Scottie Scheffler earned one other comparability with Tiger Woods on Monday when he joined him as the one gamers to win PGA Tour participant of the 12 months not less than 4 occasions in a row.
Scheffler made a straightforward case to choose up one other Jack Nicklaus Award – his tour-leading six victories had been twice as many as anybody else and included two majors, the PGA Championship and the British Open, to depart him on the cusp of a profession Grand Slam.
He grew to become the primary participant since Woods in 2000 to guide the PGA Tour with the bottom scoring common in every of the 4 rounds and had 15 consecutive tournaments within the prime 10 to finish his outstanding season.
“Overall the thing that I’m most proud of when I look at the last couple years is just consistency,” Scheffler stated.
“It is not very straightforward to simply present up and end within the prime 10 every week.
“That’s something that’s very difficult to do and something I’m very proud of, bringing the intensity that I need to in these tournaments and being prepared as I need to in order to perform well week in and week out.”
Scheffler was on the poll with Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood and Ben Griffin. The award is a vote of the gamers, although the PGA Tour didn’t launch what proportion of the votes Scheffler obtained or what number of gamers voted.
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Woods is an 11-time winner of the award and gained 5 straight occasions from 1999 by means of 2003.
McIlroy had an enormous 12 months in his personal proper, nothing grander than his playoff victory within the Masters for the ultimate leg of the profession Grand Slam and a inexperienced jacket he had been pursuing for 15 years. He additionally added titles at Pebble Seashore and The Gamers Championship.
Scheffler, nonetheless, has been placing on a masterclass of consistency since breaking by means of along with his first PGA Tour title in 2022.
Together with 19 victories in his final 80 occasions on the PGA Tour – not together with his Olympic gold medal final 12 months in Paris – Scheffler has completed among the many prime three in simply over 46 per cent of his PGA Tour begins.
This season alone, Scheffler led the PGA Tour in 17 statistical classes, starting from his accuracy from tee-to-green, how usually he adopted a bogey with a birdie or higher (36 per cent) and official earnings, which this 12 months topped $27m.
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And he successfully gave McIlroy and everybody else a head begin. Scheffler sliced his proper hand throughout Christmas final 12 months whereas utilizing a wine glass to chop ravioli.
He missed practically two months and did not actually discover his groove till per week earlier than The Masters when he was runner-up in Houston.
That started an astonishing stretch during which Scheffler did not end worse than a tie for eighth the remainder of the 12 months. He performed his ultimate six PGA Tour occasions and not using a spherical over par, and he had a stretch of 21 consecutive rounds within the 60s.
He additionally gained his hometown CJ Cup Byron Nelson within the Dallas space by matching the PGA Tour document for 72 holes at 253, an eight-shot victory.
Neither of his two main titles had been significantly shut. He gained the PGA Championship at Quail Hole by 5 pictures and the British Open at Royal Portrush by 4 pictures.
In all 4 of his majors – he additionally gained The Masters in 2022 and 2024 – he has had not less than a four-shot lead going to the ultimate gap.
“I’m not really picky, if I’m holding the trophy at the end, it doesn’t really matter,” Scheffler stated with amusing.
Aldrich Potgieter was voted PGA Tour rookie of the 12 months. He was amongst 5 rookies who gained this 12 months, however the South African was the one participant to win a match that provided full FedEx Cup factors and qualify for the postseason.
