The comparisons were silly at first, as they always are.

Scottie Scheffler is not Tiger Woods because nobody will ever be Tiger Woods. Tiger was dominant at a level that the world of professional golf, the world of professional sports, will never see again.

We are reaching a point though where the comparisons aren’t exactly silly, though.

Scheffler secured the Open Championship in rather easy fashion on Sunday at Royal Portrush and in the process put himself a U.S. Open away from a Career Grand Slam. If he were to ever join that group he would find himself in Tiger’s company (and Rory McIlroy’s thanks to this season’s Masters).

Part of the reason this is true is because Scottie, a two-time Masters winner himself, won the PGA Championship earlier this season. His Claret Jug marks

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