Scottie Scheffler's stunning stat leaves Rory McIlroy and rivals trailing after PGA Championship win
Scottie Scheffler's domination of the PGA Tour continues to turn heads, with a stat that puts his recent run firmly into historic territory.
The 28-year-old saw off a determined challenge from
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Scottie Scheffler has an incredible win rate since the start of the 2021-2 season
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The American has a 19.5% success rate - and has three majors during that time
This win followed an eight-shot victory in his previous outing in Dallas at the CJ CUP Byron Nelson.
The world number one made 10 bogeys during his triumphant US
Championship bId last week.
But the Dallas native incredibly followed six of them with birdies on the very next hole.
But another incredible stat has been revealed that may be the most impressive of all.
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According to CBS Sports, Scheffler has won 19.5% of all PGA Tour events he's played since the start of the 2021–22 season.
That's a stunning 15 victories in just 77 starts, including major championships.
To put it into perspective, that's nearly one win every five events - a level of consistency and success not seen since the prime of Tiger Woods, who himself holds a 22% career win rate.
Scheffler's current streak, combined with his No.1 world ranking, cements his position as golf's most dominant force right now.
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Even Grand Slam champion
He also bagged a fortune after the PGA Championship, the purse of $19million [£14.3m], a new record, with Scheffler taking home $3.42m [£2.5m], who also extends his points lead at the top of the OWGR.
Scottie Scheffler celebrates PGA Championship triumph with emotional family
That's up from the $3.3m [£2.48m] taken home by Xander Schauffele last year.
The FedEx Cup champions is back in action later this week as the PGA Tour heads to Forth Worth in Texas for the Charles Schwab Championship.
Dallas local Scheffler will be aiming for his a third win from his last three starts.
All the action gets underway on Thursday.
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