Scottie Scheffler is still chasing Tiger's Prime

As was often the case with big tournaments Then he rose to No. 1 In the official World Golf ranking list three years ago, Scottie Scheffler is the favorite that wins the British Open of this weekend Royal portrus in Northern Ireland. On Wednesday, Polymarkets Commercial Authority Scheffler gave an implicit 14 percent chance to win the title, a little of Rory McIlroy (11 percent) by Northern Irish, and far in front of the rest of the field:

Of all four majors, the British open openly Was the one Where Scheffler is traditionally weakest, without victories, a few top 10 – zero top 5s – and an average finish of 14.8 when he makes the cut. A victory here this week would dissuade him from the legendary victory from the legendary Career Grand SlamAt the same time checked what the two remaining boxes could have to fill – even if Scheffler himself Scheffler started asking what such boxes really mean.

But in addition, a victory at Portrush – or even another high finish – would require Scheffler's season from great to potentially historically. Both in the numbers and in the company in which he would take part, it would mark a little more than just another strong campaign for the worldwide top golfer in 2025: by Sunday evening we could talk about the most complete and dominant run -Golf that has seen Prime since Tiger Woods.