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Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Scottie Scheffler's PGA Payday Has Already Surpassed NHL's Highest Salaries
Scottie Scheffler's PGA Payday Has Already Surpassed NHL's Highest Salaries originally appeared on Athlon Sports. As the John Deere Classic wraps up today, all eyes may be on the leaderboard but another number is turning heads across the sports world, $15.8 million. That's how much World No.1 Scottie Scheffler has earned on the PGA Tour in 2025 so far. Incredibly, that figure already eclipses the entire 2025-26 season salary of the NHL's highest-paid player, who will bring in $14 million. Advertisement Golf Digest highlighted this jaw-dropping comparison in a recent graphic, showcasing how dominant and lucrative Scheffler's season has been. 'Scottie Scheffler's 2025 earnings so far: $15.8M,' the image reads, next to Draisaitl's more modest hockey paycheck. Scottie SchefflerSamantha Madar/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Scheffler has built this massive payday with relentless consistency. He's made the cut in all 14 events he's played, winning three and finishing in the top 10 eleven times. His hot streak includes a five-shot victory at the PGA Championship, a blowout win at The CJ Cup Byron Nelson, and another dominant run at the Memorial Tournament. That last one made him the first golfer since Tiger Woods to defend a title at Muirfield Village. Advertisement He now has three career majors, is halfway to a Grand Slam this year, and he's not slowing down. After a short break following a T-6 finish at the Travelers Championship, Scheffler is gearing up for The Genesis Scottish Open before heading to Royal Portrush for The Open Championship. Scheffler, who turned 29 this year, isn't just chasing trophies he's redefining greatness on the PGA Tour. As he heads into links season, the Texan's already massive earnings—and his precision ball-striking make him a favorite again. Whether it's money, majors, or milestones, 2025 is shaping up to be the year of Scottie Scheffler. Related: Scottie Scheffler's New Video Turning Heads Weeks Before The Open This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 6, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
15-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Memorial Tournament 2025: Second-round tee times, pairings at Muirfield Village
The seventh of eight signature events this season continues Friday at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio. Here's a look at the second-round tee times and pairings for the Memorial Tournament as well as how you can watch the coverage. GOLF: JUN 09 PGA the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday How to watch the Memorial Tournament 2025: TV times, stream links and field info Advertisement TV times and more for this week's PGA Tour signature event, the Memorial Tournament.
CNN
13-06-2025
- Sport
- CNN
Oakmont has already humbled the world's best golfers at the US Open. It could be about to get even tougher
Scottie Scheffler has been bending courses to his will in 2025. The No. 1 golfer in the world looked unstoppable only two weeks ago at the Memorial Tournament that he won by four strokes at the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Ohio. But the course at Oakmont Country Club outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, isn't just any course. Oakmont is diabolical. The rough is deep enough that it covers your shoes. It's thick enough that the PGA officials tasked with finding wayward shots look like someone trying to find a contact lens in a crowded room. The fairways are pencil-thin and, when you're lucky enough to find one, they slope toward bunkers that drop straight into the earth. Those bunkers are so deep that they appear to swallow players whole, and they guard the greens at Oakmont like the implacable Royal Guard at Buckingham Palace. When all those obstacles are finally vanquished, players might hope to find some respite on the greens. Instead, they are essentially putting on sheets of glass that have enough bumps, slopes, twists and turns that all they're missing is a windmill or an open-mouthed clown. Scheffler felt the fury of Oakmont on the monster 618-yard, par-5 12th hole when he had a chance to chip out of the rough near the green and set up a rare birdie opportunity. Unfortunately for the defending PGA Championship winner, this course has a way of making even the best player in the world look like a high handicap weekend warrior: he scalded his flop shot and the lightning-fast greens gave him no quarter as the ball rocketed across the green and into the thick rough on the opposite side. Such is Scheffler's ability that he managed to get up and down for par. But the frustration was beginning to show. A bogey on 13 made his jaw drop. An approach shot on 14 that spun away from the hole left him slamming his club into the fairway, yelling at himself. Another bogey came on 15 after he missed a six-footer on another wicked green. 