Scottie Scheffler admits he would trade one major championship for a Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl victory

Scottie Scheffler is a four-time major champion after winning this past weekend’s Open Championship at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. Scheffler has a pair of Green Jackets, a Wanamaker Trophy and now, a Claret Jug.

But beyond his golf game, Scheffler is a Texan. More specifically, he’s a Dallas Cowboys fan. Scheffler, 29, was born nearly six months after the Cowboys’ last Super Bowl win. He has never seen his favorite NFL team hoist the Lombardi Trophy. How much does it mean to Scheffler? He revealed on “Pardon My Take” that he would trade one of his major championships in exchange for a Cowboys Super Bowl victory.

“I would trade one, for sure, for a Super Bowl,” Scheffler said. “I’ve been rooting for a Super Bowl for a long time. Long, hard work has gone into cheering on the Cowboys — arguably a lot more disappointment in football than there is in golf.”

That’s a big statement from Scheffler, who, with his win at Royal Portrush, is a U.S. Open triumph shy of completing golf’s Grand Slam. And yet, he would trade one of those to see Dallas reach the zenith of football again. That’s how much it means to Scheffler.

While no Super Bowl hardware to show for it, Dallas has been consistent this millennium. The Cowboys have not put together multiple losing seasons in a row since a three-year streak of 5-11 finishes from 2000-02. In fact, Dallas has just five seasons of below .500 finishes over the last 22 years. Playoff failures have been the story — it’s well documented that the Cowboys have not sniffed the NFC Championship Game in three decades.

Scottie Scheffler really wants to see the Cowboys win a Super Bowl

Scheffler will be pleased to hear that Cowboys left guard Tyler Smith said earlier this week that Dallas winning the Super Bowl in 2025 is a “realistic goal.” Their leader, quarterback Dak Prescott, is motivated to turn that goal into reality.

“Hell yeah. If [Smith] doesn’t believe it, or anybody in that locker room doesn’t don’t believe it, then I would ask him to get out,” Prescott said Thursday. “Schotty said it day one we showed up. If you don’t want to win the Super Bowl, don’t think we can win a Super Bowl, then don’t come to Oxnard and you’re in the wrong place. We know the standard when you wear the star. We know the expectations. And I credit Schotty for not shying away from it. I don’t think anybody’s ever heard me shy away from it.

“So, it’s just making sure everybody understands that. We have to think that. We have to manifest that. I appreciate Tyler for saying it and believing it.”