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Jordan Spieth Sounded Salty After Scottie Scheffler’s British Open Win: ‘He’s Not Transcending The Game’

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Jordan Spieth comments on Scottie Scheffler.

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Scottie Scheffler won his fourth career major at the 153rd Open Championship. Comparisons to Tiger Woods have since followed.

Jordan Spieth spoke on the difference between Woods and the world’s current No. 1 after the fact. While he attempted to praise Scheffler, his response came off a bit salty.

Scheffler has 17 PGA Tour tournament wins in his career. He’s racked up more than $90 million in earnings in that time.

His run from 2022-2025 has been especially dominant. It’s mirrored that of Tiger Woods during a four-year stretch in the early 2000s.

The win totals are nearly identical as are the analytics. One could certainly argue that Scheffler is on par with Woods in those four-year windows. He’s not quite ready to accept the crown.

Scottie Scheffler says it’s a “silly” debate.

“I still think [the comparisons] are a bit silly… I think Tiger stands alone in the game of golf,” he said. “He was inspirational for me growing up. He was a very, very talented guy. He was a special person to be able to be as good as he was at the game of golf.”

Scheffler has a way to go before matching Tiger Woods’ 15 career major victories. He’s still 11 shy of that total after the British Open win.

Still, the comparisons will continue to be a talking point should his dominance continue. He’s shown no signs of slowing down!

Jordan Spieth weighed in on the Tiger Woods talk at The Open.

Spieth, who tied for 40th at the British Open, was asked about Scheffler after the tournament. He attempted to explain how the two superstar golfers were different. He came off a bit salty.

“He doesn’t care to be a superstar,” Spieth said. “He’s not transcending the game like Tiger did. He’s not bringing it to a non-golf audience, necessarily. He doesn’t want to go do the stuff that a lot of us go do, corporately, and things like that.

“He just wants to get away from the game and separate the two, because I know that he, at one time, felt that it was too much. He was taking it with him… I think it’s more so the difference in personality from any other superstar that you’ve seen in the modern era in maybe any sport.”

Again, Spieth was attempting to compliment Scottie Scheffler. He doesn’t have the ego we often see with other stars. Many listening to the comments came away with a different take.

“I think he was trying to praise Scottie… but it came off as incredibly jealous and discrediting,” one follower said on social media. “I don’t think this is a good thing,” wrote another.

Jordan Spieth didn’t mean any ill-will. His wording, however, left many a bit confused. Scottie Scheffler is currently the best golfer in the world. That, we can all agree upon.