Scottie Scheffler has been hitting similar heights to Tiger Woods in his prime over the past four seasons.
Few would argue that Scheffler is playing quite as well as Woods, arguably the greatest golfer of all time, but he’s certainly not far off.
The world number one has won two major championships (the PGA Championship and the Open Championship) and two other PGA Tour events this year alone.
Former coach and now commentator Mark Immelman has explained what mistake he used to make with Woods that he will not repeat with Scheffler.
Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty ImagesMark Immelman won’t repeat Tiger Woods mistake with Scottie Scheffler
Immelman was frustrated with the spectators who criticized The Open for being boring, as Scheffler cruised to victory at Royal Portrush.
He made the point that in every other field, people are applauded for being so much better than anyone else, to the point where there is no jeopardy over first place.
Immelman said: “I got the hair on the back of my neck up a little bit when I saw social media going, ‘this is a snooze fest, or this is boring’. Because the way I see it, in any other sport or in life, we laud a child when a child makes 100% on a test or when some gymnast does the perfect floor routine.
“If you watch the show jumping and they have the perfect run going, you are like, ‘Is this horse going to hit a pole over one of these jumps?’ So there is some anticipation. If people just had to get over themselves and realise when you are watching something like this unfold, it’s not boring, it’s anything but.
“Just because someone is not making a run doesn’t mean it’s boring; it means they are being roundly outplayed. Then you need to look at the guy who is doing the outplaying and go, ‘How?’ We are actually fortunate to watch this stuff going on.”
Immelman explained that he regrets not appreciating Woods’ greatness more, but that he won’t make the same mistake with Scheffler at the moment.
“My mea culpa was when Tiger was at the height of his power, I was teaching full time on the tours, and Tiger was always the competition,” he added.
“So you would see him win, but I never appreciated him winning like he did. We would see the shots and be like, ‘Okay, that’s cool,’ but now looking back on it, that was a mistake on my behalf.
“I should have appreciated everything, and the fact that I got to see that with my own two eyes, some of those shots he would craft and pull off.
“I am not going to make the same mistake with Scheffler right now because he is operating at a level which is like Mozart with a golf club in his hand, and I am going to enjoy this until it ends, because it will end as it’s golf and golf is just so hard.”
Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty ImagesTiger Woods 2000 season vs Scottie Scheffler 2025 season
Scheffler’s 2025 season is now being compared to Woods’ greatest season (2000) because he has been so dominant on the PGA Tour.
The 29-year-old has won four times, including two majors, and finished in the top 25 in all 16 tournaments he has played.
Tiger Woods (2000)StatisticsScottie Scheffler (2025)20Starts169Wins43Major wins24Runner-ups117Top 10s1320Top 25s1620Cuts made16-263To par-17468.17Scoring average68.3115 (US Open)Largest margin of victory8 (CJ Cup Byron Nelson)$9,188,321Prize money$19,202,883
However, the comparisons between the two players’ respective best seasons are not particularly close in multiple aspects.
Woods not only won an extra major in 2000, but he also won five more events. His biggest margin of victory was an incredible 15 strokes at the US Open that year.
