It took Scottie Scheffler four days to remind everyone just how good he is, as the world number one produced a stunning final round to win the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.
It is almost remarkable to think that Scottie Scheffler began the final round one shot behind Justin Thomas at the Hero World Challenge. Scheffler looked to be a class apart from the rest of the field at Albany as he left his challengers behind.
Ultimately, Scheffler would win by six as he posted the second best round all week on Sunday. Of course, it means that the 28-year-old has now won nine times worldwide in 2024.
It certainly is a season which sees Scheffler go some way to establishing himself as one of the game’s all-time greats.
Divided opinion as Scottie Scheffler’s 2024 is compared with a Tiger Woods season
But it does appear that some are – understandably – not entirely ready to put Scheffler alongside Tiger Woods at this stage of his career. Taking to X, Byeong Hun An insisted that Scheffler has had a season that Woods would have been very proud of…
It appears that some have taken An’s comments to mean that Scheffler has had as good a year as Woods did at his very best. Certainly, some fans were not impressed by An’s claims, with Woods’ former coach Hank Haney also getting involved…
An would go on to defend his comments, pointing out how people like to compare the two greatest players of all-time…
How Scheffler’s season compares with Woods’ better years
Ultimately, An is completely correct in suggesting that Scheffler has had a season which goes alongside some of Woods’ better years – even if using the word ‘best’ in his original post was perhaps not the smartest idea.
Woods was on another level in 2000 as he won nine times, with three major wins. He would also win eight times in 1999. But, like Scheffler this year, he won seven times on the PGA Tour in 2007 with one major. Meanwhile, he won five times in 2001 and 2002.
| Season | Tiger Woods’ PGA Tour wins (majors) |
| 1997 | 4 (1) |
| 1998 | 1 |
| 1999 | 8 (1) |
| 2000 | 9 (3) |
| 2001 | 5 (1) |
| 2002 | 5 (2) |
| 2003 | 5 |
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2005 | 6 (2) |
| 2006 | 8 (2) |
| 2007 | 7 (1) |
| 2008 | 4 (1) |
| 2009 | 6 |
Woods obviously has no modern rival when it comes to the majors. And it is frightening to think of the rate Scheffler will have to keep winning at the sport’s four biggest events to close in on Woods.
But An is spot on to essentially suggest that Scheffler’s 2024 would not at all look out of place on Woods’ resume.
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