PGA Tour winner admits he cannot comprehend one stat about Scottie Scheffler over 2025

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Nick Taylor and Scottie Scheffler have seven victories between them on the PGA Tour in 2025.

It already seems like a lifetime ago that Nick Taylor managed to win the Sony Open in Hawaii back in January.

At that time, Scottie Scheffler was sidelined with a hand injury sustained at home over Christmas. And it is easy to forget that the world number one did not immediately hit the ground running upon his return.

It is easy to forget because Scheffler went on to win six times once he got back up to speed.

Nick Taylor left stunned by Scottie Scheffler statistic

That run of wins included victories at the PGA Championship and The Open Championship. The 29-year-old is now just a US Open triumph away from completing the Career Grand Slam.

There does not appear to be an obvious weakness in Scheffler’s game. But there is no question that he is particularly ruthless from tee to green.

Scheffler was second on the PGA Tour for strokes gained off the tee in 2025. He is, however, only just inside the top 50 for driving distance.

It seems, therefore, that the secret to his success is the fact that Scheffler has a pretty good idea of where his ball is likely to go off the tee.

At the very least, he knows where it will almost certainly not go.

Speaking on the Fore Play Podcast about his own work to start fading the ball, Taylor explained how stunned he was to see just how good Scheffler was at eliminating one side of the golf course.

“I haven’t attempted to draw it off the tee for years. But I was a drawer of the ball until 2015 essentially,” he said.

“Honestly, part of it was equipment. The equipment has become so much low spin that I couldn’t get enough spin with draws off the tee. It would just be knuckling, and then that brought in the right because I was trying to get enough spin on it. And that just led to a lot of issues because I just couldn’t get the ball in the air.

“It took some time. The sight lines changed for me so much. My head has always been a little bit turned to the right, so I saw the draw so much easier. So to set up for a fade and aim 50 yards left and trust it’s going to come back took a bit of time. I knew going into it that my dispersion was just going to be better.

“It’s not that I don’t miss it left, but I have that confidence it’s going to fade for the most part. I might miss in the left rough here and there, but it’s coming back. And then, if it’s over-cuts, that’s the miss that you desire.

“I was blown away this year. It was Scottie at the PGA, they showed a stat, he is the lowest percentage in the right rough of anybody on tour and he strictly fades the ball. But his ball always fades. He might have a random double-cross here and there. He’s always fading it, but he’s missing it right less than anybody else. I almost still can’t comprehend that.”

Scottie Scheffler’s driving statistics on the PGA Tour in 2025

What is interesting is that Scheffler is not the most accurate driver either. He is actually outside the top 50 for fairways hit this season.

But being able to take out one side of the course is clearly a huge positive. Scheffler can be extremely confident that if his ball fades too much, he is still more than likely going to be in the fairway.

Scheffler has turned playing to his strengths into an art form in the last few years.

And a number of his peers would be wise getting to work on trying to take out one side of the course ahead of the 2026 season.