Scottie Scheffler’s dominance hasn’t been seen since Tiger Woods, and these seven statistics prove it

Scottie Scheffler is perhaps the most dominant male professional golfer since Tiger Woods was at the peak of his powers. At the 2024 RBC Heritage, where he win three times Overcoming Sahith Theegala, Scheffler became the first golfer since Woods in 2007-08 to win four tournaments in five starts.

Not only did Scheffler hold those four wins, but he also overcame some of the toughest tests on the PGA Tour schedule. And for a tournament he didn’t win? Scheffler still finished T2 at the Houston Open.

There are many ways to express greatness, especially when it is obvious and dominant. Scheffler himself said early last week in Hilton Head, South Carolina – shortly after his Masters victory – that that sport (specifically golf) is about trying to find something special.

“The great thing about our sport is the competitiveness,” he said. “That’s what I love the most is coming here and competing. So if a little bit of the narrative can shift back in that direction, I think that would be really great. You look at something like March Madness and they are not.” compete for any money or anything like that.

“You can watch the women’s game. The girls are in college now, they’re doing four years. There are fierce rivalries; you have teams pitted against each other year after year and it’s really It’s fascinating to watch. And it’s not about anything other than wanting to witness something great and enjoy the competition.”

It was nothing more than wanting to witness something wonderful.

That describes Scheffler and his game pretty well.

The statistics are simply staggering. At one point at the RBC Heritage, Scheffler went 50 holes without doing anything worse than a 4. That’s a laughable good thing, and that’s just the beginning when it comes to how great Scheffler has been playing. in the past few matches. month.

Scheffler’s streak of four wins in five matches dates back to early March, but his total of 11 worldwide wins in his last 51 tournaments is equally impressive.

Below are seven numbers that serve as a testament to how far Scheffler’s game has evolved.

76 below: If a golfer who plays Scheffler’s five most recent indices — Arnold Palmer Invitational, Players Championship, Houston Open, Masters, RBC Heritage — makes the cut for all five and plays them averagely, he will be 1 point behind at the end of those stats. 20 rounds. On that stretch, Scheffler was 76 strokes behind. Of course, that’s just another way to look at strokes gained, but sometimes it resonates more when viewed from this perspective than pointing out that he gained nearly 4.0 strokes per round on the year. consecutive tournaments.

16.3 million USD: The record for money earned in a single PGA Tour season was set by Scheffler last year when he collected $21 million on the course (excluding FedEx Cup bonuses). Second on the list is Jon Rahm, who earned $16.5 million last year. Third highest? That would be Scheffler… for the last 43 days. He has earned $16.3 million since early March when the Arnold Palmer Invitational began. That’s more than $45,000 per hole he’s played in the last five events.

1.78 million USD: This year, Rory McIlroy earned $1.71 million from the PGA Tour. Scheffler’s caddy, Ted Scott, earned about $1.78 million. (That applies a 5% take-home standard for making the cut, 7% for a top-10 finish, and 10% for a golfer winning a tournament.) That would place Scott well in the top 50 on this year’s PGA Tour money list.

39 and 67.5: Scheffler opened the season with – count them – 39 straight rounds at par or better. His average score is now 67.50. The PGA Tour’s single-season average scoring record is 67.79 for Tiger. It’s worth noting that Woods achieved that exact number in both 2000 and 2007.

119: According to Data Golf, it took Scheffler only 119 PGA Tour events to achieve 10 official victories. Among golfers who have reached 10 wins in the past 25 years, Scheffler’s numbers are right in Jordan Spieth’s range. Both are behind Woods and McIlroy in the number of times they compete to have 10 wins.

Perhaps even more interesting? Scheffler is on an all-time streak as all 10 of his PGA Tour wins have come in his last 51 starts. That’s… like a tiger.

18.7 and 3.215: Scheffler has more than doubled his closest competitor this year in both official money earned ($18.7 million) and FedEx Cup points accumulated (3,215). Wyndham Clark was next with $9.1 million and $1,555. Not the average PGA Tour player, that is The next best player on the PGA Tour so far in 2024. Additionally, the Official World Golf Ranking points gap between Scheffler and world No. 2, McIlroy, is than the distance between McIlroy and… you.

2: Scheffler only had two shots in eight events measured over all 72 holes Are not finish No. 1 from tee to green. In those events, he finished second and third. Here’s the scary part: Scheffler was the worst golfer of the top nine golfers on the RBC Heritage leaderboard, and he still won by three strokes. This is what it means when you hear someone say, “If he just hit for average, he would win.” Scottie is currently a little above average and he is winning everything even though you expected him to win everything.

“I have pretty high expectations for myself and when I show up at tournaments I try to do my best,” Scheffler said Monday after winning for the fourth time in five starts. “I’ve talked a lot about preparation and what I need to be on the first tee ready, and I feel like I’ve put in the work and played good golf, and it’s been fun.” seeing some of the results with the wins last year, I felt like I was playing good golf but not winning, and so now, it’s nice to be sitting here winning some tournaments.”