Scottie Scheffler is so far ahead of his rivals right now but in order to remain ahead of the curve, he has to keep on top of his main weakness.
Incredibly, Scheffler has won 19 PGA Tour events, including four major Championships, since February 2022.
The 29-year-old world number one has recorded 13 PGA Tour victories over the past 21 months and has won an Olympic Gold medal during that time as well!
Scheffler’s crowning glory came when he won The Open at Royal Portrush back in July.
Interestingly, Scheffler raised some eyebrows before The Open Championship even began by suggesting that he doesn’t gain genuine satisfaction from winning golf tournaments.
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Perhaps that attitude is what makes him so good, though. Scheffler is obviously incredibly talented and obsessed with winning golf tournaments while he’s playing in them.
However, winning is not the be all and end all for him. His family life is the most important thing to him, by quite some distance.
That’s not to say that he isn’t ultra competitive. In fact, competing is what gets the man from Dallas, Texas, out of bed in the morning.
There is actually a train of thought that Scheffler wants to win too much at times…
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Scheffler finished in a tie for fourth at the Hero World Challenge earlier this month.
Despite a final round 68, Scheffler finished up two shots adrift of the eventual champion, Hideki Matsuyama.
On face value, a tie for fourth was a respectable result and putting things into context, it was his 16th consecutive top eight finish.
However, the world number one has to be wary of allowing one very big problem to creep back into his game.
Scheffler cut an extremely frustrated figure out on the golf course in the Bahamas.
His temper flared up towards the end of round three, despite shooting a round of seven-under 65.
He cursed multiple times and was visibly beside himself with anger after narrowly missing putts late on in his round and after finding his ball finish up in less than perfect lies on the fairways.
We saw Scheffler’s temperament get the better of him on multiple occasions during the 2025 PGA Tour season as well, notably at The Genesis Scottish Open and the Tour Championship.
The 29-year-old’s frustrations are often borne out of misreading putts. Sometimes he simply cannot accept it when he gets a taste of being a mere mortal like the rest of us.
Scheffler has to ensure that he maintains his usual cool and composed demeanour on the golf course in 2026 and beyond.
It’s clear to see that when the 19-time PGA Tour winner allows his infamous fiery temper to get the better of him, he doesn’t perform as well as he usually does.
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Brad Dalke, who played against Scheffler during their junior days, recently shared how Scheffler’s attitude on the course used to be terrible.
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He said: “That’s one thing that I don’t think the fans know about him, general golf fans. During the tournaments he has such a good demeanor now that he almost seems boring in a way just because, for the most part, he acts very good out there and just keeps going on with his mission.
“But a lot of people don’t realize, he used to have a terrible attitude in junior golf. Awful. And he used to be really, really bad. It hindered him a lot. It would make him fall apart and play very badly. He might start a round pretty well and have one bad hole and all of a sudden, he falls apart.
“And that’s the biggest key, because he’s always had the talent, but I think him finding a way to handle his emotions a lot better and really just stay a lot more even keel throughout the round – which I think Ted does a great job on helping him with that too – but I think that’s really what made him go from a really good player to making a Tiger-esque run.”
Scheffler has obviously put a lot of work into managing his anger out on the golf course since he joined the PGA Tour.
However, there are times when he’s quite obviously powerless when it comes to preventing his anger from boiling over.
If Scheffler is to continue dominating like he has done over the past few years, he will need to ensure that he keeps his temper in check in the future.
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