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After being named PGA Tour Player of the Year for an unprecedented fourth consecutive time, Scottie Scheffler is once again being compared to golf legend Tiger Woods.
The feat ties him with Woods as the only players in history to win the prestigious Jack Nicklaus Award at least four consecutive times.
Scheffler’s impressive season made a compelling case for accolades. He had six wins on tour, twice as many as any other player, including two major championships: the PGA Championship and the British Open.
These wins take him very close to completing the career Grand Slam.
Additionally, he became the first player since Woods in 2000 to lead the PGA Tour with the lowest scoring average over all four rounds.
The award, determined by a vote among players, saw Scheffler emerge victorious over fellow nominees Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood and Ben Griffin.
While the PGA Tour did not disclose the percentage of votes received or the total number of players participating, Scheffler’s statistical supremacy was undisputed.
This season alone, he topped 17 statistical categories, ranging from tee-to-green accuracy to his impressive 36 percent rate of following bogey with birdie or better, while racking up more than $27 million in official earnings.
His remarkable consistency since his first PGA Tour title in 2022 includes an Olympic gold medal in Paris last year as well as 19 wins in his last 80 events.
Scheffler has finished in the top three in just over 46 percent of his PGA Tour starts.
Despite a challenging start to the year, in which he missed nearly two months after cutting his right hand while cutting ravioli from a wine glass, Scheffler’s resilience shone through.
He regained his rhythm just before the Masters, finishing runner-up in Houston, beginning a surprising run where he never placed worse than a tie for eighth for the rest of the season.
This included playing without a single round over par in his final six PGA Tour events and playing 21 consecutive rounds in the 60s.
His eight-shot victory at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson in Dallas, equaling the PGA Tour record of 253 for 72 holes, further underlined his dominance, as did his major wins by five shots at Quail Hollow and four shots at Royal Portrush.
While Rory McIlroy also enjoyed a significant year, scoring a playoff win at the Masters to complete his career Grand Slam and titles at Pebble Beach and The Players Championship, Scheffler’s overall performance proved unimpressive.
In other news, South Africa’s Aldrich Potgieter was named PGA Tour Rookie of the Year, distinguishing himself as the only first-year player to win a tournament offering full FedEx Cup points and qualify for the postseason.