According to Scottie Scheffler, he thinks it’s unfair to compare him with Tiger Woods. However, the record suggests something else, as he placed in the top 10 for 18 straight events. No player in the modern era has had a longer top-10 streak than Woods or Vijay Singh. Next was Riviera, Woods’ own $20 million event, which ultimately interrupted the streak.
That streak of 18 consecutive top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour is the longest run in the modern era, outperforming Vijay Singh’s 12 and Tiger Woods’ 11. During his impressive 2007–08 season, Woods won five times and earned the title of PGA Tour Player of the Year.
How Riviera ended Scottie Scheffler’s legendary streak
Scottie Scheffler established his influential streak over 11 months of top-tier golf. He stepped into Riviera as the world No. 1, fresh off his The American Express win to open 2026.
In 2025, he achieved six victories, including the PGA Championship and The Open Championship, while keeping a scoring average of 68. 13.
For the world No. 1, Riviera was the one course that did not play along.
He freely accepted that he had a “weird relationship” with the course, where he felt he belonged but had never truly validated. In Round 1, he shot 3 over and had to grind just to make the cut. Although he improved over the next two rounds, he finished tied for 12th at 11 under.
With that, the streak concluded.
In reality, Tiger Woods had already made his position on Scheffler well in advance of the Riviera event. In December 2025, before the Hero World Challenge, Woods elaborated on what set Scheffler apart from all the other players on Tour:
“Well, there’s nothing you can’t like about Scottie. What he’s doing on the golf course is just incredible, the consistency day in and day out, the strategy, how he attacks the golf course.”
That kind of particular breakdown is not a courtesy from a man who held world No. 1 for 683 weeks. It is a specialized read from someone who understands entirely what is required to win week after week.
Scottie Scheffler, however, has never let those comparisons land. At the Tour Championship in August 2025, when the discussion was getting harder to avoid, he addressed it directly:
“It’s very silly to be compared to Tiger Woods. I think Tiger is a guy who stands alone in the game of golf, and I think he always will.
Tiger inspired a whole generation of golfers. ”
What makes that comment fascinating is what accompanied it. Scheffler reflected on playing alongside Woods at the 2020 Masters, both of them 11 shots back with nothing to gain. and watching Big Cat read every single putt with complete focus, regardless. That image had a lasting impression on him. According to Scheffler, it reshaped his approach to competition, teaching him to bring intensity to every round, every shot, and every tournament, regardless of his position on the leaderboard.
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