Golf: 2005 US Open winner Michael Campbell reflects on his triumph and what it was like facing a prime Tiger Woods
The world’s best golfer, Scottie Scheffler, is in the middle of a patch of form so good that to call it a golden run seems an embarrassing understatement .He might be the most dominant player in any individual sport in the world right now – though Iga Swiatek can make a case on the back of her French Open crown last week.
The three weeks he didn’t win? He finished runner-up twice and tied for eighth at the PGA Championship.Because for all of his brilliance, Scheffler has a problem. Or more accurately, the PGA Tour has a problem with Scheffler.At a time when golf’s civil war has torn apart the game for two years, the PGA Tour is desperate for a public relations boost.
Former American ice hockey star Ryan Whitney said as much last year after Scheffler’s Players’ Championship win. But with LIV doing its best to splinter the golf world, the PGA Tour is desperate for new stars to emerge that have broader cut-through and marketability – and Scheffler just isn’t that.At the PGA Championship last month, Scheffler was arrested attempting to drive into the tournament. He had had a misunderstanding with a police officer amid chaotic traffic outside the gates, after a pedestrian was killed earlier in the morning in a tragic crash.
As he walked to the practice range just before his round, one fan yelled out that Scheffler’s mug shot was “better than Tiger ’”. “I describe it as is ‘relentless.’ It seems like every time he shows up, he’s the guy to beat, and deservedly so. McIlroy hasn’t been alone in poking fun at Scheffler. And just like he did at the PGA Championship when fans cheekily sported his mug shot, Scheffler has smiled back.
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