Scottie Scheffler Plays Down Talk of Being Next Tiger Woods
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Five days after Scottie Scheffler waxed poetic about not finding his life's joy from winning golf tournaments, he won another golf tournament -- a big one. The Open Championship. His first win at The Open, and his fourth career major title.
I still think they’re a bit silly,” Scheffler said about the growing comparisons between himself and Tiger Woods
World No. 1 Scheffler claimed The Open title with a final-round 68, finishing 17-under-par to win by four strokes over runner-up Harris English. The 29-year-old notched his second major victory of the year—after winning the PGA Championship in May—and the fourth major title of his career.
Scottie Scheffler is not Tiger Woods because nobody will ever be Tiger Woods. Tiger was dominant at a level that the world of professional golf, the world of professional sports, will never see again. We are reaching a point though where the comparisons aren’t exactly silly, though.
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