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Scottie Scheffler is in her own class.
World # 1 golfer is the heavy favorite to win this weekend’s US Open. In fact, he has the lowest odds of someone in a major since Tiger Woods at the PGA championship in 2009 (that’s still the only time Woods lost a 54-hole lead in a major).
Scheffler is the only other player who is the No. 1-ranked player in the world for more than 100 consecutive weeks. Of course, Woods has the top two longest stretches of 281 and 264, so Scheffler has a long way to go.
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Scottie Scheffler celebrates winning the Tour Championship Golf Tournament. (John David Mercer -usa Today Sports)
But if someone in the golf game wants to draw comparisons with the 15-time big winner among pro-golf players, it’s Scheffler.
“Everyone is looking at Scottie right now and how consistent he is. When he doesn’t win, he’s in the top five. It’s very difficult to do,” said Jason Day, a former world # 1, in a recent interview with Pakinomist Digital.
Scheffler had one of the biggest seasons in the PGA story last year with eight wins, including Masters and the Olympics, making a record of $ 54 million in prize money, if 2024 Scottie Scheffler was his own player, it would be the 14th biggest career earning ever and he’s already in second place behind Woods.
He has followed up with three wins this year, including his third major in the PGA championship. In 12 played events he has nine top 10s and has not yet completed outside the top 20.
Day said Woods “was another beast.” But we are “potentially, with certainty” “to see someone build in the next tiger.”
Tiger Woods wins Masters in April 2019. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
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“I know how dominant Tiger was back in the day when I first started playing, so I won’t say anything about how far Scottie has to go and what to do in his career, but we’re starting to see Scottie forming herself into potential greatness and one of the best of all times,” said Day. “Let’s just sit back and see what he’s big. And priorities change. You have children, other business interests, injuries, a lot of things can happen in your life. But he looks like he’s very balanced from when he’s on and off the field. He’s a competitive guy he loves to compete and you can see it when playing golf.”
At one point it seemed that Day would do what Scheffler is doing now. At one point he was kind of.
In 17 events from July 26, 2015 to May 15, the following year, Day won seven of them, including his lonely major in the PGA championship. He won four of his last seven starts of the 2015 season and won three of his first 10.
Since then, injuries have taken a toll on the day that is currently ranked 39th and has only two wins since 2016. He has found his form recently with some better finish in the middle of grinding through his injuries. Does he look at Scheffler and become jealous?
“The easy answer is that you can’t be jealous because you are not in that position,” he said. “If you put yourself in the position where you can win all the time, it’s easy to place yourself there. But I talked to Tiger once and talked about getting in the top 50 and he goes, ‘I have an idea for you. Play better.’ You can be jealous if you see someone else succeed if you don’t put the work.
Scottie Scheffler hits a tee shot on the 11th hole before the PGA championship at the Quail Hollow Country Club on May 14, 2025 in Charlotte, NC (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
Day will be at Oakmont this weekend for the purpose of ending the 10-year-old big drought. He provided his home to the viral Oakmont conditions, but he is well.
“When I was No. 1 in the world, I knew how hard it was to get there, the work and effort and distractions that came with it. It’s hard to sit there and say that injuries have taken me out of some momentum, but a career is very long. I try to get these recent injuries behind me, and if I can have some healthy years and hit the ball, to challenge some of the best in the world. ”
