Tiger Woods points out key difference between himself and Scottie Scheffler in ‘Scottie 24’ documentary
In the Scottie 24 documentary, 15x major champion Tiger Woods pointed out the key difference between his game and Scottie Scheffler's.
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The year 2024 belonged to Scottie Scheffler. The World No.1 showed the audience why he was indeed the top-ranked golfer with his dominating performances. He claimed nine wins this season which drew several comparisons to Tiger Woods. The 15-time major champion pointed out a key difference between himself and Scheffler in a new ‘Scottie 24’ documentary.
The PGA Tour on Monday released an hour-long documentary to celebrate the historic year of Scheffler. The PGA Tour Originals featured exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and interviews of several players and coaches.
Tiger Woods was one of those who took part in this documentary. The veteran golfer also won nine times in one season. In the year 2000, a young Woods claimed nine victories including three major championships. He won his first US Open by a record-setting 15-stroke margin.
Scheffler this year became the first player to go back-to-back at The Players Championship. He would also win the Arnold Palmer Invitational. He later went on to claim his second Masters title at the Augusta National.
In the documentary, Woods pointed out that his game was very “violent” compared to Scheffler’s game. The 82-time PGA Tour winner also spoke on Scheffler’s footwork.
I did it differently. My game was very violent at times. We play differently. He slid on it, I snapped on it… Forget all the footwork stuff. If you just sat behind him and you look at the golf ball you know how tight it is. He doesn’t move the ball much either way.
Tiger Woods on Scottie Scheffler in Scottie 24 documentary
Woods later added that he was happy to see him achieve all this. Scheffler recently tied another record of Woods.
With his third straight PGA Tour Player of the Year Award win, he became the second player after Woods to win this award in three successive seasons. Woods won this honor 11 times in his career with 5 wins coming straight from 1999 to 2003 and then three consecutive from 2005 to 2008.
Scottie Scheffler reflects on dramatic final round at Olympics
In the Scottie 24 documentary, Scottie Scheffler reflected on his dramatic final round at the Olympics. The 28-year-old started the final round four strokes behind leaders Xander Schauffele and Jon Rahm. He then proceeded to make an epic comeback.
The American golfer at one point was left frustrated with himself with his putting. He admitted that he wanted to break his putter. However, his caddie Ted Scott stopped him from doing so.
I was looking at Teddy (Ted Scott) and I am like, can I break it? I am kinda handing the putter and he is like, not yet… He kinda grabbed it out of my hand and I was very angry. If he would have said it was okay to break it, I would have 100 percent snapped it over my right knee then and there.
Scottie Scheffler said
A season the sports world will not soon forget.
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Relive Scottie Scheffler’s historic year in 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝟐𝟒, live now on PGA TOUR YouTube.
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Scheffler regained his composure later on. He made six birdies in the back nine and shot an impressive low score of 62 at the Le Golf National course in Paris.
This saw him finish 19-under for the tournament, one stroke more than runner-up Tommy Fleetwood, who took home the silver medal. Japanese star Hideki Matsuyama clinched bronze with a score of 17-under.
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