If wins are the one forex, each Matt Fitzpatrick and Cameron Younger have three on tour this season, whereas Wyndham Clark has an everyday victory and a US Open.
However a look on the FedEx Cup’s season-long rankings reassert Scheffler’s dominance.
Gamers are awarded factors for the place they end in a event – and Scheffler has 795 greater than Fitzpatrick in second.
That’s as a result of regardless that he has not win since January, he has accomplished all the things however.
Sunday’s second place on the 3M Open was his fifth runners-up end – solely the second golfer in 40 years to have not less than 5 second locations in a season on the PGA Tour.
He has additionally completed third on two events, and within the high 5 11 instances throughout 17 begins in 2026. It’s a physique of labor that dwarfs something put collectively by his rivals.
“I believe I have been actually near successful some tournaments and that may be irritating,” Scheffler stated earlier than the Scottish Open.
“On the identical time, I’ve had some good outcomes – a fourth and a second will not be unhealthy outcomes by any means. Margins in golf are actually small and I simply preserve attempting to do my greatest.”
The shortage of wins has not prevented him stretching his lead at the top of the Official World Golf rankings, external both.
The truth is, the gap between him and second-placed Rory McIlroy is equal to between McIlroy and America’s Matt McCarty (in 67th).
Scheffler has been world primary since 21 Might 2023 – almost 166 weeks. Woods’ unbroken report stands at 281 weeks, between June 2005 and October 2010.
That intimidating report continues to be greater than two years off for Scheffler, however present proof suggests knocking him off high spot might be terribly tough.
