The ‘impossible’ record Tiger Woods holds which Max Homa labelled the most amazing in any sport

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While Scottie Scheffler is undoubtedly incredibly special, it only takes a brief look into the numbers to see just how far he has got to go before his career is mentioned in the same conversation as Tiger Woods’.

While Jack Nicklaus is the player with the most majors, it is impossible to argue with anyone who believes that Tiger Woods is the greatest of all-time. Had it not been for injuries, Woods would have surely overtaken Nicklaus’ tally of 18 major wins.

While Scottie Scheffler‘s 2024 numbers are outrageous, there was controversy when it was suggested by Byeong Hun An that Scheffler’s season was comparable with Woods’ better years. It highlights just what it is going to take for anyone to put themselves in the same bracket as Woods.

Of course, the 15 majors is the headline number. But there is another statistic from the 49-year-old’s career which has been dubbed the ‘most amazing’ from any sport.

The Tiger Woods record Max Homa labelled the ‘most amazing’ in sport

Woods made 142 consecutive cuts on the PGA Tour between 1998 and 2005. He is 29 cuts ahead of Byron Nelson, while Xander Schauffele is the current player with the best streak – and he is on 56.

And speaking on the PGA Tour Originals’ Chasing Tiger video, Max Homa suggested that there has been no better achievement in any sport.

“It’s the most amazing record in sports. I know the hits record in baseball’s pretty remarkable, but I think you have to be out here for a year or two to realise how utterly impossible that would be,” he said.

“I don’t know how you can’t wake up one day on a Thursday and something hurts, or don’t feel good. It’s just a testament to how well rounded his game is because if something was off, he had five other things that were still the best in the world.”

The breakdown of Tiger Woods’ 142-event cut streak

It is hard to comprehend just how impressive Woods’ run was. But if Schauffele keeps playing 22 events a year, as he did in 2024, he would not be able to miss another cut for nearly four years if he wants to catch Woods. And that will include a range of signature events which do not even have a cut.

Some of Woods’ number from that streak make the run even scarier. He managed to win 36 times in that time, while his average position was inside the top 10 – over seven years.

Scheffler will probably be the first to tell you that he has done nowhere near enough to be put in the same category as Woods at this stage of his career.

In fact, it is probably because of how unbelievably well he did in 2024 that he has fully realised the scale of the challenge anyone has trying to reach the bar Woods set.