The more Scottie Scheffler keeps winning, the more comparisons there are to Tiger Woods. Scheffler thinks they're a little silly. He notes Woods has 15 majors. Scheffler won the British Open at Royal Portrush and now has four. But the comparisons come from numbers like winning majors by comfortable margins. And being No. 1 in the world.
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Scottie Scheffler of the United States kisses the trophy as he poses for photographers with the Claret Jug after winning the British Open golf championship at the Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland, Sunday, July 20, 2025. The Scoreboard shows congratulations to Scottie Scheffler of the United States after he won the British Open golf championship at the Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland, Sunday, July 20, 2025. Scottie Scheffler of the United States, celebrates winning the British Open golf championship at the Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland, Sunday, July 20, 2025. Scottie Scheffler of the United States speak at a press conference after winning the British Open golf championship at the Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland, Sunday, July 20, 2025. Scottie Scheffler of the United States speak at a press conference after winning the British Open golf championship at the Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland, Sunday, July 20, 2025. Scottie Scheffler of the United States celebrates after winning the British Open golf championship at the Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland, Sunday, July 20, 2025. Scottie Scheffler of the United States celebrates after winning the British Open golf championship at the Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland, Sunday, July 20, 2025. Scottie Scheffler of the United States kisses the trophy as he poses for photographers with the Claret Jug after winning the British Open golf championship at the Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland, Sunday, July 20, 2025. Scottie Scheffler of the United States kisses the trophy as he poses for photographers with the Claret Jug after winning the British Open golf championship at the Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland, Sunday, July 20, 2025. The Scoreboard shows congratulations to Scottie Scheffler of the United States after he won the British Open golf championship at the Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland, Sunday, July 20, 2025. The Scoreboard shows congratulations to Scottie Scheffler of the United States after he won the British Open golf championship at the Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland, Sunday, July 20, 2025. Scottie Scheffler of the United States, celebrates winning the British Open golf championship at the Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland, Sunday, July 20, 2025. Scottie Scheffler of the United States, celebrates winning the British Open golf championship at the Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland, Sunday, July 20, 2025. Scheffler needed only one hour to expand his four-shot lead to seven shots with a steady diet of fairways and greens at Royal Portrush on Sunday, along with three birdie putts. But he missed his tee shot on the par-3 sixth and his chip was weak, leaving him a 15-foot par putt. Scheffler fiercely pumped his fist when it dropped, evoking memories of Woods and his 15-shot win at Pebble Beach in the 2000 U.S. Open. Woods had a 12-foot par putt on the 16th hole of that final round, and it was the most emotion he showed all day when he made it. He wanted a clean card and wound up going his final 26 holes bogey-free. Woods was so utterly dominant that his only competition came from himself. That’s how it felt with Scheffler when he won the claret jug for the third leg of the career Grand Slam. Scheffler went 32 holes without a bogey until he took two shots to get out of a fairway bunker on No. 8 and made double bogey. What stood out to Scheffler in hisWyndham Clark feels ‘terrible’ about Oakmont locker damage and says he will make good “To only have one double — really one over-par hole in the last 36 holes of a major championship — that’s how you’re able to win these tournaments,” he said.by four shots. He won the PGA Championship in May by five shots. He won by four in the 2024 Masters. Scheffler was five shots ahead on the final hole in his first Masters win in 2022 when he four-putted while simply trying to finish. There are plenty of numbers to consider, starting with his position at No. 1 in the world. No one has held it longer since Woods. Scheffler and Woods are the only players in the last 50 years to win two majors in the same year by at least four shots. Researchers with time on their hands at the PGA Tour discovered that Scheffler and Woods each went 1,197 days between winning their first and fourth majors.“I still think they’re a bit silly,” he said. “Tiger won, what, 15 majors? This is my fourth. I just got one-fourth of the way there. I think Tiger stands alone in the game of golf. He was inspirational for me growing up. He was a very, very talented guy, and he was a special person to be able to be as good as he was at the game of golf.” For majors alone, a better comparison would be with Rory McIlroy. He also won four majors in three years, including two of them in 2014. McIlroy won a U.S. Open and a PGA Championship by eight shots, the latter a record margin.Scheffler won for the fourth time this year and now has 20 victories worldwide. He has won 11 straight times with the 54-hole lead. The 29 year old from Texas was introduced as champion golfer of the year, a title the R&A has used for more than a century. Scheffler at this rate might be champion golfer of his generation. And to think he was slowed at the start of the year recovering from a puncture wound on his right hand that he got while trying to cut ravioli with a wine glass.amid tense drama to finally complete the Grand Slam. That was his third win of the season, following The Players Championship and Pebble Beach.Also driving the comparisons to Woods are high praise from just about everyone who has had to face Scheffler since that first win in 2022.“I don’t think we thought the golfing world would see someone as dominant as Tiger come through so soon, and here’s Scottie sort of taking that throne of dominance,” Xander Schauffele said. “You can’t even say he’s on a run. He’s just been killing it for over two years now.” Any hesitation about comparisons — besides the 15-4 tally in majors, as Scheffler is quick to point out — is their style of play. Woods was as dynamic as he was relentless, especially with recovery shots. Scheffler doesn’t have that many because he’s rarely out of position. Woods was groomed for stardom when he appeared on “The Mike Douglas Show” at age 2. Scheffler never cared about anything other than playing golf and getting better at it. “He doesn’t care to be a superstar. He’s not transcending the game like Tiger did. He’s not bringing it to a non-golf audience necessarily,” Jordan Spieth said. “He doesn’t want to go do the stuff that a lot of us go do, corporately, anything like that.”“I don’t focus on that kind of stuff,” Scheffler said of the comparisons. “That’s not what motivates me. I’m not motivated by winning championships. I don’t look at the beginning of the year and just say, ‘I want to win X amount of tournaments.’ I don’t do that. “When I wake up to practice, what motivates me is getting to live out my dream,” he said. “I get to play professional golf, and I feel like I’m called to do it to the best of my ability.”Doug Ferguson has been the AP’s golf writer since 1998. 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