Right now, there is very good reason to believe that Scottie Scheffler will become only the fourth male player to reach double figures for major victories, with the world number one winning four in his first 25 starts.
Scottie Scheffler is undoubtedly the best player in the world right now. He has won four times this year, including at both the PGA Championship and The Open Championship. He is only a US Open victory away from completing the Career Grand Slam.
The real question is just how long Scheffler can sustain this dominance for. At his current level, Scheffler really could join Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Walter Hagen in reaching double figures for major wins.
Of course, golf has seen several players struggle to play at that level for more than a handful of years. Few would have ever guessed after 2017 that both Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth would reach 2025 having not added to their major tallies.
Kevin Kisner says what Scottie Scheffler does which he saw from Tiger Woods all the time
But the good news for Scheffler is that there appear to be some similarities between himself and Woods.
Speaking on 5 Clubs, Kevin Kisner outlined one thing which he has noticed Scheffler do on the greens which he previously saw from his TGL teammate.
“I think it would intimidate you in so far as you know you can’t make a mistake because he is just always around,” he said.
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“It’s like I know he is going to hit the fairway and then he’s probably going to hit it 12 feet, so it’s just whether he makes those all day long.
“What I have been most impressed with over the last few tournaments I have called is how many par putts he has made to keep his round going.
“You saw at Portrush how excited he got and how pumped up he was on the par putts. That is something Tiger Woods always did in his career.
“I know he is so far away from a Tiger like career but on a Tiger trajectory, and I remember how much Tiger hated a bogey.
“He did not celebrate birdies like he did par putts and I see that same build out of Scottie.”
Where Scottie Scheffler ranks on the PGA Tour for bogey avoidance this year
It initially will not surprise many to hear that Scheffler leads the way on the PGA Tour when it comes to bogey avoidance this year. He has made a bogey or worse less than 11 percent of the time.
What is interesting is that the top 10 does not consist of superstars. Chris Gotterup and Russell Henley are the best known names. Meanwhile, Rory McIlroy is 18th.
PositionPlayerBogey or worse percentage1Scottie Scheffler10.782Andrew Putnam11.303Brice Garnett12.804Vince Whaley13.125Chris Gotterup13.156Nate Lashley13.31T7Russell Henley13.33T7Kevin Roy13.339Lee Hodges13.3910Ryo Hisatsune13.40Credit PGA Tour
Some players must feel that limiting mistakes represents their best chance of competing with the very best on the PGA Tour.
But when you factor in Scheffler’s results this year, you have to say that he clearly gets his game plan spot on most weeks and knows exactly when the time is right to attack.
