Over the last couple of years, it is no surprise that Scottie Scheffler has been drawing comparisons to Tiger Woods.
Whether people want to admit it or not, what he has been doing is the closest thing we have seen to peak Tiger, and the stats do not lie.
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After his Open Championship win in July, plenty of players on the PGA Tour started mentioning his name in the same breath as Tiger’s.
The 29-year-old world number one has now racked up 20 PGA Tour wins, including four majors.
This significantly trails Woods’ impressive count of 82 PGA Tour wins, including 15 majors.
Still, when you look at how quickly he has won them – all coming since February 2022 – he is on track to be right up there by age 41 if this run continues. And with a few more majors than the Hall of Famer as well.
The Dallas native currently boasts 18 consecutive top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour, a streak that surpasses Woods’ best-ever run. His longest streak of consecutive top-10 finishes was 11.
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Now Scheffler has achieved a feat only Woods has matched in the modern era.
Scottie Scheffler equals Tiger Woods’ PGA Tour record after shooting 63 at Pebble Beach
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Scheffler got off to a rough start at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, opening with a 72 and finding himself 10 shots behind the leaders.
But as he often does, he bounced back with rounds of 66, 67, and a final-round 63 to climb into a tie for fourth place.
The 29-year-old was in contention on Sunday but could not quite catch Collin Morikawa, who held on to win the title.
Even without adding another trophy to his collection, Scheffler still matched an impressive record during the event.
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The world number one has now notched eight consecutive top-four finishes on the PGA Tour.
This feat has only been accomplished twice before in the modern era (since 1986), both times by Tiger Woods.
Scheffler will have the chance to surpass that mark as the tour moves on to Riviera for The Genesis Invitational this week.
His game looks sharp following that final round of 63 at Pebble Beach, and he will likely be one of the favourites heading into Riviera.
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