Thursday’s opening round of the Tour Championship marked the 20th time that Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy have competed together in the same pairing/grouping in a stroke-play PGA Tour event, per Tour stats.
Scheffler shot 7-under 63 to McIlroy’s 66 at East Lake Golf Club. That gives Scheffler an 11-6-3 edge, head-to-head; though, McIlroy did beat Scheffler, 2 and 1, in the consolation match of the 2023 WGC-Match Play.
They have played alongside one another eight times this season, with Scheffler going lower on six occasions. Here’s a look at the scores they’ve shot, head-to-head on Tour (* highlights lower score):
EVENT
ROUND
SCHEFFLER
MCILROY
2025 Tour Championship
First
63*
66
2025 BMW Championship
Second
65*
66
2025 BMW Championship
First
66*
70
2025 PGA Championship
Second
68*
69
2025 PGA Championship
First
69*
74
2025 Players Championship
Second
70
68*
2025 Players Championship
First
69
67*
2025 Genesis Invitational
Fourth
66*
72
2024 U.S. Open
Second
74
72*
2024 U.S. Open
First
71
65*
2024 Masters Tournament
Second
72*
77
2024 Masters Tournament
First
66*
71
2023 FedEx St. Jude Champ.
Third
71
68*
2023 FedEx St. Jude Champ.
Second
66
66
2023 FedEx St. Jude Champ.
First
67
67
2023 U.S. Open
Fourth
70
70
2023 Players Championship
Second
69*
73
2023 Players Championship
First
68*
76
202 Tour Championship
Fourth
73
66*
2022 Players Championship
Third
68*
73
