Scottie Scheffler calls Tiger Woods comparisons 'silly'
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Despite Scottie Scheffler’s dominant PGA season and his recent The Open championship win, he made it clear that Woods remains in a class of his own. “I still think they're a bit silly,” Scheffler told reporters of the G.O.A.T. debates (h/t Normal Sport's Kyler Porter ). “I think Tiger stands alone in the game of golf.”
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Scheffler has taken the exact number of days as Woods between their first and fourth major championships (1,197), prompting discussion over The Open champion’s similar trajectory to the top of the gam
Scottie Scheffler is not Tiger Woods because nobody will ever be Tiger Woods. Tiger was dominant at a level that the world of professional golf, the world of professional sports, will never see again. We are reaching a point though where the comparisons aren’t exactly silly, though.
Scottie Scheffler began the week pondering the meaning of life and ended it both as the Open champion at Royal Portrush and clearly the best golfer since the great Tiger Woods.
The top-ranked golfer cruised to another dominant outing to claim the British Open. Scheffler, who entered the day with a massive four-shot lead, pushed it to seven at one point en route to his four-shot victory at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. Nobody even came close to catching him.
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The Mirror US on MSNRory McIlroy shows true colors with immediate reaction to Scottie Scheffler's Open winDespite missing out on winning The Open Championship at Royal Portrush this week, Rory McIlroy showed his class when hailing the brilliance of champion, Scottie Scheffler
Dominant world number one Scottie Scheffler takes a four-shot lead into the final round of the British Open on Sunday, leaving local hero Rory McIlroy praying for a miracle.Victory would see him become only the second player after Tiger Woods to win the British Open while ranked world number one.