{"id":33306,"date":"2025-07-24T08:39:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T08:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/33306\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T08:39:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T08:39:10","slug":"tiger-woodss-ex-coach-makes-stunning-comparison-for-scottie-scheffler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/33306\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods’s Ex-Coach Makes Stunning Comparison for Scottie Scheffler"},"content":{"rendered":"

After winning the British Open<\/a>, Scottie Scheffler was asked about the comparisons he\u2019s drawing to Tiger Woods.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI still think they\u2019re a bit silly,\u201d Scheffler said. \u201cTiger won, what, 15 majors? This is my fourth. I just got one-fourth of the way there. I think Tiger stands alone in the game of golf.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Woods\u2019s former coach, Butch Harmon, feels Scheffler resembles another one of the game\u2019s greats.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cI got to tell you that the only reason I called in, I was listening to you talk about him and all the comparisons and stuff to Tiger and this and that,\u201d Harmon said on Sirius XM\u2019s \u201cGravy and the Sleeze.\u201d \u201cI think his greatest attribute that he has is he\u2019s the closest thing to Jack Nicklaus I\u2019ve ever seen mentally. He makes no mental mistakes. He dumps the ball in the middle of the green when he has to. His iron control is beautiful.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe reminds me more of Jack than he does of Tiger, Tiger in the winning ways, but Jack in the way he plays golf. I\u2019ve never quite seen a guy that can mimic Nicklaus the way he does.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the most important part of Scheffler\u2019s game is how he attacks the mental aspect of the sport.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“He’s the closest thing to Jack Nicklaus I’ve ever seen mentally.”<\/p>\n

With so much discussion on the Scottie Scheffler-Tiger Woods comparison, Butch Harmon takes it a different direction w\/ Colt & Drew on Gravy & The Sleeze.@ColtKnost<\/a> | @thesleezyman<\/a> <\/p>\n

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\u201cI mean, can you imagine if all the great players we talk about had Scottie Scheffler\u2019s head,\u201d Harmon said, \u201chow much better they\u2019d be?\u201d<\/p>\n

Nicklaus, of course, has 18 major wins. And after Scheffler\u2019s victory at Royal Portrush, he joined Nicklaus and Woods as the only players in the last century to to win four majors by three or more strokes.<\/p>\n

Scheffler might be the most dominant player golf has seen since Woods, but Harmon, one of the sport\u2019s most revered coaches, knows that Scheffler has a long way to go to catch Woods and the Golden Bear.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I guess they\u2019re justified if he can do it for 20 straight years like Tiger did,\u201d Harmon said. \u201cI think, yes, he\u2019s on that track, barring injury, barring whatever. Look, there\u2019s only one Jack Nicklaus, there\u2019s only one Tiger Woods, let\u2019s just face that. Scottie Scheffler has been the best player in the world by far the last three years in a row.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything he\u2019s accomplished is amazing, but when you look at Nicklaus\u2019s longevity and Tiger\u2019s longevity, he\u2019s got a long way to go to be put in that category, I think.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd that\u2019s not putting Scottie down because he is phenomenal.\u201d<\/p>\n