Tiger Woods is still your favorite golfer’s favorite golfer.
Despite Scottie Scheffler’s dominant PGA season and his recent The Open championship win, he made it clear that Woods remains in a class of his own.
“I still think they’re a bit silly,” Scheffler told reporters of the G.O.A.T. debates (h/t Normal Sport’s Kyler Porter). “I think Tiger stands alone in the game of golf.”
World No. 1 Scheffler claimed The Open title with a final-round 68, finishing 17-under-par to win by four strokes over runner-up Harris English.
The 29-year-old notched his second major victory of the year—after winning the PGA Championship in May—and the fourth major title of his career.
Last year’s Open champion Xander Schauffele is taking notice of the growing comparisons between Scheffler and Tiger Woods.
“He’s incredible. He really is. I don’t think we thought the golfing world would see someone as dominant as Tiger (Woods) come through so soon, and here’s Scottie, sort of taking that throne of dominance. You can’t even say he’s on a run. He’s been killing it for over two years now,” Schauffele said. “He’s a tough man to beat and when you see his name up on the leaderboard, it sucks for us.”
Another striking comparison between Woods and Scheffler: both took exactly 1,197 days — roughly three years and three months — between their first and fourth major championship victories.
Scheffler is also climbing the list of players who have won four majors by at least three strokes since 1934. Woods leads with seven, Jack Nicklaus has six and all four of Scheffler’s major wins have come by that margin.
Scheffler’s dominance is undeniable — and at just 29, by joining elite company like Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Woods as winners of the Masters, PGA Championship, and Open Championship before age 30, he’s not just chasing history, he’s actively making it.
