The comparisons were silly at first, as they always are.
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.
Scheffler secured the Open Championship in rather easy fashion on Sunday at Royal Portrush and in the process put himself a U.S. Open away from a Career Grand Slam. If he were to ever join that group he would find himself in Tiger’s company (and Rory McIlroy’s thanks to this season’s Masters).
Part of the reason this is true is because Scottie, a two-time Masters winner himself, won the PGA Championship earlier this season. His Claret Jug marks his fourth career major championship and he got to that mark from his first in the exact same length of time as Tiger.
Quite simply… this is absolutely insane. You cannot even begin to lay out odds for how this could ever happen. Winning four majors in 1,197 days in and of itself is an insane accomplishment, but Scottie doing it like this and mirroring Tiger will only add to the lore.
How long until Scottie’s next? Next year’s Masters? The U.S. Open for the CGS?
Anything is possible for Scheffler.
