It’s not exactly a bold statement to call Scottie Scheffler the most dominant golfer we’ve seen since Tiger Woods was at his best.
Scheffler kicked off the 2026 season with his 20th PGA Tour win at The American Express and already has four major championships to his name.
And even though he didn’t win, his showing at the WM Phoenix Open might have been more impressive than what he did at La Quinta. After opening with a 73, Scheffler finished just one shot shy of joining the playoff at TPC Scottsdale.
He didn’t seem anywhere near top form in Arizona, but it still came within a whisker of another victory.
Brandel Chamblee’s reflection on Tiger Woods and his approach to Scottie Scheffler
At this point, it seems more realistic for Scottie Scheffler to hold all four major titles at once than it does for him to go an entire year without winning one.
Brandel Chamblee has already compared Scheffler’s dominance to that of Tiger Woods. While there’s still a significant gap between their career achievements, few are as well-positioned as Scheffler to close it.
Speaking on the Sky Sports Golf Podcast, Chamblee admitted he didn’t fully appreciate what he was seeing during Woods’ prime. Now with Scheffler, he intends not to make the same oversight.
“All I know is I played against Tiger. I started doing TV in 2003, 2004, so I played against Tiger at his best,” Chamblee said. “It wasn’t like I was going up against him; I played with him a couple of times, but I was able to watch it up close. And now as an announcer, I watched it. I’m not sure I fully appreciated what I was looking at.”
“It just happens. Yeah, he’s going to win; he’s unbelievable. It just went by in a blur,” Chamblee continued. “Now then, I’m looking at Scottie – no, no, no – I want to fully appreciate what I’m watching.”
Brandel Chamblee backs Scottie Scheffler to win two more majors in 2026
The only real question left around Scheffler is how long he can keep playing at this level.
If he keeps going the way he has been, it’s clear that his name will end up mentioned alongside Woods and Jack Nicklaus. What’s even more surprising is that there might still be another level for him to reach.
Chamblee even suggested Scheffler could become just the fourth player to reach double digits in major wins.
“There was nobody that dominated the game like Tom Watson until Tiger came along. Yeah, there were the Norman’s, and the Price’s, and the Faldo’s who had their runs in there, but they didn’t dominate the way Watson did, and obviously didn’t dominate the way Nicklaus did. Then Tiger came along,” he said.
“‘We’re never going to see that again’, and here comes Scottie. It would not surprise me if Scottie completed the Career Grand Slam this year. He’ll be the seventh person to win all four majors. I’ve said that getting to 10 major championships in this era is a bar to me analogous to batting .400 in baseball over here. I just don’t think it’s possible because the fields are deeper. But when I said that, I couldn’t have imagined a player like Scottie Scheffler.”
Scheffler started 2025 slowly after picking up a hand injury over Christmas but still managed to win two major titles before ending an incredible year with three straight wins across October and November.
So it felt significant when he picked up his first-ever January victory last month against a strong field at The American Express – potentially setting up an even bigger season ahead.
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