– Today, 27 May 2025, it has been exactly three years and two months since Scottie Scheffler won the WGC Dell Technologies Match Play, defeating Kevin Kisner in the final on 27 March 2022, and claimed the World Number One for the first time. Since then, he has held the position for a total of 141 weeks out of 165 possible. As you can see, when he took the throne, he did so to stay…
– The Texan is currently on 106 consecutive weeks as World Number One. Let’s remember this in case anyone missed it: only Tiger Woods, on two occasions, surpassed a hundred consecutive weeks as World Number One. He did it between August 1999 and September 2004 (264 weeks); and he did it again between June 2005 and October 2010 (281 weeks). Beyond these extraordinary records, the best mark in this regard had been those 96 weeks that Greg Norman held the world throne between June 1995 and April 1997, a figure already greatly surpassed by Scottie’s current streak.
– As can be assumed, the World Number One is not given away. Since Scheffler first reached it at the end of that March 2022, fourteen Majors have been played, of which he has won three and finished second in two others, also achieving a total of ten top tens. No, the world throne is not given away…
– In these three years and two months, since he first reached World Number One until today, Scottie Scheffler has played 69 tournaments counting towards the world ranking and has won 15, finished second in 8, and third in 9. In other words, during this time of dominance, he has won nearly one in four tournaments he has played and finished in the top 3 in almost half (32/69). It’s astonishing. Moreover, as if that weren’t enough, he has a total of 49 top tens in 69 tournaments played, which leads to an extraordinary percentage of 71 percent.
– An obvious fact, but no less impressive for that: in these three years and two months, only one Olympic Games has been held, the ones in Paris, and we already know what Scheffler did at the Golf National… Hung the gold around his neck, of course.
– An updated version of the milkmaid’s tale would lead us to this possible and formidable scenario: if Scheffler is able to win the US Open next month at Oakmont, he would still have a chance to complete his particular Career Grand Slam at the Open in July at Royal Portrush, Northern Ireland, the homeland of Rory McIlroy, precisely the last one to complete the Career Grand Slam with his victory at the last Masters, where curiously it was Scheffler who placed the green jacket on him…
The tale is perfect, it must be acknowledged. And very entertaining. In no case probable, but incredibly possible with such a titan in the fight. Remotely possible, but possible.
