Tiger Woods does it. Scottie Scheffler again. And the expert is ‘very jealous’

Scottie Scheffler’s numbers, which you can access by clicking, reveal his pocket wide abilities.

Tee balls? He is fourth on the PGA Tour this season in consecutive wins: off the tee.

Iron shot? You are the first in SG: approach the green.

Around the green? Eighth in that metric.

To put it? He is 90 years old, but the work there is well documented.

It’s all eye-opening, and Max Homa doesn’t seem to disagree. But there is something under the hood, he says, that is Scheffler’s best skill. He even said he was jealous.

That Tiger guy does it, too, said Homa.

The famous expert was speaking this week on the No Laying Up podcast – and you can (and should) listen to the entire podcast in full here – and the topic of Scheffler came up. Along with the stats, he won six times this season, including the Masters, although manager Chris Solomon noted that he thinks Scheffler is “really detached from the result and focused on the process.”

Homa jumped at that.

He called it impossible to do.

He called it Scheffler’s greatest skill.

Then he told a story about Tiger Woods. At this year’s Masters, Homa and Jason Day were paired with Woods for the first two rounds, and Day and Homa saw something different from the 15-time major winner on the first day at the par-5 13th hole, which was the final hole of their day. after storms delayed the start of the tournament.

“Tiger hit a foul drive on 13,” Homa began on the podcast, “and there’s wind, and I mean, Tiger’s the best ironman I’ve ever seen — Scottie is right there, but Tiger, I don’t know how. to explain it. And maybe it’s just our liking, but it’s really fun to see him hit golf shots.

“And he hit a bad drive on 13, which was our last hole, it was cold, the sun was setting, it was windy, and he had to sleep on the 13th. He was like a 6 iron maybe on that right pin. And it’s not like you hit it close. It was a really solid golf swing and you hit it to the middle of the green, right under the hole, about 30 feet or so. And I go with Jason, and Jason goes, it’s amazing to me how committed you are to hitting the golf ball because those shots, your mind is full of so many possibilities, good and bad.”

In the podcast, Homa said Scheffler’s approach is similar.

“And it seems like those two guys,” he said, “from what I’ve heard from their conversations and what I’ve seen, I think with Tiger, they just take the gun and get into it.” And that is a very difficult thing to do over and over again. And it’s a skill as good as any Scottie excels at.

“You’re surprised by it.”

Does it repeat? Try it yourself. Good luck.

In the podcast, Homa said she was jealous.

“And he talks about it and it’s something I’m very jealous of, but I know he’s working on it,” said the six-time winner. “He seems to talk a lot about that. And it’s obvious that it’s something he’s made time for.”

Editor’s note: To listen to the entire No Laying Up with Homa podcast, please click here.

Nick Piastowski

Golf.com Editor

Nick Piastowski is a Senior Editor at Golf.com and Golf Magazine. In his role, he is responsible for planning, writing and promoting news on the golf course. And when he’s not writing about how to hit the golf ball forward and straight, the Milwaukee native is probably playing the game, hitting the ball left, right and short, and drinking a cold beer to wash down his scores. You can contact him about any of these topics – his news, his game or his beer – at nick.piastowski@golf.com.