2025-08-21 11:30:00
Scottie Scheffler credits the “intensity” of Tiger Woods for transforming his golf.
The world number one has won 23 events since the beginning of 2022 and revealed how playing with Woods at the 2020 Masters changed the way he approaches the game.
Scheffler said prior to his week’s Tour Championship: “I admired the amount of intensity that he [Tiger] took to every shot – it was like the last shot he was ever going to hit. That’s something that I try to emulate.
“I played with him in the 2020 Covid [affected] Masters, and I think he made a 10 on the 12th hole, and then birdied, I think, five of the last six.
“I was like, ‘What’s this guy still playing for?’ He’s won the Masters five times and the best finish he’s going to have is like 20th place at this point.”
Scheffler revealed that he took notice of Woods’ attitude and sought to apply it at every tournament he plays in.
The four-time major champion said: “That’s the biggest change I made from my first couple years on tour to 2022.
“Sunday at the [2020] Masters, Tiger has got no chance of winning the tournament… we showed up on the first hole and I was watching him read his putt; I was like, ‘My gosh, this guy is in it right now.’
“It’s something I thought about for a long time. I felt like a change I needed to make was bringing that same intensity to each round and each shot.
“I don’t hit the ball the furthest – the things that I do on the golf course, other people can do. The reason I’ve had success in these tournaments is the amount of consistency and the intensity that I bring to each round. Not taking shots off, not taking rounds off, not taking tournaments off.
“I only played one round of tournament golf with Tiger Woods, and it completely changed the way I look at how I play tournaments.”
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