Tiger Woods appeared on NBC’s Today Show on Wednesday morning. He sat down with Carson Daly for 10 minutes and tackled many topics. The two opened up about their relationship as young golfers playing together in Southern California, with Woods explaining why he wears red and detailing their various relationships with their respective children.
But Daley began the conversation by asking about the current history being made in professional golf.
Scottie Scheffler and Nelly Korda have won nine of their last 10 starts and made history in the process.
Woods was asked his thoughts on what Scheffler is accomplishing.
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“For Scotty, his iconic foot movement belies what the club is actually doing through the golf ball,” Woods said.
Of course he is referring to viral video The impact caused Scheffler’s legs to slide all over the place. But somehow he’s the best ball striker on the planet, and he just doesn’t come close.
“Even just sitting and watching the ball fly, there’s something different about his stuff. It’s so consistent and he does it both ways.
“The only question is whether he makes a decent putt and he will win. If he makes a great putt, he will blow the field away. Even if he has a bad week of putting, he insists .
“He’s just a ball striker,” Woods said.
It may sound simple, but Tiger is spot on.
Looking back at 2023. As Scheffler’s putting problems continued, golf fans wondered, “Imagine if Scotty could putt?”
We’re all seeing what happens when he’s strong on the greens. As Woods said, a good putt could end the tournament before it even begins. Even if Scheffler’s putt was decent, he would still win the tournament.
This level of dominance hasn’t been seen on the PGA Tour since Tiger Woods was in his prime nearly 20 years ago. The numbers also support that.
Scheffler has the highest number of strokes from tee to green since Woods.
Scheffler has started the last five games, winning four of them. The last player to accomplish that was Tiger in the 2004-2005 season.
Of course, Woods went on to win three more, making it seven of eight. But that’s why he is widely regarded as one of his two greatest golfers of all time.
Scheffler has a long way to go to earn such an honor. But if he continues this blistering pace, he will definitely rise to a historic ranking.
Kendall Capps is the senior editor of SB Nation’s Playing Through.For more golf coverage, follow us @_PlayingThrough On all major social media platforms.
