World primary Scottie Scheffler has begun his season in ominous type by successful a landmark twentieth PGA Tour occasion to additional strengthen comparisons with Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus.
Scheffler is the second-fastest participant to that quantity by way of days taken, third quickest in occasions performed and third youngest to succeed in the milestone.
Whereas Woods and Nicklaus stay the benchmark, Scheffler, who received the American Specific in California by 4 photographs on Sunday, is constant to put up spectacular stats on this period of the sport.
Scheffler received the £1.236m ($1.656m) first prize 1,442 days after his first victory on the WM Phoenix Open in 2022. Woods took 1,351 days.
It was his 151st look on the PGA Tour. Woods took 95 occasions to succeed in 20 wins, Nicklaus 127.
Scheffler is the primary participant since Rory McIlroy in 2021 to succeed in the mark, and with it he earns a lifetime exemption on the American circuit.
The 29-year-old additionally joins Woods and Nicklaus in being the one gamers to win 20 PGA Tour occasions and 4 majors beneath the age of 30.
Woods has received a joint-record 82 PGA Tour titles and 15 majors and nonetheless harbours hopes of enhancing these numbers. Nicklaus holds the majors document with 18, alongside his 73 PGA Tour victories between 1962-86.
4-time main winner Scheffler additionally turns into the third participant – after Woods and McIlroy – to win $100m on the PGA Tour.
Naturally, given the elevated prize cash on supply, he has achieved so in far fewer occasions. McIlroy, who has claimed 29 PGA Tour victories, has received $107,981,766 in 273 begins on the PGA Tour, whereas Woods’ whole profession earnings of $120,999,166 has come from 378 occasions.
“It is fairly wild,” mentioned Scheffler who closed with a six-under 66 to maneuver forward of in a single day chief Si-Woo Kim of South Korea and win his first tour occasion of the season on 27 beneath.
“It has been a terrific begin to my profession and I’ve had some good wins on the market. It has been particular and I attempt not to consider that stuff an excessive amount of.
“Going into the season, I used to be simply attempting to do the issues I wanted to do with the intention to be ready to come back out and play this week. I will go residence, get some relaxation and type of rinse and repeat.”
Scheffler recorded seven birdies to interrupt away from the chasing pack, earlier than a double bogey on the seventeenth, after discovering the water, led to him lacking out on the possibility to develop into the primary golfer in 16 years to succeed in 30 beneath within the match.
He completed forward of compatriots Ryan Gerard (65), Matt McCarty (68), Andrew Putnam (68) and Australia’s Jason Day (64), who all completed on 23 beneath.
Blades Brown, 18, who was bidding to develop into the second-youngest golfer to win a PGA Tour occasion, light to complete joint-18th on 19 beneath.
The American teenager and Scheffler had trailed Kim by one shot after Saturday’s play, with the Korean carding a 72 to complete joint-sixth.
