Scottie Scheffler is on course to win his second major of the year at Royal Portrush and Sir Nick Faldo has been waxing lyrical about what the world number one could go on to do.
Scheffler is four clear of Haotong Li and six ahead of the likes of Harris English and Rory McIlroy.
With Li admitting he might have to accept Scheffler is going to win and he could be playing for second, all eyes are on the world number one and what score he will post.
Should Scheffler win, it will be a second major of 2025 and a fourth major overall. At just 29, that means Scheffler has ample time to add more to this resume and write his name in golf’s history books.
Of course, one man who knows a thing or two about winning The Open is Sir Nick Faldo. The Englishman won it three times, with another three major wins taking his total to six.
Faldo, then, is well placed to comment on Scheffler’s brilliance and speaking on live commentary yesterday, he highlighted just why Scheffler is so good.
Sir Nick Faldo says what makes Scottie Scheffler so great after seeing him at The Open
Over the last three years, we’ve seen Scottie Scheffler go from strength to strength and for him to be somehow better this year than he was in 2024 is a testament to his brilliance.
In a year we’ve seen Rory McIlroy win the grand slam, the question now is about, not if, Scheffler follows suit.
Indeed, according to Faldo, that grand slam is not far away.
“He has the potential to maybe go and do what Rory has just done. Do the Grand Slam and make it to seven in the next couple of years. He seems so comfortable. Unbelievably good mental strength, that is his great secret, apart from double or triple checking the grip,” Faldo said.
“Isn’t it amazing he is world number one and we would not recommend you copy his golf swing? How crazy is that. With the footwork and the rotation and not enough wrist set. You can knock his golf swing all day long and then you go by the way he is winning every other week.
“He has this amazing mental talent and once he feels in there and comfortable, and be able to delete what has just happened. He can hit a great shot and can get a rotten result which usually really winds you up but he has this great ability to within a couple of paces it’s done, couldn’t care less and move on again.
That is a very enviable strength that he has.”
The six golfers to have completed golf’s grand slam
It shows how hard winning all four majors is when you look through the history of golf and realise only six players have ever managed it.
McIlroy was number six this year, following on from Tiger Woods as the last man to do it.
Prior to that, you have to go all the way back to Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, while before that, you’re looking even further back at the great Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen.
To win all four majors is exceptionally difficult but if Scheffler gets the job done at The Open, he’s just a US Open away from getting it completed.
As we’ve seen with Phil Mickelson, winning the US Open can be tough but if anyone is capable of winning it in the next few years, then it’s Scottie Scheffler.
Receive exclusive golf news and updates twice a week to your mailbox
