Isn’t it time Scheffler wins another major?

Alright, Scottie, isn’t it about time? You haven’t won a major since last July.

Maybe it’s unfair to say that golf needs you, but truth tell golf needs you.  Specifically, golf needs great rivalries, Ben Hogan vs Sam Snead, Jack Nicklaus vs Arnold Palmer, Tiger Woods vs (well there wasn’t anybody else). Right now it would be you against Rory McIlroy, if you would do your part.

You may be No. 1 in the world rankings but in recent weeks golf has belonged to McIlroy who in April won a second consecutive Masters. Yes, you played admirably there, finishing second. But we’re not talking about merely  doing well, rather about domination. That brings us to this week’s 108th PGA Championship in Aronimink, in the suburbs of Philadelphia, your next chance. Golf’s next chance.

Strange things happen on a golf course where it seems the unpredictable becomes the inevitable, or haven’t you noticed what has taken place in recent weeks?  

The leader board at the recent Truist Championship played at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, where in 2025 you won the PGA Championship, was packed with names of players still trying to make their mark, people such as Kristoffer Reitan who won, Nicolai Hejgaard, and Sungjae Im. It wasn’t that long ago people in golf were predicting Ricky Fowler, who tied for second in the Truist, would become the champion that you are. He’s been impressive, a Players Title on his resume, but he has never won a major.

A football coach named Jim Mora told us about predictions in the NFL “You don’t know, you can’t know, you never will know.” The same thing probably could be said about golf. So maybe any predictions about the outcome of this PGA Championship wouldn’t make much sense. Still you believe.  Scheffler who has 20 Tour victories, could get another this week.

“You know you’re playing good golf,” Scheffler told the media, “and you’d love to get some wins. Finishing second hurts, but I think when you reflect and you’re looking at things to work on, there’s a lot less to clean up when you’re finishing second than there is when you’re finishing 30th.”

Scheffler has not finished as low as 30th in a tournament the last two years. However, a degree of frustration builds when there are numerous near misses, particularly when your wife chides you with notable humor.

According to Doug Ferguson of the Associated Press, Meredith Scheffler told her husband, “You’re the first guy in PGA Tour history to have three solo runner-ups in a row.”

Hey, if you can’t have fun, why play the game?