'The golf course is just challenging,' he said afterward. 'The greens just got challenging out there late in the day,' he added. 'There's so much speed and so much pitch and then with the amount of guys going through on these greens, they can get a little bit bumpy. But you know that's going to be part of the challenge going in. You've got to do your best to stay under the hole and stay patient.' It was a brutal day for Scheffler and so many others on the course. And the worst news for the 156 players in the field? It might get even tougher. 'It just puts so much pressure on every single part of your game constantly, whether it's off the tee, whether it's putting green, whether it's around the greens or it's the iron shots into the green,' said Thomas Detry, who ended the day with a 1-under 69. 'Luckily, the wind wasn't too much up today, but it could be a bloodbath out here if it suddenly starts to blow.' Friday's forecast for Oakmont, Pennsylvania, includes the possibility of rain showers and thunderstorms. Saturday and Sunday's forecast looks much the same. If the rough gets wet and the wind picks up, then this monster of a course might be eating the field for dinner. The 125th US Open is being played for a record tenth time at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania where CNN's Patrick Snell is in the rough to show you just why the famed country club has long been considered one of the toughest courses in the country. #cnn #news #sports #golf #usga #usopen #oakmont #golfing #oakmontcountryclub The course gave up a couple of incredible shots – Shane Lowry's eagle on the No. 3 and Patrick Reed's 286-yard albatross on No. 4 to name the most notable – but for every highlight reel moment, there were innumerable stolen strokes that might prove costly on Sunday. There was Rory McIlroy chunking it only a few yards out of catastrophic conditions on two straight shots on No. 4. There was Viktor Hovland hacking his second shot only 97 yards as the rough reached up and grabbed his clubhead on No. 15, leading to a killer bogey. There was Bryson DeChambeau's approach shot on No. 12 that bounced three times and then rolled all the way off the back of the green. And, as the golden hour glow settled in on the course, there was Tony Finau finding a greenside sprinkler head that sent his ball flying into the grandstands and only just missing a spectator who never saw it coming. There were many more. DeChambeau said the course is not giving an inch. 'The rough is incredibly penalizing. Even for a guy like me, I can't get out of it some of the times, depending on the lie. It was tough. It was a brutal test of golf,' he said. Robert MacIntyre, who shot an even-par 70 on Thursday, said the course is in his head even if he was very pleased with his round. 'That's up there, up there in the top 10 of any rounds that I've played. It is just so hard – honestly, every shot you're on a knife edge,' he said. 'If you miss it – even if you miss the green, you miss it by too much, you then try to play an eight-yard pitch over the rough onto a green that's brick-hard running away from you.' Playing Oakmont well doesn't exactly mean that one felt confident going into the day. For JJ Spaun, who lead the tournament after the opening round, the best move was to just lean into the anxiety. 'I was definitely kind of nervous because I didn't – all you've been hearing is how hard this place is, and it's hard to not hear the noise and see what's on social media and Twitter and all this stuff,' he said. 'You're just kind of only hearing about how hard this course is.' 'I was actually pretty nervous. But I actually tried to harness that, the nerves, the anxiety, because it kind of heightens my focus, makes me swing better, I guess. I don't know, I kind of get more in the zone, whereas if I don't have any worry or if I'm not in it mentally, it's kind of just a lazy round or whatever out there.' Kim Si-woo, who ended the day in third after shooting a 2-under par 68, admitted that he didn't really know what he was doing out there. 'Honestly, I don't even know what I'm doing on the course,' he told reporters. 'Kind of hitting good but feel like this course is too hard for me. So, kind of like no expectation, but I played great today.' Even an experienced major champion like Spain's Jon Rahm, who finished the day tied for sixth after shooting a 1-under 69, felt like he had an accomplishment to celebrate by staying under par. 'I'm extremely happy. I played some incredible golf to shoot 1-under, which we don't usually say, right?' he said. Second round action gets underway early Friday morning as the field is set to be narrowed to the top 60 players who make the cut.
Forbes
11-06-2025
- Sport
- Forbes
Can Anyone Beat Scottie Scheffler At Oakmont?
