Almost down to the letter in their surnames, there’s not much between Xander Schauffele and Scottie Scheffler who have both had stellar seasons – but what do the stats say?
The biggest stat in golf is easiest to see, and that’s the win column, where Scheffler has six victories this season including that one Major at The Masters but also several other huge events including The Players Championship – the PGA Tour’s flagship event.
And with those six wins coming in the space of 10 starts, it’s a truly remarkable run of form from Scheffler, especially when you remember that during all this he not only welcomed his first child into the world but also spent the morning in prison at the PGA Championship!
Schauffele can’t match the volume of victories but he can sure pick his triumphs, with just the two wins this season but both of them Majors – picking up the PGA Championship with a winning putt on the last to quash talk of him not being able to close out.
Then he picked his moment perfectly on the back nine on Sunday at Royal Troon to add the Claret Jug to the mix and go from nearly man to half a Grand Slam in the space of two months.
Even before the wins, Schauffele had been the only man in touching distance of Scheffler in the major statistical categories, as the two-time Masters champ was producing numbers not seen since Tiger Woods was in his pomp.
The consistent excellence was something most players could just not live with. Schauffele was right there with him, as neither has missed a cut this year, but while he finished outside the top 10 five times Scheffler only fell that far twice out of 16 events.
That in itself is incredible, but it was his stunning play with the irons that really stood out from a statistical point of view – as overall although Schauffele is his leading competitor it’s really not that close.
Elsewhere, though, it’s a much closer call between the two Americans and Xander has the upper hand in a couple of categories – most notably on the greens.
Scheffler vs Schauffele 2024 stats
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(Individual events only)
| Header Cell – Column 0 | Scheffler | Schauffele |
|---|---|---|
| Tournaments | 16 | 17 |
| Overall Wins | 6 | 2 |
| Runner-up | 2 | 2 |
| Top 10 | 14 | 12 |
| Majors | 1 | 2 |
| Prize money | $28,148,691 | $15,867,160 |
| Score average | 68.462 | 69.010 |
| Season total to par | -206 | -186 |
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