2019: Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year Scheffler turned professional after graduating from college in spring 2018. He began to play in
Monday qualifiers but had little success. In December 2018, Scheffler earned his
2019 Web.com Tour card through
qualifying school. He finished tied-34th, one shot inside the top 40 cutoff. He got
up-and-down to make par on the final hole and secure his playing status. In 2022, Scheffler described this as the most important par save of his career. He said "there's more pressure going into the final round of Q-School than there is Masters Sunday because, if I fail at Q-School, I've got a whole other year where I don't have anywhere to play." On May 5, 2019, Scheffler shot a final-round 64 to tie for first alongside
Robby Shelton at the
Nashville Golf Open. Shelton won the ensuing playoff. This was Scheffler's fourth consecutive top-10 finish on the Web.com Tour. Three weeks later, Scheffler fired a bogey-free, 9-under 63—playing the back nine in 30—to force a playoff with 54-hole leader
Marcelo Rozo in the
Evans Scholars Invitational. He then birdied the second extra hole for his first Web.com Tour victory. On August 18, 2019, Scheffler won the
Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship in
Columbus, Ohio. Scheffler shot 4-under 67 in the final round at
Ohio State University's Scarlet Course for a two-shot victory. He totaled a 12-under 272 for the week and finished two shots ahead of
Brendon Todd,
Beau Hossler and
Ben Taylor. This event was part of the
Korn Ferry Tour Finals (the Web.com Tour was renamed the Korn Ferry Tour in mid-season). Scheffler led both the Finals points list and the overall points list to earn a fully exempt PGA Tour card for the 2020 season. He was later named
Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year. During the suspension of the PGA Tour due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, Scheffler competed in the Maridoe Samaritan Fund Invitational in April 2020, a tournament organized to raise money for caddies who were unable to work due to the COVID lockdowns. Scheffler shot rounds of 66-74-67 to win the 54-hole event, ahead of
Will Zalatoris in second and
Viktor Hovland in third, and donated $9,000 to the caddie fund. In August 2020, Scheffler finished tied for fourth at the
2020 PGA Championship, his first top-10 finish at a major. Two weeks later, Scheffler shot a 12-under
59 at
The Northern Trust. His round was the joint second-lowest in PGA Tour history and just the 12th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history. Scheffler was one of two rookies, alongside Hovland, to qualify for the
Tour Championship in September 2020. Scheffler finished fifth, receiving a $2.5 million payout. He was named the
PGA Tour Rookie of the Year for the 2019–20 season.
2021: Ryder Cup debut Scheffler recorded the first runner-up finish of his PGA Tour career in March at the
2021 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, held at
Austin Country Club. He was defeated by
Billy Horschel, 2 and 1, in the final. At the
2021 Masters Tournament, Scheffler tied for 18th. He then posted top-10 finishes at each of the three other majors: tied-8th at the
2021 PGA Championship, tied-7th at the
2021 U.S. Open, and tied-8th at the
2021 Open Championship. In September 2021, Scheffler was named as a captain's pick by
Steve Stricker for the U.S. team in the
2021 Ryder Cup at
Whistling Straits in
Kohler, Wisconsin. The U.S. team won 19–9 and Scheffler went including a win in his Sunday singles match against world number one
Jon Rahm. Later that fall, he switched caddies, replacing Scott McGuinness with
Bubba Watson's former caddie,
Ted Scott.
2022: Rise to world number one, first major title, PGA Tour Player of the Year On February 13, 2022, Scheffler won his first ever
PGA Tour title at the
WM Phoenix Open on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff against
Patrick Cantlay. Three weeks later, Scheffler won his second career PGA Tour title at the
Arnold Palmer Invitational in
Orlando, Florida. He won by one stroke over
Viktor Hovland,
Billy Horschel and
Tyrrell Hatton. Three weeks after that, Scheffler won the
WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in
Austin, Texas, defeating
Kevin Kisner in the final match. With this win, Scheffler moved to
world number one in the
Official World Golf Ranking. On April 10, 2022, Scheffler won the
Masters Tournament, defeating
Rory McIlroy by three strokes. Scheffler became the fifth golfer to enter the Masters Tournament ranked No. 1 in the world and go on to win the Masters, joining
Ian Woosnam (1991),
Fred Couples (1992),
Tiger Woods (2001, 2002) and
Dustin Johnson (2020). The victory was his fourth for the
2022 PGA Tour season, making him the first golfer since Arnold Palmer in 1960, and only the second ever, to win as many events including the Masters in that span of time to begin a season. The Masters was his fourth win in 6 starts. At the
2022 PGA Championship, he missed the cut by two shots. On May 29, 2022, Scheffler lost the
Charles Schwab Challenge in a playoff to
Sam Burns after Burns made a 38-foot birdie putt. At the
U.S. Open, he finished T-2, one stroke behind the winner
Matt Fitzpatrick. Entering the 2022
Tour Championship as the leader in the
FedEx Cup standings, Scheffler started the tournament in first place with a 2-stroke lead in the starting strokes format. He extended his lead to 6 strokes after 54 holes, but shot a 3-over-par 73 in the final round to lose the tournament by one stroke to Rory McIlroy. This tied Scheffler for the PGA Tour record of largest 54-hole lead blown. In September 2022, Scheffler was named 2022
PGA Tour Player of the Year, earning the Jack Nicklaus Award for the first time. Scheffler qualified for the U.S. team at the
