Scott "Scottie" Scheffler was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, on June 21, 1996. Turned professional in 2018, joined the PGA Tour in 2020 and won his first PGA Tour win at the 2022 WM Phoenix Open against Patrick Cantlay in a playoff, which he successfully defended in the next season against Nick Taylor by two strokes. He has also won the 2022 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, defeating Kevin Kisner.
Only the 2022 WGC and 2024 RBC Heritage are the only two of Scheffler's ten PGA Tour wins that he has won once, with the rest coming twice: the Arnold Palmer Invitational in 2022 and 2024, the Masters Tournament in 2022 and 2024, the WM Phoenix Open in 2022 and 2023, and the Players Championship in 2023 and 2024. As of June 2024, he is the world No. 1 golfer and has been in the same position for more than 90 weeks (not a consecutive run).
How many Majors did Scottie Scheffler win?
Scottie Scheffler has won two major championships, the 2022 and 2024 Masters Tournaments.
Scottie Scheffler’s Masters Tournament Wins
Scheffler defeated Rory McIlroy in the Masters Tournament in April 2022 by a margin of three strokes. He joined Ian Woosnam (1991), Fred Couples (1992), Tiger Woods (2001, 2002), and Dustin Johnson (2020) as the five golfers to start the Masters Tournament as No. 1 in the world and go on to win it. He became the second golfer since Arnold Palmer in 1960 to win as many events as he did at the start of a season with his fourth victory of the 2022 PGA Tour.
At the 2024 Master Tournament, Scheffler again won for the second time, defeating Ludvig Aberg by four strokes, becoming the fourth-youngest player to have won two Masters and one of the only golfers to have won more than one Players Championship and Masters, joining legends Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus.
Scottie Scheffler’s PGA Championship Wins
Scottie Scheffler hasn't won a PGA Championship yet, but he came pretty close in the 2023 PGA Championship when he finished tied for second place with Viktor Hovland, against Brooks Koepka. Koepka won by a margin of two shots over both of them.
Scottie Scheffler’s U.S. Open Wins
Scottie Scheffler has yet to win a U.S. Open, but his best performance was tied for second place with Will Zalatoris, being defeated by Matt Fitzpatrick by a margin of one shot in the 2022 U.S. Open.
Scottie Scheffler’s Open Championship Wins
Scottie Scheffler hasn't won an Open Championship yet, and his best-ever performance was in 2021, when he tied for eighth place with Daniel Berger, Robert MacIntyre and Dustin Johnson. In the 2022 and 2023 seasons, he finished tied in the 21st and 23rd positions, respectively.
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Scottie Scheffler’s Major Wins Year-by-Year
| Year | Masters | PGA Champ. | U.S. Open | The Open |
| 2016 | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP |
| 2017 | DNP | DNP | T27 (Amateur) | DNP |
| 2018 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| 2019 | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP |
| 2020 | T19 | T4 | DNP | NT |
| 2021 | T18 | T8 | T7 | T8 |
| 2022 | WON | CUT | T2 | T21 |
| 2023 | T10 | T2 | 3 | T23 |
| 2024 | WON | T8 | - | - |
Scottie Scheffler’s Players Championship Wins
Scheffler returned to the top of the Official World Golf Ranking for the second time in the year after winning the 2023 Players Championship by five shots against Tyrrell Hatton with a score of 271, under 17. Since Stephen Ames won the Players Championship by six in 2006, this was the biggest margin of victory. Within a 12-month span, Scheffler joined the elite golfers Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus to win the Masters and the Players Championship.
Scheffler became the first-ever back-to-back winner of the Players Championship in March 2024. In the last round, Scheffler overcame a five-shot deficit with an 8-under 64, tying the biggest comeback by a Players Championship victor at TPC Sawgrass. He defeated Wyndham Clark, Brian Harman, and Xander Schauffele by a margin of a single stroke, with a score of 268, under 20.
Scottie Scheffler’s FedEx Cup Wins
Scottie Scheffler has yet to win a FedEx Cup; however, on the list of Career FedEx Cup bonus leaders, he was placed second in 2022.
Scottie Scheffler's PGA Major Wins FAQs
A. Scottie Scheffler has won two Masters Tournaments in 2022 and 2024.
A. Yes, Scottie Scheffler has won the 2023 and 2024 Players Championship, which is widely considered the fifth major.
A. Scottie Scheffler has a total of 54 top-10 finishes out of 104 events he made the cut in as of June 2024.
A. Yes, Scottie Scheffler is the world No. 1 as of June 2024, according to the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR).
A. Scottie Scheffler has a nearly complete TaylorMade bag, with the exception of Srixon Hybrid and Titleist wedges.
