Scheffler swings into the New Year on the back of a barnstorming 2024
China DailyScottie Scheffler of the United States was the man to beat this year, winning a glut of PGA titles and an Olympic gold. AFP TORONTO — While professional golf's future is as uncertain now as it was a year ago given the pace of negotiations between the PGA Tour and the Saudi backers of LIV Golf, one thing was made crystal clear in 2024 — Scottie Scheffler is the man to beat. Scheffler became the first player since Tiger Woods in 2007 to win seven or more times in a PGA Tour season and added an Olympic gold medal in a year where he spent each week as the No 1 player in the world and 72 minutes behind bars. By the time the season ended, Scheffler, 28, had wins at the Masters, Players Championship, Tour Championship and against elite fields in four PGA Tour signature events. When the calendar flips to 2025, the focus of the golf world will be on the launch of Woods' and McIlroy's high-tech indoor simulator league, which will feature six teams of four PGA Tour players competing in a fast-paced form of team golf.