Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele have had two amazing seasons to date and the FedEx Cup play offs are still to be played. But who’s season would you rather take at this moment in time?
Scottie Scheffler has broken records this season winning six times on the PGA Tour and recently taking home the Olympic Gold Medal for the USA in Paris. He has won the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Players Championship, The Masters, RBC Heritage, The Memorial Tournament, and the Travelers Championship so far on the PGA tour. He sits top of the FedEx Cup rankings heading into the Play Offs at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. His consistency the whole season has been mind blowing especially when he has been in the hunt, with some people comparing him to Tiger Woods in his prime.
When he won The Masters in April, I thought that he was going to win all four majors of the year but he did not. He came T-8 in the PGA Championship, T-41 in the US Open and T7 in The Open Championship. It did not help he got arrested mid-way through the second major of the year at Valhalla! He has been the man to beat in every competition, especially the elevated events but some would say his major season was disappointing for someone who has been so dominant. He bounced back from the last major of the year by winning Gold at Le Golf National at the Paris Olympics, shooting a 62 in the final round to break the course record. It was an electric performance from the World Number One.
However, some would argue that they would prefer to take fellow American Xander Schauffele’s season over Scheffler’s. This sounds hard to believe but there is an argument for it. Schauffele has had a very consistent year but was in the shadow of Scheffler for most of the season until he won his second major of the year at The Open in July. Two majors in one year does not happen very often! In May, he won the PGA Championship to win his first career major at Valhalla, which most would say was a matter of time. Then two months later, Schauffele edged out Scheffler on the final day of The Open with a final round 65. This is when golf fans started to question who’s season they would prefer between Scheffler’s and Schauffele’s.
Would you take a season with seven wins including a major and an Olympic Gold or two wins which were both majors?
Personally, I would have taken Schauffele’s season after The Open but after Scheffler won Gold in Paris, his season has gone one step ahead in my mind.