Olympic champion Scheffler joined Tiger Woods in the number of PGA wins in one season. Only four male players have reached seven tournament victories during the same season.
Number one in the men’s world ranking in golf Scottie Scheffler capped his successful season with a victory in the final tournament of the PGA Tour. Scheffler became the first player to reach seven wins on the PGA Tour in a season Tiger Woods. The last time Woods, the superstar of the sport, reached a similar number of wins was 17 years ago, in 2007.
According to ESPN, only Woods and Scheffler have been able to win seven in the same season Tom Watson in 1980 and Vijay Singh in 2004. Woods had a seven-win season four times.
In the two previous years, Scheffler was number one in the statistics when he came to the final tournament of the season, but was unable to end the season with a win. In Atlanta, he succeeded.
– It feels pretty sweet, Scheffler said.
Scheffler took his victory of the season in the toughest competitions of the sport, where only the best could enter. His incredible season includes, among other things, first place in the Masters, the first value tournament of the spring.
In addition to the victories on the PGA tour, the American star celebrated the Olympic gold in Paris, where he performed a tremendous final round in the final round.
The 30 best players of the season made it to the final tournament in Atlanta. Scheffler earned 25 million dollars from the win, more than 27 million euros.