{"id":58814,"date":"2026-08-31T10:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T10:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/58814\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T10:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T10:03:12","slug":"tiger-woods-sends-message-to-incredible-scottie-scheffler-after-he-wins-the-tour-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/58814\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods sends message to \u2018incredible\u2019 Scottie Scheffler after he wins the Tour Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Scottie Scheffler won the season-ending Tour Championship by three strokes over Viktor Hovland on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Scheffler produced four consecutive rounds of 67 or lower to win the FedEx Cup at East Lake for the second time.<\/p>\n<p>The world number one continues to dominate the PGA Tour more than any golfer has since Tiger Woods\u2019 prime.<\/p>\n<p>Woods is also a big fan of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/scottie-scheffler\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"98399\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scheffler\u2019s<\/a> and congratulated him on winning this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/tour-championship\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"99036\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tour Championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2292752249-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Scottie Scheffler of the United States stands next to the trophy after winning the final round of the TOUR Championship 2026 at East Lake Golf Club\" class=\"wp-image-2612130\" \/>Photo by Jonathan Bachman\/Getty ImagesTiger Woods congratulates Scottie Scheffler after Tour Championship win<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/tiger-woods\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"98389\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tiger Woods<\/a> highlighted Scottie Scheffler\u2019s statistical dominance on social media after his Tour Championship victory.<\/p>\n<p>Although Scheffler only won three tournaments this year, he was runner-up five times and finished third twice.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old will also surely win the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/pga-tour\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"98401\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PGA Tour<\/a> Player of the Year award for the fifth consecutive season.<\/p>\n<p>Woods tweeted: \u201cThree wins, five runner-ups and finishing the season No. 1. Those are some numbers to be proud of. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Three wins, five runner-ups and finishing the season No. 1. Those are some numbers to be proud of. Incredible consistency all season long. Congrats on a historic season, Scottie.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TigerWoods\/status\/2094189816380358977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">August 30, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>MORE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP STORIES<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIncredible consistency all season long. Congrats on a historic season, Scottie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Scheffler is not concerned with chasing legacy, he has earned comparisons to the game\u2019s all-time greats.<\/p>\n<p>His Tour Championship victory will reopen the debate about whether he is as good as Woods was in his prime.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Scottie Scheffler won the season-ending Tour Championship by three strokes over Viktor Hovland&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[208,1142,2672],"class_list":["post-58814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scottie-scheffler","tag-scottie-scheffler","tag-tiger-woods","tag-tour-championship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}