Scottie Scheffler spent all of 2024 as world No.1 (Image: Getty)
has hurtled past in weeks spent as world No.1 but the American is still well off all-time record.
Scheffler has established himself as the man to beat in the world of golf and spent the entirety of 2024 top of the world rankings.
It was a position boosted by his Masters win at Augusta National in April last year – the second time in his short but successful career he’s donned the iconic Green Jacket.
While Scheffler might’ve struggled in the remaining three majors in 2024 – he finished T8 at the Players Championship, T41 at the US Open and T8 at the Open – the 28-year-old was in a class of his own on the PGA Tour.
He won an astonishing seven of the 19 events he played in during 2024 and missed out on the top 10 just three times.
It meant Scheffler took home a cool £25million ($30m), as well as an extra £21m ($25m) on top for winning the FedEx Cup bonus.
And as they prepare for the 2025 season to get underway, Scheffler has already broken another impressive record.
He’s leapfrogged McIlroy in the last of most weeks spent top of the rankings, with the week commencing January 20 his 123rd as number one.
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Scottie Scheffler is unlikely to ever match Tiger Woods’ record for the most weeks as No.1 (Image: Getty)
It takes him up to fourth in the all-time list but any hopes of catching Woods in the first spot appear impossible, given Scheffler would have to spend an extra 10 years as world No.1.
While Scheffler does have plenty of time on his side, accounting for dips in form and fitness concerns, it’s unlikely Woods’ record will ever be beaten.
Scheffler will no doubt give it a good go though, starting this year, with the two-time major winner having just returned from surgery.
After cutting his hand on a broken wine glass during his Christmas celebrations, Scheffler went under the knife and is expected to return to action before the end of January.
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On his 2025 prospects, he told the PGA Tour: “Feeling good, everything went well with the surgery.
“Body feels pretty good. Still making decisions on schedule going forward…”
Scheffler continued: “It was pretty unusual for me not to be able to do much in the gym. I was still able to get in there and do some movement stuff and some of the stuff I usually do with my legs.
“But as far as the upper body goes, I’m not going to go and just work out the left side of my body and come into the season walking like this.”
Scheffler’s first event of the year could come at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, which gets underway in the final week of January.