Tiger Woods examinations for the most part are a truly beneficial thing.
However, after Scottie Scheffler joined Woods as one of seven numerous time Players champions, he was helped to remember what could be seen as a marginally discouraging measurement.
The ongoing Scene No. 1 has been on a tear the beyond 25 months; Scheffler procured his most memorable PGA Visit win in February 2022 at the WM Phoenix Open and hasn't dialed back much since.
He prevailed upon three additional times the following three months that season, including his most memorable significant title at the Bosses. He won in Scottsdale again in 2023 preceding taking the Players Title a month after the fact. Scheffler didn't win for a very long time after that (heave!), yet that didn't prevent him from solidifying his place at the highest point of the game.
While Scheffler didn't win an authority occasion between Walk 2023 and Walk 2024, he piled up top-10s at a stunning speed. For the whole 2022-23 PGA Visit season, he completed external the main 12 only multiple times. His next start, after the Visit Title, at the informal Legend World Test? He won.
In the beyond two weeks, the 27-year-old has gotten back to his authority winning ways, taking the Arnold Palmer Invitational and protecting his title at TPC Sawgrass, turning into the first to achieve the accomplishment.
As per the examination site, DataGolf, Scheffler's ongoing pinnacle of +2.82 in the DG List is the fourth most noteworthy ever, behind Woods in 2000, Vijay Singh in 2004 and David Duval in 1999. He's had the option to keep up with — and lift — that number in spite of losing strokes on the green until the most recent few weeks.
Yet, being contrasted with Woods ain't simple, and on Sunday night at TPC Sawgrass Scheffler shared an interesting disclosure about how far he needs to go to attract real correlations with Woods' supported run of predominance.
"I won't recall the specific numbers, but rather like we're playing at Riv this year, and I hit my tee ball and this person shouts out, as, 'Congratulations on being No. 1 Scottie. Eleven additional years to go,'" Scheffler broke, up the press room.
"Eleven additional years to go," he rehashed for accentuation.
The fan finally month's Beginning Invitational was alluding to Woods' amazing characteristic of 683 weeks on the Authority World Golf Positioning, over two times the complete of the following nearest player. Woods was additionally World No. 1 for two separate dashes of 281 and 264 weeks — once more, both over two times the following best.
Scheffler, in the mean time, is dealing with a run of 44 straight weeks on of the OWGR for a sum of 79 weeks in his profession, all of which have come over the most recent two years. That means to get Woods, Scheffler needs to hold the world's highest level for an additional 604 weeks, or around 11 years and seven and a half months.
The success he logged Sunday was the eighth of his vocation, leaving him 76 behind Woods' record absolute on the PGA Visit, also Scheffler's solitary significant title is 14 less than Woods' imprint.
"Whenever you can measure up to Tiger I believe is truly unique, be that as it may, I mean, the person remains solitary I think in our game," Scheffler said. "He truly does. This is my eighth competition win presently over here, I've tied him in Players Titles. Beyond that, I got 14 additional majors and 70-some PGA Visit occasions to get up to speed. So I believe I will adhere to my daily schedule and simply keep on plotting along, attempt and remain as balanced as possible.
"We as a whole venerate Tiger. He's been our person. Watching what he did in unique minutes over the course of the years is insane to watch. I've gained some useful knowledge just from being around him. We're super grateful that he's as yet a piece of our game."
FAQs
Is Scottie Scheffler wearing Tiger Woods shirt?
The youthful American golf player additionally shared that he wore Tiger Woods' shoes and shirt while contending in the Bosses Competition.
Is Scottie Scheffler as good as Tiger?
— Scottie Scheffler is next in line for correlations with Tiger Woods since golf, as different games, is continuously searching for the main successor to the high position. Scheffler is playing extraordinary golf, estimated as much by his world class ball-striking and disturbing consistency as the outcomes.
What kind of driver does Scottie Scheffler hit?
Scottie Scheffler utilizes TaylorMade's Covertness 2 Or more driver and scored two successes with it in his initial six occasions. Scottie totally pounds it off the tee and his work is changed over effectively into speed and distance through the Secrecy 2's lightweight carbon fiber face.
