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Having converted nine straight 54-hole leads into trophies, Scheffler is the first to win consecutive Memorial titles since Woods won three in a row at the turn of the century.<\/p>\n
And do not forget he won nine times last season, including the Masters and the Paris Olympics. The Texan’s start to 2025 was disrupted by a freak hand injury after he sustained a nasty cut while preparing a Christmas meal.<\/p>\n
But, since returning to top form he has won the Byron Nelson by eight shots, commandingly claimed the Wanamaker Trophy in North Carolina and now this trophy defence at Jack’s place – Muirfield Village, which tests every aspect of a golfer’s game.<\/p>\n
“He reminds me so much of the way I liked to play,” said Nicklaus, the winner of a record 18 major titles. “I don’t think I played nearly as well as he played.<\/p>\n
“He’s playing better than I played, and more consistent. He’s just been playing fantastic, and I love watching him play. Any time he’s playing, I want to watch.”<\/p>\n
According to Data Golf, which crunches the numbers across all tours, Scheffler gains strokes in every aspect of the game and particularly excels with unerring approach play.<\/p>\n
While the official golf rankings do not recognise the breakaway LIV tour, Data Golf includes performances in that 54-hole format. Behind Scheffler and Masters winner Rory McIlroy, on Data Golf’s rankings sit LIV stars Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm.<\/p>\n
And that is the only caveat to Scheffler’s PGA Tour supremacy, because we can only see him pit his skills against those two leading performers at the majors.<\/p>\n
That said, he left reigning US Open champion DeChambeau and Spaniard Rahm disappearing in his wing mirrors at last month’s US PGA.<\/p>\n
Nicklaus made a telling analysis of the players who trailed in Scheffler’s wake last week. “Ben Griffin’s a nice player, Sepp Straka is a nice player, Nick Taylor is a nice player,” the 85-year-old said.<\/p>\n
“Those were all the guys that were there basically coming down the stretch. But he [Scheffler] knows that those guys are not in his league. He has the ability to bring his level to whatever level it needs to be.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n