With 2025’s major championship season now in the rearview mirror, it is almost impossible not to speculate on the numbers Scottie Scheffler could get to during his career following his dominant victory at The Open Championship.
Scottie Scheffler is now a four-time major champion. And the manner in which he has gotten across the line in each of those four wins has been unbelievably impressive.
It looks inevitable that Scheffler will win the US Open at some stage and complete the Career Grand Slam. Meanwhile, the question appears to be whether the world number one will reach double figures for major wins.
Like Rory McIlroy, Scheffler has taken 25 major starts to win his first four majors. And as things stand, it is difficult to see who could stop him.
The decision Scottie Scheffler made which has altered golf’s history
Every part of Scheffler’s game appears to be world-class now. And that is not something which has always been the case for the 29-year-old.
Scheffler was 77th for strokes gained putting on the PGA Tour in 2024. But it was remarkable just how clinical he was on the greens at The Open Championship. Whenever he had a putt around 10 feet which appeared to be important for the tournament, he seemed to be able to pick the ball out of the hole moments later.
Since switching to a mallet, Scheffler’s putting has become incredibly good. And speaking on Dan on Golf, Dan Rapaport argued that the change may go down as one of the crucial moments in Scheffler’s career.
“Phil Kenyon created a monster. Phil Kenyon is obviously the putting guru who works with a number of the world’s top players and most pertinent to this conversation, Scottie Scheffler. Maybe it was Rory with the suggestion of a mallet, but whatever caused this putting transformation – and this is going to sound dramatic – it altered the course of our sport’s history,” he said.
“So we rewind just 17 months to February of 2024, I distinctly remember having a bunch of conversations on Fore Play when I was with Barstool at the time, about what could Scottie do if he could just putt? And we didn’t mean putt well, just putt average, how many tournaments would he win? Well, he’s putting better than average now. And it’s taken him to an entirely new level.”
Scottie Scheffler’s frightening strokes gained numbers on the PGA Tour in 2025
Scheffler is currently 21st for strokes gained putting on the PGA Tour in 2025. That is obviously a huge jump from where he was the previous year – when he still managed to win nine times worldwide.
Of the players still ahead of him, only Justin Thomas and Rory McIlroy have won on the PGA Tour this year. That shows that putting well only gets a player so far.
But when you combine that with the fact that Scheffler is first for strokes gained off the tee and approaching the green, and it becomes difficult to know how anyone will be able to get the better of him over an extended period.
And the next major just happens to take place on a golf course Scheffler has previously won at twice.
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