Scottie Scheffler is on perhaps the most dominant run for any men’s professional golfer since Tiger Woods was at the peak of his powers. At the 2024 RBC Heritage, which he won by three shots over Sahith Theegala, Scheffler became the first golfer since Woods in 2007-08 to win four tournaments across five starts.
Not only does Scheffler hold those four victories, they came on some of the most difficult tests across the PGA Tour schedule. And as for the one tournament he did not win? Scheffler still finished T2 at the Houston Open.
There are so many ways to present greatness, especially when it is this obvious and dominant. Scheffler himself said early last week in Hilton Head, South Carolina — shortly after his Masters victory — that sport (specifically golf) is about trying to find something special.
“What’s great about our sport is the competition,” he said. “That’s what I love the most is coming out here and competing. So, if a little bit of the narrative could get shifted back towards that, I think that would be really nice. You look at something like March Madness and they’re not competing for any money or anything like that.
“You can look at the women’s game. The women in college now,…
