Scottie Scheffler has been one of the best golfers in the world for the past few years, and he matched Tiger Woods in one incredible category for the 2025 season
Scottie Scheffler matches Tiger Woods on statistics sheet(Image: Getty Images)
Tiger Woods is undeniably one of the greatest golfers in history, but Scottie Scheffler has now equaled Woods in a particular category, all from the comfort of his own home. Scheffler, who boasts 19 PGA Tour victories in his career, including four major championships and an Olympic gold medal, has matched Woods with an impressive statistic for the 2025 season.
As the RSM Classic wraps up, with some players retaining their tour cards while others are left devastated, the stats have been finalized, showing Scheffler matching a significant scoring achievement of Woods.
In 2025, Scheffler once again had the best scoring average on the PGA Tour. The 29 year old led in several categories, including strokes gained, total and tee-to-green, but most notably, he matched Woods by leading in scoring average for all four days of play throughout the season.
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Over the course of the 2025 season, Scheffler led the PGA Tour in scoring for rounds one, two, three, and four. The last player to achieve this was Woods in 2000.
Scottie’s overall scoring average was nearly a full shot better than Rory McIlroy’s
Scheffler averaged 67.45 in the first round, 68.00 in the second, 68.40 in the third, and 68.10 in the final round.
His overall scoring average was nearly a full shot better than Rory McIlroy’s, reports the Mirror US.
Despite past comparisons to Woods, Scheffler has done an exceptional job of brushing them off, but now he’s climbing up the stat sheet.
“I think in the simplest form, I think it’s very silly to be compared to Tiger Woods,” Scheffler commented when asked about the comparison at the Tour Championship in August.
“I think Tiger is a guy that stands alone in the game of golf, and I think he always will.
Despite past comparisons to Woods, Scheffler has done an exceptional job of brushing them off(Image: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
“Tiger inspired a whole generation of golfers. You’ve grown up watching that guy do what he did week in, week out. It was pretty amazing to see.”
Despite believing the comparisons are far-fetched, Scheffler still seeks to adopt aspects of Woods’ approach and behavior on the course.
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“My biggest takeaway from playing with Tiger was the amount of intensity that he took to every shot, and that’s something I’ve talked to a lot of guys about,” Scheffler said at the Tour Championship after he and Woods played together at the 2020 Masters.
“We’re in 20th place or whatever going into Sunday at the Masters, Tiger has won five Masters, he’s got no chance of winning the tournament,” Scheffler said.
“Then we showed up on the first hole and I was watching him read his putt, and I was like, ‘Oh, my gosh, this guy is in it right now.'”
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