Scottie Scheffler has one area he must improve in 2026 if he really wants to match Tiger Woods’ dominance

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Scottie Scheffler has produced a consistent level of truly magnificent golf which we haven’t seen since Tiger Woods’ heyday.

Scheffler is the current world number one and he has been for 125 consecutive weeks, 160 in total.

Woods holds the record for consecutive weeks spent at the top of the Official World Golf Ranking with 281 and has the most weeks in total at the top of the tree as well, with 683.

Scheffler has been compared to Woods after his dominance in 2024 and 2025, although the man from Dallas, Texas, has labeled those comparisons as ‘silly’.

The 29-year-old won seven PGA Tour titles including one major championship last season, and has racked up six this season, including two majors.

He also won an Olympic gold medal in 2024 as well as the last two Hero World Challenges.

Scheffler now has 19 PGA Tour wins to his name, including four majors. Meanwhile, Woods racked up 82 wins, including 15 major championship trophies, so the current world number one still has a very long way to go before he can even talk about matching the great man.

Interestingly, Scheffler and Woods both have underwhelming Ryder Cup records.

That just goes to show how motivated the greatest players in the world are by individual success.

However, if Scheffler really wants to match Woods’ record, he needs to make one very big improvement moving forward.

Scottie Scheffler has one area he must improve if he is to match Tiger Woods

After his win at the Procore Championship last month, Scheffler joined Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer by becoming only the fourth player to win six or more times in back-to-back seasons.

His greatness is already indisputable but if he truly wants to reach an even higher level in the game, there is one area where he needs to get a lot better.

The strange thing is that there is no obvious reason as to why Scheffler’s very specific weakness is actually present in his game.

There is seemingly no fault with his technique, after all.

Scheffler finished first in strokes gained total, off the tee and approach to the green categories. He was ranked second in strokes gained scrambling and 20th in strokes gained putting.

However, there is one glaring weakness in his game – his bunker play.

He ranked 83rd on the PGA Tour in 2025 in the sand save percentage category.

Considering how good Scheffler’s short game is, his poor bunker play is a real anomaly, but one which he absolutely must address if he is to take his dominance to a whole new level.

The 29-year-old world number one has never been work shy, far from it in fact. He will be fully aware of his stats from the 2025 season on the PGA Tour and we all should expect him to come out firing on all cylinders in January with an all new and improved skillset out of the sand.

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Scheffler’s dominance over the past two years has been mightily impressive to witness, given the strength of the fields on the PGA Tour nowadays.

However, he still has a long way to go if he is to match Tiger’s numbers.

Woods’ numbers are clearly superior to Scheffler’s right now, but it will be really interesting to see what the 29-year-old has achieved by the time he has played 300 tournaments on the PGA Tour.

If he’s won 10 majors or more by then and has 50+ PGA Tour wins to his name, he will already have cemented his place in history as a golfing legend.

However, Scheffler will also be able to start looking at matching, or even breaking, the records set by Woods.

In order to get anywhere near the 49-year-old’s numbers, though, Scheffler must improve his bunker play as a matter of urgency.