The best golfers in the world begin play in the 125th U.S. Open Championship tomorrow at Oakmont Country Club with two major challenges facing them. The first is a brute of a golf course which is about to host its tenth U.S. Open Championship, and that many describe as the toughest test in all of championship golf. Meanwhile, the second is much more unassuming, but may be equally as challenging for players to overcome, and that is the world's number one player, Scottie Scheffler. DUBLIN, OHIO - JUNE 09: Scottie Scheffler of the United States celebrates after making par on the ... More 18th green to win the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday at Muirfield Village Golf Club on June 09, 2024 in Dublin, Ohio. (Photo by) Scheffler's brilliance has been on full display lately, having won three of his last four starts, all of which by a wide margin. Heading into the U.S. Open this week, the three-time major champions game appears to be peaking at just the right time, which should strike fear in the competition. Like many great players before him, Scheffler's game travels incredible well to various styles of golf courses. Unlike many of those courses, Oakmont Country Club offers a set of very unique challenges for the world's best players, it just so happens that these challenges fit Scheffler's game very well. Because of his recent form and course fit, he heads to the U.S. Open as the heaviest betting favorite in the championship since Tiger Woods in 2009. Currently, DraftKings has Scheffler at +275, with Bryson DeChambeau being the closest favorite at +750, a wider gap than last year when he entered the U.S. Open at Pinehurst at +325. When asked about being the favorite this week, he stated 'I don't pay attention to the favorite stuff or anything like that. Starting Thursday morning we're at even par and it's up to me to go out there and play against the golf course and see what I can do.' A very level headed comment from someone who is chasing history. This week, Scheffler is looking to do what only 5 players in history have done, win the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship in the same season. With Brooks Koepka being the last to do it in 2018, the list features the greats of the game - Woods, Nicklaus, Hogan and Sarazen are the others that Scheffler hopes to join this week. LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY - MAY 17: Scottie Scheffler of The United States plays his thir shot on his ... More first hole, the par 5, 10th hole during the second round of the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club on May 17, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by) It just so happens that this week's championship at Oakmont is on a course that experts believe suits his game about as perfectly as a course setup can. Long rough is a hallmark of the U.S. Open and getting it in play off the tee is paramount to success at Oakmont. During the 2025 season, Scheffler leads the PGA Tour in strokes gained off the tee. This measures a golfer's performance with their tee shots on par 4 and par 5 holes and compares them to the average PGA Tour players performance on these holes. While not considered one of the longest players in the world, he still has plenty of distance, averaging 303.3 yards off the tee this season. The PGA Tour has a statistic called total driving, which measures a players distance and accuracy. Scheffler is 11th in this statistic, so however you measure it, he is an elite driver of the golf ball, which is needed for success this week at Oakmont. Approach play will also be needed for success as players will need to hit approach shots to the proper quadrants of Oakmont's treacherous greens in order to give themselves chances to make birdie and oftentimes, to secure a par. In this area, Scheffler is undoubtedly the world's best iron player and leads the PGA Tour in strokes gained approach again this year. He is sixth in greens in regulation percentage and second in proximity to the hole during the 2025 season. Two weeks ago at the Memorial, Jordan Spieth was asked about Scheffler's iron play and he commented, 'he's maybe the best there's ever been as far as club face control. So his consistency is ridiculous. And then that just leads to his distance control being phenomenal.' Scheffler even excels at approach shot from long distances, ranking 11th in approach shots over 200 yards, which will be needed this week as players lay back off the tee to find fairways. If Scheffler happens to have an off day at Oakmont and misses more greens than normal, he happens to be ranked second on the PGA Tour in scrambling, which is a players ability to make par when they miss a green in regulation. More importantly, he ranks fifth in scrambling from the rough, which will be vital this week as the rough is over five inches in length in places. In the past, putting would be considered a major issue for Scheffler, but this season he has improved his putting dramatically and is ranked 25th on the PGA Tour in putting. This is a major breakthrough for the best ball striker in the world who has been slowed by a balky putter at times in the last few seasons. On weeks where he is putting even average, Scheffler has proven to be tough to beat. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 10: Scottie Scheffler of the United States lines up a putt on the 18th ... More green during the first round of the 2025 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 10, 2025 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by) All of these statistics have made Scheffler the best player in the world over the last three years, but there are two statistics that may be even more important this week. One of which is bogey avoidance. Whoever wins this championship will have had to avoid bogeys better than the majority of the field on a very difficult golf course. Wanna know who leads the PGA Tour in bogey avoidance in 2025? You guessed it, Scottie Scheffler. For the season, he has only made bogey or worse on 10% of the holes he has played. Bogeys are inevitable at Oakmont, but limiting them will be one of the keys to success. Scottie Scheffler excels at all the physical aspects of the game, but it is his mental abilities that make him stand apart from the rest of the players in golf currently. The PGA