Tiger Woods' Former Coach Show Ultimate Respect To Scottie Scheffler
Scottie Scheffler has competed in 25 majors and has now won four of them and he's now just one U.S. Open win from completing the vaunted career Grand Slam.
Scheffler has received - and deserves - endless praise for his accomplishments on the golf greens. But for Tiger Woods' former coach, there's an even higher level of praise he's earned.
Appearing on SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio, Woods' former coach Butch Harmon had some of the highest possible praise for Scheffler. Amid a discussion comparing Scheffler to his iconic pupil, Harmon declared that Scheffler is the closest thing he's seen to the golf GOAT himself, Jack Nicklaus.
"I got to tell you that the only reason I called in, I was listening to you talk about him and all the comparisons and stuff to Tiger and this and that," Harmon said. "I think his greatest attribute that he has is he's the closest thing to Jack Nicklaus I've ever seen mentally. He makes no mental mistakes. He dumps the ball in the middle of the green when he has to. His iron control is beautiful.
"He reminds me more of Jack than he does of Tiger, Tiger in the winning ways, but Jack in the way he plays golf. I've never quite seen a guy that can mimic Nicklaus the way he does."
To call that high praise is a bit of an understatement. Nicklaus still holds nearly every record there is for golf's biggest events, particularly with his record for major wins.
Whether or not Scheffler can continue his winning ways and someday challenge Woods, let alone Nicklaus, for the all-time major crown is a very different conversation though. Age alone might factor into the occasion.
Case in point, Woods had already won eight majors by the time he reached Scheffler's age. He managed to win another six between 2005 and 2008, coming agonizingly close to winning another five between 2005 and 2009.
Then the injuries started to pick up.
For now, Scheffler is about 25-percent of the way towards challenging the marks set by Woods and Nicklaus. Unless someone else emerges as a true rival over the next few years, he may be even closer by the end of 2026.Tiger Woods' Former Coach Show Ultimate Respect To Scottie Scheffler first appeared on The Spun on Jul 23, 2025
This story was originally reported by The Spun on Jul 23, 2025, where it first appeared.
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