2022 Presidents Cup; he lost three of the four matches he played, tying the other.
2023: Continued success, first Players Championship victory In February 2023, Scheffler successfully defended his title at the
WM Phoenix Open. He shot a final round 6-under 65 to beat
Nick Taylor by two strokes. With the win, Scheffler returned to
number one in the Official World Golf Ranking. In March, Scheffler won
The Players Championship by five strokes and regained the number one ranking in the Official World Golf Ranking for the second time in the year. It was the largest margin of victory in The Players Championship since
Stephen Ames won by six in 2006. Scheffler joined Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus as the only players to win the Masters Tournament and The Players Championship in a 12-month span. As the defending champion at the
2023 Masters Tournament in April, Scheffler finished tied-10th. At the
2023 PGA Championship in May, he posted a final-round 65 to tie for 2nd, two strokes behind
Brooks Koepka. This result returned Scheffler to the number one spot in the Official World Golf Ranking. Scheffler followed this with a 3rd-place finish at the
2023 U.S. Open in June. In the 2022–23 season, Scheffler recorded 18 consecutive top-12 finishes, a streak only bettered by Tiger Woods in 2000–01. For the second year in a row, he entered the Tour Championship as the leader in the FedEx Cup standings, which gave him a starting score of 10-under-par, and a two stroke lead over
Viktor Hovland. He finished in a tie for sixth place at 11-under-par, 16 strokes behind the winner, Hovland. In September, Scheffler played on the U.S. team in the
2023 Ryder Cup at
Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in
Rome,
Italy. The European team won 16.5–11.5 and Scheffler went , including a tie in his Sunday singles match against
Jon Rahm. In the Saturday morning foursome match, the European pair
Ludvig Åberg and
Viktor Hovland defeated Scheffler and
Brooks Koepka 9 and 7, the biggest victory in an 18-hole match in Ryder Cup history. In December, Scheffler won the
Hero World Challenge, an unofficial event on the PGA Tour with a 20-man field. He had finished as runner-up in both of the previous two years at the tournament.
2024: Nine-win season, Olympic gold medal and first FedEx Cup title in June 2024|upright=1 In March, Scheffler won the
Arnold Palmer Invitational for the second time in his career. Scheffler ended the week 15-under par, the lowest score at Bay Hill since Rory Mcilroy in 2018. The following week, Scheffler won
The Players Championship to become the first back-to-back winner in the event's history. He shot an 8-under 64 in the final round to overcome a five-shot deficit, matching the largest comeback by a Players Championship winner at TPC Sawgrass. In his next start, at the
Houston Open, Scheffler was in the final group on Sunday and had a birdie putt from six feet on the 18th green to force a playoff. He missed the putt and finished in second place, one stroke behind
Stephan Jäger. In April, Scheffler won the
Masters Tournament for a second time in three years. He finished at 11-under par, winning by four shots over
Ludvig Åberg. Scheffler, aged 27, became the fourth-youngest player to have two Masters victories. He additionally joined Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus as the only players to have multiple victories at both the Players Championship and the Masters. One week later, he followed up his Masters victory with a win at the
RBC Heritage for his fourth win in five starts. At the
2024 PGA Championship at
Valhalla Golf Club, Scheffler opened with a round of 67. On Friday morning prior to his second round, Scheffler
was arrested after a traffic incident but was released in time to return to the course and shoot 66. However, in the third round, Scheffler broke his streak of 42 consecutive rounds of par-or-better on the PGA Tour with a two-over 73. He eventually finished the tournament tied 8th. In his next start, Scheffler was in the final group on Sunday at the
Charles Schwab Challenge. He ultimately finished runner-up, five strokes behind
Davis Riley. In June, Scheffler won the
Memorial Tournament for his fifth win on the season. The win pushed him over $24 million in earnings for the year, breaking the PGA Tour season earnings record. Scheffler also become the first player since
Tom Watson in 1980 to have won five times on the PGA Tour before the U.S. Open. Two weeks later, Scheffler defeated
Tom Kim in a sudden-death playoff at the
Travelers Championship to claim his sixth win on the season. This made him the first PGA Tour golfer to win six times in a season since Tiger Woods in 2009, and the first to have won six times before July since Arnold Palmer in 1962. As the number-one player in the world rankings, Scheffler qualified as one of the four men to represent the
United States at the
2024 Olympic golf tournament in Paris. On August 4, he tied the course record at
Le Golf National with a final-round 62 to finish at 19-under and win the gold medal. Scheffler, who was six strokes behind the lead after the front nine, made six birdies on the back nine to win by one stroke over
Tommy Fleetwood. At the 2024 Tour Championship held at
East Lake Golf Club, Scheffler entered as the leader in the FedEx Cup standings for third year in a row, starting again at 10-under-par. He totaled 30-under-par to claim the first
FedEx Cup title of his career. This made him the first player since Tiger Woods in 2007 to record a seven-win season on the PGA Tour, and earned him $25 million in bonus prize money. Along with the $8 million bonus for leading the regular-season standings and his $29 million official prize money, this brought Scheffler's total on-course earnings for the season to $62 million. In December 2024, Scheffler won the
Hero World Challenge for the second straight year. He finished at 25-under 263 to tie the tournament record at
Albany Golf Course first set by Bubba Watson in 2015. This was his ninth win of the year, although neither the Olympics or Hero World Challenge count as official PGA Tour wins. Scheffler was named 2024
PGA Tour Player of the Year, earning the Jack Nicklaus Award for the third consecutive season, the first to do so since Tiger Woods in 20052007. Later in December, Scheffler paired with
Rory McIlroy against
Brooks Koepka and
Bryson Dechambeau in an edition of
The Match billed as a showdown between the PGA Tour and
LIV Golf. Scheffler and McIlroy won the 18-hole, match-play contest.
