Scottie Scheffler’s remarkable 2024 season will be remembered in PGA Tour history, with standout victories coming at The Masters, The Players Championship, and the Olympics.
Scheffler was certainly rewarded for his efforts. The world number one’s season earnings breached the $60m mark.
Clearly, the 28-year-old recorded several standout rounds throughout the year. The final rounds at Augusta and the Memorial Tournament immediately spring to mind.
Yet, Scheffler believes that what he produced during the Olympic golf event in Paris was quite special.
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Starting the day behind leader Tommy Fleetwood, Scheffler shot a nine-under 62 to win his first Olympic gold medal.
Speaking during this week’s Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas, Scheffler acknowledged his back nine performance at Le Golf National.
“So I would say, actually, it’s funny, I was talking to Rex about this today. We were talking about the Olympics, and I felt like the back nine at the Olympics was some of the best that I’ve played,” Scheffler said.
“Just in that moment being so far back, to be able to make the birdies I did when I needed to, I mean, I think I shot a back nine 29 to win the Olympic gold. That’s pretty cool.”
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Scheffler discussed his 2022 Masters win, highlighting his performance on Friday as one of his best-ever rounds.
He added: “I think looking back on my career, some of the most important nine holes, I had a really great nine holes two years ago at the Masters in 2022; I think it was Friday afternoon, I was just playing so well that — I was just playing really good and sometimes it seemed like things felt easy and smooth and simple. I was able to extend my lead there at the Masters.”
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During the 2024 Masters, Scheffler recorded his lowest-ever score at Augusta National, a 66 in the first round.
Furthermore, the 28-year-old also shot 59 at the 202O Northern Trust. Scheffler made 12 birdies and didn’t drop a shot at TPC Boston. He became the second youngest player ever to shoot 59 on the PGA Tour.
What Scottie Scheffler is looking to improve in 2025
Despite producing some of the best rounds seen since Tiger Woods’ heyday, Scheffler is still looking to work on his usually metronomic distance control.
“I just think continuing to improve and work on my distance control,” said Scheffler. “I think you can always be grinding and learn how to control your ball and hit different types of shots, improve areas around the green.”
The world number is also continuing to work with putting guru Phil Kenyon, who massively improved Scheffler’s putting during the 2024 season.
“Continue to work on the stuff we worked on with Phil [Kenyon] on my putting,” the 28-year-old added. “Most of the stuff we did this off-season was what we did over the last couple of years.”
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