Peter Finch suggests how long Scottie Scheffler now needs to dominate to ‘even sniff’ Tiger Woods’ records

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Golf YouTuber Peter Finch has suggested how long Scottie Scheffler needs to be playing at his current level before he starts to edge closer to the legacy Tiger Woods has.

There is absolutely no question at all where Scottie Scheffler ranks amongst the world’s best right now. Scheffler went into The Masters having won both The Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill and The Players Championship.

Of course, he became the first player to retain the title at Sawgrass.

So it should have come as absolutely no surprise when Scheffler won his second green jacket in relatively simple fashion last week.

A number of names led the way at various stages throughout the week at Augusta National. However, Scheffler seized the initiative, and he made it look fairly simple in the end. The 27-year-old ultimately finished four shots clear of Ludvig Aberg in Georgia.

Scottie Scheffler on course for yet another win this season

Scheffler is on course to win in back to back weeks as he now closes in on victory at the RBC Heritage, with the American making the turn three shots clear of Patrick Rodgers.

The highlight of Scheffler’s front nine came on the third hole. After going long with his second shot into the par five, Scheffler appeared to have a tricky chip ahead as he looked to get up and down for birdie.

Or, at least we thought he was looking to get up and down.

Scheffler clipped the ball perfectly, and it ended up hitting right into the middle of the cup for eagle.

Following that shot, Peter Finch suggested on X that Scheffler has the potential to put himself up there with the greats of the game on his current trajectory…

Too soon to accurately predict what level American could reach

It does feel too soon to say whether Scheffler is going to prove to be one of the greats.

He is definitely world-class. And he is the best around right now – by some distance. However, some of his peers have failed to capitalise on periods of dominance in the past.

Imagine being told in 2017 that neither Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy would win another major heading into 2024.

The way Scheffler seems so assured in his game suggests that this may be different.

But Finch is definitely right to insist that he has plenty more to prove before he establishes himself as an all-timer.