Scottie Scheffler makes the majors look easy
Scottie Scheffler held steady on Sunday with an even-par 71 to win the 2025 PGA Championship by five strokes at 11-under. It’s Scheffler’s third major championship, his first PGA Championship, and the first major of his career won away from Augusta National.
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The win puts him in the same company as Jordan Spieth, a former UT golfer in his own right who also has three major championships. But for Scheffler, the success at majors is showing no sign of slowing down. Since missing the cut at his first major appearance at the 2019 US Open, Scheffler has missed just one other cut in his ensuing 20 major starts. He has more top-fives (eight) than missed cuts (two) at majors, and as many runner-up finishes (two) as missed weekends.
One of those second-place finishes was at the PGA in 2023, when he finished tied with Viktor Hovland two strokes behind Brooks Koepka. He could not reach the top spot in the 2024 PGA, but an arrest during his commute to Valhalla Golf Club before the weekend may have had something to do with that. Scheffler reached the mountaintop in his sixth try at the PGA, and it almost came as no surprise.
In his last 24 major championship rounds, Scheffler has been under par in 14 of them. These four tournaments — The Masters, the PGA Championship, the US Open, and the Open Championship — are supposed to be the most difficult tests in golf whether due to the weight of history, the competition level, the course, or the conditions. Yet aside from two rough days at Pinehurst No. 2 at the 2024 US Open, Scheffler has been able to raise his level of play in the most important moments and contend for golf’s greatest prizes.
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Scheffler’s excellence was not something just now proven by adding the Wanamaker Trophy to his case. If there was any doubt about his place at the top of the sport considering both his major wins were at the Masters, his victory at Quail Hollow should erase that. Of course, his nine wins over the past two seasons, including two this year with the PGA Championship, shows how consistent he is on the course. He also won the 2024 FedEx Cup, a title that requires season-long excellence instead of one weekend of good fortune. Take a look at the Official World Golf Ranking, and you’ll see Scheffler’s name at the top.
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A steady 69-68-65-71 to keep players like Harris English, Bryson DeChambeau, Jhonattan Vegas, Joaquin Niemann, and John Rahm at bay is just what is expected from Scheffler these days in major championships. His next chance at a major is in a few weeks at the US Open at Oakmont. When Scheffler arrives in Plum, Pa., the most shocking result would be poor play across the weekend. After all, quality play at the majors is all Scheffler has provided in the past few years.
