Overview
- Speaking at the Hero World Challenge, Tiger Woods praised Scottie Scheffler’s consistency, course management and iron play, citing his trajectory and distance control.
- Woods highlighted Scheffler’s ability to stay present for all 18 holes and noted that his six victories have come against strong fields in a condensed season.
- Scheffler has been world No. 1 since May 2023, a 132-week run often measured against Woods’s 281 straight weeks at the top from 1999 to 2004.
- Asked about comparisons to Woods, Scheffler has dismissed them as “a bit silly,” pointing to Woods’s 15 majors versus his own four.
- Darren Clarke told Golf Channel’s 5 Clubs that Woods operated with intense, calculating focus — the “Tiger Stare” — in contrast to Rory McIlroy’s freer, risk-taking approach.