Whatever happens during the remainder of Scottie Scheffler’s career, what he achieved in 2024 is likely to be talked about for years to come, with the world number one winning eight times worldwide.
Scottie Scheffler showed his ruthless side on the back nine on Sunday at The Tour Championship to secure his first FedEx Cup title. The 28-year-old was five under par for the final 10 holes at East Lake as he made sure to slam the door on Collin Morikawa.
It feels as though Scheffler is setting records almost every time he puts a tee in the ground. It is hard to imagine that anyone is going to be more dominant in the signature events than he has been this season, with victories coming at Bay Hill, the RBC Heritage, The Memorial and The Travelers Championship. And of course, he also won The Players, The Masters and an Olympic gold medal.
The challenge for his rivals during the off-season on the PGA Tour is to try and close that gap to Scheffler, but that is not going to be easy.
Rich Beem makes ominous Scottie Scheffler prediction
That is particularly the case as Rich Beem has now told Sky Sports (broadcast on 1/9) that he believes that Scheffler still has the potential to go to another level.
“I think so, I really do. I think he still has better in the tank, which is a little bit strange to say, but I really do. It’s crazy because with Tiger we are like he’s already as good as he is going to be but no, he kept getting better and better and better,” he said.
“I just think that Scottie he is literally that type of player right now that he could rule of the game of golf for many, many years.”
The one question Scheffler still needs to answer after amazing 2024
Scheffler achieved something in 2024 that Tiger Woods never actually managed, with his six wins before the end of June making Scheffler the first player since Arnold Palmer in 1962 to reach that feat.
Of course, he has a long, long way to go before he gets close to putting himself alongside Woods, but it says a lot that he is achieving things missing from Woods’ resume.
If Scheffler’s 2024 is a sign of what is to come, then there is absolutely no doubt that he will be one of the very best of all-time, particularly when there is so much quality in the current game.
But the one remaining question Scheffler has to face is whether he can sustain this kind of form over a much longer period of time, as he is the man everyone will want to beat in 2025. It is surely going to be nearly impossible for Scheffler to have a better year at the first opportunity.
However, Beem clearly thinks that Scheffler has the potential to make the nearly impossible happen.
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