Member LoginMember Login - User registration - Setup as front page - Add to favorites - Sitemap Analysis: Golf has two dominant forces in Scheffler and Korda. It didn't happen overnight !

Analysis: Golf has two dominant forces in Scheffler and Korda. It didn't happen overnight

Time:2024-05-21 17:21:12 source:Cultural Compass news portal

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Golf went a decade without being able to identify a dominant player. And then within the last month, the sport suddenly has two of them.

Scottie Scheffler won his first PGA Tour event in the Phoenix Open two years ago and now he has 10 tour titles, two of them at the Masters.

Not only is he the No. 1 player in the world, he has double the average points of the next player, Rory McIlroy. That hasn’t happened since Tiger Woods doubled the world ranking lead over Phil Mickelson in the summer of 2008.

Nelly Korda went through 2023 without winning on the LPGA Tour — her only title was the Aramco Series in London on the Ladies European Tour — and ended the year at No. 5 in the women’s world ranking. Now she is in the LPGA record book with five straight victories and is close to having double the points average of Lilia Vu, who won two majors last year.

Related information
  • Kevin Pillar gets 1,000th career hit in Angels' win at Texas
  • Main Media Center of Hangzhou Asian Games starts trial operation
  • Zheng Qinwen stopped in U.S. Open quarterfinals, Wang Xinyu into doubles semis
  • Ice and snow metaverse experience center in Harbin draws attention
  • Analysis: Larson enters conversation with Verstappen as best drivers in the world
  • China launches new remote sensing satellite
  • Canton Fair opens in China with surge in overseas purchasers
  • Confucius, or the Science of the Princes: key to better understanding Sino
Recommended content
  • Nadal returns to Roland Garros to practice amid doubts over fitness and form
  • China's Zhou to continue in F1 in 2024
  • Roadside concerts become a hit in SW China's Guizhou
  • Springtime blossoms add cheer to tourism
  • Russian theater director and playwright go on trial over a play authorities say justifies terrorism
  • Feature: Turkish athletes recall fond memories of Chengdu FISU Games