PGA Tour Stats: Scottie Schffler’s Dominance Proven As Latest Data Provides Solace Amid a Disappointing Finish

Scottie Scheffler’s season started differently than he expected. At the Sentry, the 27-year-old was leading the scoreboard after 36 holes, but, unfortunately, he fell five spots. In the final round, he finished the Sentry 2024 with an aggregate of 25-under after 72 holes. He tied for fifth place, four strokes back.

Despite the defeat, there is still no one like Scheffler! With his recently emerged astonishing statistics, the 2023 PGA Tour Player of the Year has certainly proven why he is the world’s No. 1 golfer!

Scottie Scheffler displays consistency and excellence

The 27-year-old’s performance was far from disappointing, as he showcased his remarkable consistency and excellence from tee to green. The six-time PGA Tour winner has been a model of steadiness and reliability in his last 17 events, dating back to March 2023. In the entire span of the 2022-23 season, he won four times, at the Presidents Cup, WM Pheonix Open, Players Championship, and Hero World Challenge.

Last season, Scheffler had 17 top-ten finishes on the Tour, after Vijay Singh’s 18 top-10 finishes in 2005. He has also been the best player in the field in terms of strokes gained from tee to green in almost 2 decades. The golfer gained an average of 2.62 per round and it is the second-best mark ever recorded in 20 years. 

The best week of the season came in March at TPC Sawgrass, where he won the PLAYERS Championship. The ball striking at TPC Sawgrass was amazing: he led the field in both driving distance and greens in regulation, which no other PLAYERS champion has ever done.

The Players Championship was his sixth win on the PGA Tour, and he did it just 392 days after his first win at the 2022 WM Phoenix Open. The short gap of merely less than 400 days between his first and sixth win was the fourth-shortest of the last 60 years. He is now in line behind Tiger Woods (273 days), Jack Nicklaus (322 days) and David Duval (332 days). 

Some more fascinating Scheffler statistics

The six-time PGA Tour winner averaged 68.63 strokes per round, which is the seventh-best in the Tour’s history. Before the 2022 Masters champion, Tiger Woods did better in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, and 2009. The world no. 1 was also very consistent, making bogey or worse on only 10.73% of his holes, which is the lowest percentage since Woods in 2002 (10.29%).

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He was also the first player in the Strokes Gained era to lead the tour in both driving and approach shots. Also, he hit 74.43% of his greens in regulation. Scottie Scheffler is a ball-striking machine, and his stats and trophies prove it.

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