Scottie Scheffler 'forming himself into' becoming the next Tiger Woods, former World No 1 says

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Scottie Scheffler is in a class of his own.

The World No. 1 golfer is the heavy favorite to win this weekend's U.S. Open. In fact, he has the lowest odds of anybody in a major since Tiger Woods at the 2009 PGA Championship (it remains the only time Woods lost a 54-hole lead in a major).

Scheffler is the only other player to be the No. 1-ranked player in the world for more than 100 consecutive weeks. Of course, Woods holds the top-two longest stretches of 281 and 264, so Scheffler has a long way to go.

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Scottie Scheffler celebrates winning the TOUR Championship golf tournament. (John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports)

But if anyone in the game of golf is going to draw comparisons to the 15-time major winner among pro golfers, it's Scheffler.

"Everyone's looking at Scottie right now and how consistent he is. When he doesn't win, he's in the top five. That's very difficult to do," Jason Day, a former World No. 1, said in a recent interview with Fox News Digital.

Scheffler had one of the greatest seasons in PGA history last year with eight wins, including the Masters and Olympics, making an all-time record $54 million in prize money - if 2024 Scottie Scheffler were its own player, it’d be the 14th-largest career earnings ever, and he's already in second place, behind Woods.

He's followed that up with three wins this year, including his third major in the PGA Championship. In 12 events played, he has nine top 10s and has yet to finish outside the top 20.

Day said Woods "was a different beast." But we are "potentially, for sure" "seeing someone build himself into