2025: Winning two major titles in 2025 Scheffler missed the first few weeks of the 2025 season due to injuring his right hand while making Christmas dinner. He underwent surgery to remove shards of glass from his palm and was unable to practice golf during the recovery. As the two-time defending champion at the
2025 Players Championship in March, he finished in a tie for 20th. Two weeks later, Scheffler finished runner-up at the
Texas Children's Houston Open, one stroke behind
Min Woo Lee. In his title defense at the
2025 Masters Tournament in April, Scheffler placed solo-fourth. In May, Scheffler recorded his first victory of the season at the
CJ Cup Byron Nelson, winning by eight strokes over
Erik van Rooyen. Scheffler's total of 31-under-par 253 tied the 72-hole PGA Tour scoring record. Two weeks later, at the
2025 PGA Championship held at
Quail Hollow Club, Scheffler shot 11-under 273 to claim his third major championship title. This was the largest margin of victory at the PGA Championship since
Rory McIlroy won by eight at the
2012 PGA Championship. The win also made him the first golfer since
Seve Ballesteros to win his first three majors by three shots or more, and he joined Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the only golfers since 1950 to win at least 15 PGA Tour tournaments before the age of 29. Scheffler successfully defended his title at the
Memorial Tournament in June, scoring 10-under to beat
Ben Griffin by four strokes. It was Scheffler's third win in the span of four starts. With the victory, Scheffler joined
Tiger Woods as the only repeat winners of the Memorial. Two weeks later, Scheffler finished tied-7th at the
2025 U.S. Open at 4-over 284, five strokes behind the winner
J. J. Spaun. This was Scheffler's fourth top-10 finish in his previous five U.S. Open appearances. in July 2025 In July, Scheffler won the
2025 Open Championship at
Royal Portrush for his fourth major championship victory. He shot 17-under 267 to win by four over
Harris English and claim the third leg of the
career grand slam. With the victory, Scheffler became the first golfer since
John Henry Taylor in 1909 to win his first four majors by three strokes or more. He also became the third golfer to win multiple majors by four or more strokes in a single year, joining Ben Hogan (
1953 Masters,
U.S. Open, and
Open Championship) and Tiger Woods (
2000 U.S. Open and
Open Championship). Since the start of the
Official World Golf Ranking in 1986, Scheffler joined Tiger Woods as the only two players to win the Open Championship while ranked world number one. In August, Scheffler erased a four-shot deficit to win the
BMW Championship. He closed with a 3-under 67, including a chip-in birdie from on the 17th hole, to win by two strokes over
Robert MacIntyre. In September, Scheffler won the
Procore Championship by one shot over
Ben Griffin, his sixth win of the season. Scheffler joined Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer as the only players since 1960 to win at least six times on the PGA Tour in consecutive seasons. Two weeks later, Scheffler represented the United States at the
2025 Ryder Cup. He had a record, losing his first four matches but winning in the Sunday singles against
Rory McIlroy, as the United States was defeated by Europe 15 to 13.
2026 In January, Scheffler won
The American Express by four shots. It was Scheffler's 20th PGA Tour victory, which earned him lifetime membership on the tour. He also joined Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the only golfers to have 20 PGA Tour titles and four majors before turning 30. In February, Scheffler finished tied-12th at the
Genesis Invitational, which ended his streak of 18 consecutive top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour. This was the longest such streak since
Billy Casper recorded 17 in 1964–65. At the
2026 Masters Tournament in April, Scheffler was at even par after 36 holes and trailed the leader
Rory McIlroy by 12 strokes. He shot bogey-free rounds of 65-68 on the weekend to finish solo-second at 11-under, one stroke behind McIlroy. In doing so, Scheffler became the first player to avoid making a bogey in the final two rounds at the Masters since hole-by-hole data began to be recorded in 1942. The following week, Scheffler tied for first at the
RBC Heritage. He lost in the ensuing playoff to
Matt Fitzpatrick. Scheffler recorded his third consecutive runner-up finish at the
Cadillac Championship in May, six strokes behind
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