Every superhero has an origin story and Scottie Scheffler ’s narrative arc can be traced back to November 15, 2020 – a series of events that barely anybody noticed at the time.

That was the day Scheffler and Tiger Woods played together in the Masters tournament: the first and only time that they’ve ever played together. Despite the fact Woods was defending champion, he was out of contention on the final day.

It was the year of Covid, the tournament was being played in winter instead of the traditional spring , and the galleries were as barren as the Augusta trees, social distancing protocols had kept the patrons at bay. And yet, this was arguably the moment when the torch of greatness was handed from one American golf star to the next.

Scheffler says that what transpired over th

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