Two-time PGA Tour winner makes a statement about Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy he admits sounds ‘crazy’

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While it was Tommy Fleetwood who clinched the FedEx Cup at the Tour Championship, you would do well to find a single person who believes that anyone has had a better season than Scottie Scheffler in 2025.

Scottie Scheffler is getting closer and closer to writing his name in the golfing pantheon of all-time greats. He added two major titles to his résumé in 2025, with his victory at The Open Championship proving to be particularly emphatic.

Scheffler is currently on a run of finishing in the top eight in his last 14 starts. That includes five victories, while his worst week in the FedEx Cup playoffs saw him end up tied for fourth at the Tour Championship.

Brandel Chamblee said Scheffler was the most complete player East Lake had ever seen. With that, it is almost impossible to stop people wondering just where the 29-year-old will rank among the greatest the game has ever seen by the time his career concludes.

The claim about Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy which sounds crazy

Scheffler went into the 2022 season awaiting his first PGA Tour win. But he has gone on to enjoy 21 victories worldwide since then.

Mackenzie Hughes is one of those who has been able to watch Scheffler up close over the last few years. And speaking on 5 Clubs, the Canadian suggested that the gulf between Scheffler and Rory McIlroy says absolutely everything about how good the world number one really is.

“I think that obviously there’s been tons of talk and tons of praise heaped on, but I actually don’t know if it’s even enough. I don’t even know if people could truly appreciate what he’s doing enough. The sustained level of high level golf for such a long period of time – it’d be different if you’re like ‘he had a good 10 months and he ran the tables and played great and then he kind of had same dips and whatever’ – but he just doesn’t have any dips. If he dips, he finishes eighth. And you’re like, ‘wow, well he looked awful this week’. But his bad is someone else’s great,” he said.

“He’s so far and away better than the next player, and that next player is Rory McIlroy. It’s crazy to say he’s so much better than Rory, but he is. And you look at the world rankings and they reflect that. And Rory would admit that too. Rory on any given week is as good, but over time, and that sustained excellence, that’s where Scottie separates. Every single week, he’s there. I watched the BMW and my impressions were like I’m surprised he doesn’t win more. He’s won five times this year, he won nine times last year. He plays so well and so consistently and hits so many good shots that it just seems that he should win every single week. He almost does.

“It’s incredible. It’s really cool that I’m playing in an era where I played on the back end of Tiger playing some good golf still, and I played with him, and now I’m playing with Scottie and I’ve been out there with him on the golf course.

“In 20, 30 years, we’ll talk about him as one of the best players that ever played the game, I’m almost certain of that. He’s already getting to that point. He’s on a generational run right now and I don’t see it slowing down anytime soon.”

How much Tiger Woods had achieved before turning 30 as Scottie Scheffler closes in on milestone birthday

It is fascinating to look at how both Tiger Woods and Scottie Scheffler started their careers.

It is not exactly fair to compare the number of wins they had before their 30th birthdays. Scheffler does not actually turn 30 until next June. Meanwhile, Woods was a major champion at the age of 21, while Scheffler turned 25 in the year in which he played all four majors in one season for the first time.

Woods had won 46 times on the PGA Tour before his 30th birthday. He also won 10 majors.

Scheffler currently has 18 PGA Tour victories, as well as four majors. And you would not be surprised to see him add to those tallies before he does actually turn 30.

Obviously, most of Woods’ success came before he had turned 33. So there is plenty of time for Scheffler to close that gap if he can stave off injuries as he gets older.

But right now, it is hard to see what else could possibly stop him.