Tour tracks a statistic called 'bounce back," this is the percentage of time a player makes birdie or better the hole after making a bogey or worse. To this point in the season, Scheffler makes birdie or better on 25.90% of his holes played. What is astonishing is that after making a bogey or worse, he bounces back and makes birdie 35.80% of the time, almost a 10% higher rate than his normal birdie percentage. This goes to show you just how tough minded Scheffler is when he has a bad hole. The tour average is 20.73% for bounce back, so Scheffler is coming back from a bad hole at a 15% higher rate than the average player on tour, easily the best percentage in professional golf. In fact, other statistics of his also improve after a bogey. He is hitting 64.5% of the fairways on the season, but after a bogey that percentage jumps to 73.5%. For the year he is averaging 70.25% greens in regulation, but after a bogey that jumps up to 76.5%. This ability to bear down when needed sets him apart and is a tell tale sign of possible success this week as bogeys are inevitable. This ability to bounce back after a bad hole isn't lost on Scheffler. After the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow, where he bounced back at a 60% clip and played the holes after a bogey at -7, he said, 'I'm going to make plenty of mistakes over a 72-hole tournament, but it's more important for me not to let the mistakes bug me and to continue to bounce back and keep fighting out there. I mean I feel like my attitude has gotten better over the years, and I feel like that's why that statistic would be, I guess, one of my stronger ones.' Other players have also caught on to how Scheffler strategizes and gets around a golf course. Earlier this year, Rory McIlroy said, 'he plays the right shot at the right time, over and over and over again.' McIlroy is on record as stating that he has been trying to play more like Scheffler, being more patient and avoiding compounding errors. CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - MAY 15: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland and Scottie Scheffler of the ... More United States talk as they walk the 7th fairway during the first round of the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Country Club on May 15, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by) To add to all the statistical evidence, Scheffler has also done well in the U.S. Open the last 4 years. Prior to last years T41 finish at Pinehurst, he has finished third, T2 and T7 the three years prior. At Oakmont, the toughest course in the U.S. Open rotation, his strengths and experience should be magnified, leading many to believe this is his year. If you are looking for reasons to bet against Scheffler this week, there are some out there. For starters, he has a career win percentage on the PGA Tour of 22.2% or 16 out of 72 tournament starts. So by using this statistic, the field has about an 80% chance of winning this championship. There is also the fact that a world number one ranked player has not won the United States Open since 2008, when Tiger Woods held off Rocco Mediate in the famous playoff at Torrey Pines. So Scheffler is looking to end this 17 year drought for world number one players this week. Scottie Scheffler may win this week at Oakmont or he may not, as of the publication of this article, the betting public believes he will, as more money has been bet on him to win than the rest of the field combined. One thing is for certain, whether he wins or not this week, Scottie Scheffler seems to be here to stay and he is hungry to keep stacking victories.
CNA
10-06-2025
- Sport
- CNA
Well-rested Scheffler does Oakmont homework ahead of US Open test
OAKMONT, Pennsylvania :Scottie Scheffler may not have been as prepared as he could have been for last year's U.S. Open, but on Tuesday the tournament favourite at Oakmont Country Club said he was well-rested and had done his homework ahead of golf's toughest test. Scheffler arrived at the 2024 U.S. Open fresh off a win at the Memorial Tournament and made the cut at Pinehurst without a shot to spare. He later admitted he did not feel he was properly prepared for that year's third major. So this year world number one Scheffler took a different approach. He still played and won the Memorial, which was moved back to its traditional spot on the calendar, and then sat out last week's Canadian Open to focus on the U.S. Open. "Having the week off was really important for me to get home, get some rest, recover, and I showed up here on Sunday and was able to play maybe 11 holes and really get used to the conditions," said Scheffler. "It feels much more like my normal major prep versus last year where you're coming in from basically a major championship test, coming into another one is pretty challenging." Since the calendar turned to May, Scheffler has matched the PGA Tour 72-hole scoring record with a 31-under total at TPC Craig Ranch, won the PGA Championship by five strokes, finished fourth at Colonial and won at Muirfield Village by four strokes. The challenge ahead for Scheffler, whose three wins so far in 2025 came during his last four starts, will be passing the daunting test that Oakmont Country Club presents given its narrow fairways and penal rough. "This is probably the hardest golf course that we'll play, maybe ever, and that's pretty much all it is. It's just a different type of test," said Scheffler. Given his form Scheffler is naturally a heavy favourite and will have plenty of support as he makes his way around Oakmont, perhaps especially from those who have placed wagers on him. Scheffler said he hears plenty from those who bet on golf and that was why he deleted his account on peer-to-peer payment service Venmo as some people would send him part of their winnings or demand he cover their losses. "I was either getting paid by people or people requesting me a bunch of money when I didn't win," said Scheffler. "It wasn't a good feeling." "I don't remember the most that somebody would send me. Maybe a couple bucks here or there. That didn't happen nearly as much as the requests did," Scheffler added. A win this week for Scheffler would put him alongside Phil Mickelson and Jordan Spieth as the only active players with three legs of the career Grand Slam of golf's four majors.
