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Scottie Scheffler is in your own class.
The world number 1 golfer is the great favorite to win the US Open this weekend. In fact, it is the lowest chances of anyone in a specialty from Tiger Woods in the PGA 2009 Championship (it is still the only time Woods lost an advantage of 54 holes in a specialty).
Scheffler is the only other player to be the number 1 player in the world for more than 100 consecutive weeks. Of course, Woods has the last two longest sections of 281 and 264, so Scheffler has a long way to go.
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Scottie Scheffler celebrates winning the Golf Tournament of the Tour Championship. (John David Mercer-USA Today Sports)
But if someone in the golf game is going to make comparisons with the 15 times older winner among professional golfers, it is Scheffler.
“Everyone is looking at Scottie at this time and how consistent it is. When he does not win, he is among the top five. That is very difficult to do,” said Jason Day, a former number 1 in the world, in a recent interview with Pak Gazette Digital.
Scheffler had one of the best seasons in the history of PGA last year with eight wins, including the masters and the Olympic Games, winning a record of all time of $ 54 million in prizes, if 2024 Scottie Scheffler was his own player, they would be the largest professional profits in history, and it is already in second place, behind the forests.
He has followed it with three victories this year, including his third specialty in the PGA Championship. In 12 events played, he has nine top 10 and has not yet finished outside the Top 20.
Day said Woods “was a different beast.” But we are “potentially,” “see someone to become the next tiger.”
Tiger Woods won the masters in April 2019. (Photo AP/David J. Phillip, Archive)
The former world does not recreate Oakmont’s conditions at home, since he looks for the first great victory in almost a decade
“I know how Tiger was dominant on the day I started playing, so I’m not going to say anything in terms of how far Scottie has to go and what he has to do in his career, but we are beginning to see Scottie forming in a potential greatness and one of the best of all time,” said Day. “Let us sit and see it, he is great. And the priorities change. You have children, other commercial interests, injuries, many things can happen in your life. But it seems that it is very balanced since when it is in and outside the course. He is a competitive guy, he loves to compete, and you can see it when he plays golf.”
In a moment, it seemed that Day would do what Scheffler is doing now. In a moment, he was.
In 17 events from July 26, 2015 to May 15 of the following year, Day won seven of those, including its lonely specialization in the PGA Championship. He won four of his last seven openings of the 2015 season and won three of his first 10.
Since then, the injuries have affected the day, which currently occupies position 39 and has only two victories since 2016. He has recently found some better finals in the midst of their injuries. Look at Scheffler and get jealous?
“The easy answer is that you can’t be jealous because you’re not in that position,” he said. “If you put yourself in that position where you can win all the time, then it is easy to get there. But I was talking to Tiger once, talking about entering the top 50, and he says: ‘I have an idea for you. He plays better.’ You can be jealous if you are seeing someone else to succeed if you are not working at work.
Scottie Scheffler reaches a t -shirt blow at Hole 11 before the PGA championship in Quail Hollow Country Club on May 14, 2025 in Charlotte, NC (Andrew Redington/Getty images)
The day will be in Oakmont this weekend, with the aim of finishing that great 10 -year -old drought. He attended his home to Oakmont’s viral conditions, but he also feels quite well.
“Being the number 1 in the world, I knew how difficult it was to get there, the work, the effort and the distractions that came with him. It is difficult to sit there and say that the injuries have taken me out of an impulse, but a career is very long. I am trying to make these recent injuries behind me, and if I can have some healthy years and hit the hard ball, focus on what I need to do, hopefully, I will do it to myself. The best of the best. ” “
