Xander Schauffele | The 152nd Open

“It’s a completely different style of golf to what we have in America,” he said.

“It makes you play shots and have different ball positions. There’s so much risk/reward when the wind’s blowing 20 miles an hour and it starts raining. There’s so many different variables that come into play.

“It truly is an honour to win this. To me it’s big. To me, winning the Scottish Open was big because it meant my game could travel. So to double that up and win a major in Scotland is even cooler.”

Schauffele may give the impression of being an ice-cool character but that belies the fire which burns inside.

He has already made history by becoming the first player since Brooks Koepka in 2018 to win two majors in a single year and he will surely break more records in the years to follow.

Just don’t expect him to be pumping his chest and roaring his way to glory.

“Everyone in my family knows how competitive I am. I may not be the guy running around fist pumping, but that’s just who I am,” he said.

“I kind of know how I need to be to perform at a high level.

“If I’m sitting there snapping a club, that would be the same as me running around fist pumping. It would take too long for me to adjust before my next shot to hit a good one.

“There’s obviously a fire burning deep within, or I wouldn’t have a couple majors sitting by my side.”

He will head to Royal Portrush next year as the defending Champion Golfer, going in search of the mythical double triumph.

But before attention turns to his return of the Claret Jug, there is one important and long-standing question to answer.

“I’m just curious to see what my dad is going to pick as a first drink to drink out of this,” he added. “He is going to have to figure out what he wants to put in there because he’s taking the first gulp.”