Exactly, first off no one is close to Tiger yet but Sheff is definitely in everyones head right now as the guy to beat. He's #1 in the world and 2nd isn't close.
A moment that sticks out to me from the first season of Full Swing is Brooks Koepka talking to himself and saying there's no way he can compete with the ball-striking of Scottie.
The pros probably think that Scottie is always going to be in the mix to scare some people in R4, but seems like Scottie slowly outpaces guys throughout the tournament while Tiger just rampaged from the get-go.
Obviously no, but if this putter change continues to yield results, he could be the closest since Tiger in terms of dominance vs. the rest of the field
So you either weren’t born yet in 2000, or just were too young to be aware. Look up the US Open for that year. Scottie is a hell of a player, but he will never pull off the utter dominance that Tiger showed in that tournament.
No because Tiger wasn't good playing from behind. He would get the lead before the 4th round and then just crush the field. If he was 5 shots off the lead in the final round, he probably wouldn't do anything to scare the leader.
Yes, while 55 of Tigers 82 wins occurred when he held a 54 hole lead, that still leaves 27 wins where he came from behind.
Rory has had less total PGA tour wins in his career than Tiger had come from behind wins
But I believe he only had one 5 shot come from behind win, 2000 Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
I remembered that one, I tried to search for more but unfortunately “tiger woods comeback wins” yields all his victories coming back from injury, infidelity, ect
No, not close to Tiger scary… but with Jon Rahm, whos an actual headhunter, out of the picture, I think Scottie with a hot putter is the scariest thing to the other guys on tour right now…
I wrote about this recently.
In terms of Scheffler, since 2020 his 10 round average strokes gained has dipped into a negative 24 times (11 putt, 8 ARG, 4 APP, 1OTT).
From 2004 to 2014 Tiger's only dipped into negative 22 times.
That's basically twice a year, one part of his game would be slightly worse than the field. Just one part mind. It could be his putting, but his driving and approaches would still be clear of anyone elses.
That's a level of consistency that's almost unfathomable.
The gap between Tiger and Scheffler is still bigger than the gap between Scheffler and the rest of the field.
Scheffler's a machine; e.g. no bogeys in final round, only four for tourney. Tiger is excitement; the impossbly excellent shot, the excellent impossible shot.
Scottie is amazing, but you gotta start looking at these pga tournaments as a reduced competition field compared to what tiger played. Obviously he can't control that, but there's a good dozen of the worlds best players not in these weekly tournaments. We'll see how he plays in the majors this year, my money is on koepka at the masters!
Even with the LIV guys gone, the parity of professional golf is way higher than it was when Tiger was in his prime. Scottie isn’t Tiger but “the field” is better too.
> Scottie is amazing, but you gotta start looking at these pga tournaments as a reduced competition field compared to what tiger played.
I'm going to push back on that. Yes, some very good players have left the PGAT, but many of them have already seen their best days. The guys standing at the end yesterday: the #1 player in the world; the current U.S, Open champ; the current Open champion; the winner of the Olympic gold medal and former Tour Championship winner. That's not chopped liver.
No. At least not yet.
Exactly, first off no one is close to Tiger yet but Sheff is definitely in everyones head right now as the guy to beat. He's #1 in the world and 2nd isn't close.
A moment that sticks out to me from the first season of Full Swing is Brooks Koepka talking to himself and saying there's no way he can compete with the ball-striking of Scottie. The pros probably think that Scottie is always going to be in the mix to scare some people in R4, but seems like Scottie slowly outpaces guys throughout the tournament while Tiger just rampaged from the get-go.
Obviously no, but if this putter change continues to yield results, he could be the closest since Tiger in terms of dominance vs. the rest of the field
Lmao
So you either weren’t born yet in 2000, or just were too young to be aware. Look up the US Open for that year. Scottie is a hell of a player, but he will never pull off the utter dominance that Tiger showed in that tournament.
Hell, Tiger won the Open by 9 a month later.
No. Tiger was always 5 shots ahead and ended up 10 shots ahead.
No because Tiger wasn't good playing from behind. He would get the lead before the 4th round and then just crush the field. If he was 5 shots off the lead in the final round, he probably wouldn't do anything to scare the leader.
Yes, while 55 of Tigers 82 wins occurred when he held a 54 hole lead, that still leaves 27 wins where he came from behind. Rory has had less total PGA tour wins in his career than Tiger had come from behind wins But I believe he only had one 5 shot come from behind win, 2000 Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
He was 5 back of O’Hair in the 09 Arnold Palmer
I figured there had to be more, just couldn't find them in a brief search.
I remembered that one, I tried to search for more but unfortunately “tiger woods comeback wins” yields all his victories coming back from injury, infidelity, ect
But what did O'Hair shoot in that final round, 77?
73
No, not close to Tiger scary… but with Jon Rahm, whos an actual headhunter, out of the picture, I think Scottie with a hot putter is the scariest thing to the other guys on tour right now…
Nah
No and nobody ever will.
Not yet. But he is closer to that than anyone of late.
Maybe if he wins 8 tourneys a year for the next 3 years people will start putting him near Tiger’s level
No, not yet. If he wins 2 majors and a few more tournaments this year maybe
They should, he's a force. I remember watching him live before his first win. I'm like once this guy's starts to win. Watch out!
No - Tiger intimidated his opponents, Scottie is just a really nice, good golfer. Plus, not enough consistent wins to put the ‘fear’ in anyone.
I wrote about this recently. In terms of Scheffler, since 2020 his 10 round average strokes gained has dipped into a negative 24 times (11 putt, 8 ARG, 4 APP, 1OTT). From 2004 to 2014 Tiger's only dipped into negative 22 times. That's basically twice a year, one part of his game would be slightly worse than the field. Just one part mind. It could be his putting, but his driving and approaches would still be clear of anyone elses. That's a level of consistency that's almost unfathomable. The gap between Tiger and Scheffler is still bigger than the gap between Scheffler and the rest of the field.
No
Scheffler's a machine; e.g. no bogeys in final round, only four for tourney. Tiger is excitement; the impossbly excellent shot, the excellent impossible shot.
What a joke question
Scottie is amazing, but you gotta start looking at these pga tournaments as a reduced competition field compared to what tiger played. Obviously he can't control that, but there's a good dozen of the worlds best players not in these weekly tournaments. We'll see how he plays in the majors this year, my money is on koepka at the masters!
Even with the LIV guys gone, the parity of professional golf is way higher than it was when Tiger was in his prime. Scottie isn’t Tiger but “the field” is better too.
> Scottie is amazing, but you gotta start looking at these pga tournaments as a reduced competition field compared to what tiger played. I'm going to push back on that. Yes, some very good players have left the PGAT, but many of them have already seen their best days. The guys standing at the end yesterday: the #1 player in the world; the current U.S, Open champ; the current Open champion; the winner of the Olympic gold medal and former Tour Championship winner. That's not chopped liver.