Scottie Scheffler dismisses Tiger Woods comparisons
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Scottie Scheffler and Tiger Woods are the only players in the last 50 years to win two majors in the same year by at least four shots.
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Golf Digest on MSNBritish Open 2025: Is it fair to compare Scottie Scheffler to Tiger Woods? Look at the stats and you decide
The coincidence—if we can call it that—is almost too incredible to believe. During its broadcast of the British Open on Sunday, NBC put up a graphic over an image of Scottie Scheffler, noting that it would be 1,
Scottie Scheffler took exactly same number of days as Tiger Woods to go from 1 major to 4 major wins
It took Tiger Woods 1,197 days to go from one major win to four major wins. And on Sunday, Scottie Scheffler won his fourth major. The days it took him from his first major to his fourth major: 1,197. Impossible.
Scottie Scheffler is not Tiger Woods because nobody will ever be Tiger Woods. Tiger was dominant at a level that the world of professional golf, the world of professional sports, will never see again. We are reaching a point though where the comparisons aren’t exactly silly, though.
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