Scottie Scheffler is the most dominant figure the game of golf has seen since Tiger Woods was in his prime 20-odd years ago.
Scheffler has won 20 PGA Tour tournaments including four major championships, with all of those coming over the last four years.
The 29-year-old is, of course, a long way off even getting close to Tiger Woods‘ numbers, with the 50-year-old having won 82 PGA Tour events including 15 majors.
However, serious comparisons are now starting to be made between Scheffler and Woods.
How many times do you think Scottie Scheffler will win in 2026?
Over or under 4.5…
It’s little wonder as to why either.
Scheffler’s 2025 season on the PGA Tour was actually close to Tiger’s best year in 2000, numbers-wise.
The man from Dallas, Texas, led the PGA Tour scoring average in rounds one, two, three and four. The only player to do that since records began was Woods in 2000.
Scottie Scheffler and Tiger Woods comparisons are not premature
Tiger won nine times during the 2000 season including three major championships, while Scottie racked up six victories with two majors to his name.
They both recorded top-25 finishes in every single event they played during the 2000 and 2025 seasons, and both racked up 17 top-10 finishes.
Scheffler’s overall scoring average (67.99) was actually slightly better than Woods’ (68.17).
It’s also worth noting that after his victory at the American Express on Sunday, Scheffler became only the third player in history alongside Woods and Jack Nicklaus to win at least 20 times on the PGA Tour – including four majors – before turning 30.
Scheffler is matching records set by the very best golfers in the game.
And he is doing it in a way without mimicking the razzmatazz displayed by Woods during his pomp.
However, the Dallas native does possess the same fear factor as the man who many say is the greatest of all time.
Scheffler won the American Express championship at a canter on Sunday.
He began the final round in La Quinta tied for second alongside Blades Brown on 21-under-par, one shot adrift of the leader, Si Woo Kim.
Proof that Scottie Scheffler has the same fear factor as Tiger Woods
The final round was played on the Pete Dye Stadium Course – a layout that caused numerous players real problems throughout the week.
However, Scheffler cruised round in six-under-par 66 to win the tournament by four strokes, despite making a double bogey on the 17th hole, when he had, for all intents and purposes, already wrapped up the trophy.
Shooting 66 on Championship Sunday is some going, but his score was made to look even better by his playing partners.
How many shots would Scottie Scheffler beat Tiger Woods by in an 18-hole stroke play match?
In fact, Brown and Si Woo posted the worst two scores from the top 37 players in the field on the final day. That cannot be a coincidence.
Did playing alongside Scheffler unsettle the duo and put more pressure on their shoulders? There is every chance that was the case.
That is exactly what happened to players who were paired alongside Woods during his prime. Many would fold due to the fear factor caused by Tiger’s brilliance and aura that he naturally carried with him.
While Scheffler may not be an intimidating character like Woods was out on the golf course, and certainly not as boisterous in nature, he definitely wears out his opponents with his relentless consistency.
This forces them into getting too aggressive and making mistakes that they wouldn’t otherwise make.
Scheffler possesses a different kind of fear factor to Woods but there is no doubt he is equally intimidating to play alongside, as Sunday’s final round in the desert proved.
