jug engraved—having his name put on ther in a bigger font. And we’re sure he enjoyed a celebratory drink (or two) out of it as well. Once he got done with all those interviews, that is.

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