Colin Cowherd: Why Scottie Scheffler ≠ Tiger Woods

Colin Cowherd: Why Scottie Scheffler ≠ Tiger Woods

There’s a lot of talk yesterday because uh Scotty Sheffller wins and really pulled away. Played great early in the final round. Pulled away from the other world class golfers and people are saying, “Man, this feels like Tiger Woods.” No, it doesn’t. And I love Scotty Sheffller. They have one thing in common. Scotty Sheffller right now in his prime and Tiger in his prime felt like they were absolutely better than even the second best golfer in the world. And if both were hitting their putts, and Tiger almost always was, if they go into the final round with a lead, you’re not catching them. That’s what they have in common. But Tiger was much longer off the tea. And and and golf equipment’s actually improved. He was 40 yards off the tea longer sometimes. And Sheffller’s about 310. Sometimes Tiger was 360, 370. Secondly, Tiger is the best iron player I’ve ever seen in my life. Maybe there’s somebody better. I’m not sure. and Tiger was consistently on the tour in his prime. Unbelievable lag putter and an unbelievable big tournament, big putt star. Sheffller’s gotten way better at that, but he can struggle. At least he did previously. So, I mean, they were talking about tiger proofing courses. It was ridiculous. Sheffller, again, there’s a difference. Scotty Sheoffller doesn’t intimidate other golfers. He just beats them. Tiger Woods, the galleries, the fist pump. He leaned into it much more Michael Jordan. He’d taunt you at the free throw line. They were trying to tiger proof courses, but you couldn’t do anything. Okay, let’s make it longer. That played the Tigers advantage. So Sheffller is ruling golf. To me, Tiger revolutionized it. Tiger was MJ or Mike Tyson in his prime. He intimidated other great fighters, other NBA Allstars. And again, Tiger loved it. Like MJ loved taunting you. Sheffller’s more Tim Duncan. Reserved, avoids mistakes, uh, fundamentally strong, businesslike. Now that he’s got the putting going, if he leads on Sunday, it’s over. But Tiger made you feel like you wanted to go out. He had so much alpha. You’d watch Tiger play and you wanted to go to the driving range. You wanted to grab your clubs and go play. I mean, Scotty Sheffller, he said it last week. You know, I don’t get much out of winning. He’s a little bit of a buzzkill. I love Tim Duncan, but he never wanted me made me want to go grab a basketball. When I was a kid, if you watched a great player, you’d want to go out in the backyard and shoot that. That That’s not Sheffller. So, it’s like LeBron. LeBron got to eight straight finals, but he never felt like he quite had the the MJ Killer Instinct, the MJ juice, the MJ feel. I mean, think about this. They’re both at 29, Tiger had 10 majors in 46 wins. Sheffller’s got four and 17. Phil Mickelson is a legend, an all-time great golfer. He’s got 45 career wins. Tiger had 46 in his 20s. So again, there’s a difference between ruling golf and revolutionizing it. There’s a difference between winning and intimidating. And I I think I think that is when you can get into other golfers or other fighters or other UFC fighters heads. That’s Tiger. Scotty’s just great. And now that he’s got his putting going, if he leads going into Sunday, that thing felt over by his third hole. You’re like, “Yeah, yeah, it’s over.” I think even he afterwards after the open win acknowledged that I still think they’re a bit silly. You know, Tiger won what 15 majors. It’s my fourth. Just got 1/4 of the way there. So, just I mean, it’s I think Tiger stands alone in the game of golf. I don’t focus on that kind of stuff. That’s not what motivates me. I’m not not motivated by winning championships. I feel like what motivates me is just getting out and, you know, get getting to live out my dream. Yeah. Scotty Sheffller’s great. Tiger was obsessed. And there is something about the athletes in our time. Brady obsessed with football. Obsessed. Josh Allen’s really good. Is he obsessed? I don’t know. But but but Brady’s obsession slash intensity was kind of intimidating. I mean I I grew up with John Elway. I was a Seahawk fan. If you grew up and you led and Elway got the ball, it was deflating. You knew the outcome. That was Brady. So I don’t feel that was I don’t I never felt that Aaron Rogers was good. It’s a coin flip. Will he come back and win or not? It’s a coin flip. Brady, it’s over. Get in the car. Warm the car up. Start the car. And I think I think that intensity of tiger is just different than anything I’ve ever seen.

Colin Cowherd dives into Scottie Scheffler’s dominating victory at the 2025 Open Championship at Royal Portrush—his 4th major in under 3 years—and pushes back on the hype comparing him to Tiger Woods.

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