20 PGA Tour wins, over $100 million in earnings, four majors. All before turning 30. Yet caddie Ted Scott’s revelation shows the scariest part about Scottie Scheffler isn’t what he’s accomplished; it’s that he’d compete this hard against literally anyone, even a child.

“If Scottie Scheffler was playing a nine-year-old girl in ping pong, he would want to beat her 21-nothing,” Scott revealed on SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio. “And then he would apologize afterwards, but while it was going on, he would have no mercy.”

“That’s certainly just the feeling that you get when you compete against him in anything,” Ted Scott explained. “The guy just loves to compete. And because he loves to compete, he wants to be in the mix. He’s super dedicated to preparing for the test.”

He also noted Scheffler’s offseason transformation: “This offseason, I think they worked real hard on his body and it’s probably the best I’ve seen him look as far as setup.”

That preparation paid off immediately as Scheffler won The American Express by four shots at 27-under, claiming his 20th career PGA Tour victory and surpassing $100 million in career earnings. The win placed him alongside Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus as the only players to win four majors and 20 PGA Tour titles before age 30.

Scott’s verdict is clear! “It’s fun to watch somebody so driven to just put himself in contention and to see how hard he works and to get the reward is really neat.”

The intensity Scott describes also came from Tiger Woods. Scheffler traces his transformation to a single round in November 2020, the final round of the Masters, playing alongside the 50-year-old. It was the only time they’ve competed together in tournament golf, and it changed everything.

The Big Cat made a 10 on the 12th hole that day. Most players would’ve mentally packed it in. Not Woods. He birdied five of the last six holes, treating every shot like it mattered.

“I was taken aback,” Scheffler recalled. “He had this chip shot, and he looked at it like it was an up-and-down to win the tournament. I’m like, ‘This is incredible! I’ve never seen anything like this before in my life.'” Scheffler was baffled. “I was like, ‘What’s this guy still playing for?’ We’re in 20th place, and this guy is just locked in.”

The lesson didn’t click immediately. Scheffler needed time to process what he’d seen that November day. But by 2022, something had shifted. The intensity stuck. The wins followed.

“I admired the amount of intensity that he took to every shot. That’s something that I try to emulate,” Scheffler said. “That’s the biggest change I made from my first couple years on tour to 2022.”

In 2022, Scottie Scheffler claimed his first green jacket. The dominance hasn’t stopped since.

Scheffler’s competitive streak shows in his performance under pressure. He was five shots behind going into the last round of the 2024 Players Championship, but he shot a 65 without a bogey to win and become the first person to defend that title. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, he started the last round four shots behind and finished with a 62 to win gold.

And that comeback win in August 2025 at the BMW Championship? Scheffler trailed Robert MacIntyre by four shots heading into Sunday. Most would call it a long shot. But Scheffler erased the difference in five holes.

Then came the 17th, the toughest hole that day. Clinging to a one-shot lead, Scottie Scheffler faced an 82-foot chip from the left rough with water lurking right. The shot landed 60 feet short, rolled, picked up speed, lost speed, and dropped on the final turn. Chip in. Birdie. Game over.

And Scheffler’s own words from July 2025 confirm what his caddie observed: “I want to win, whether we’re playing ping pong or whatever it is. I love competing and I want to win when we go home and play Wolf. I don’t think about records, I don’t think about achievements, wins, losses. I just try to get the most out of myself and come out here and compete.”

He has been consistent over the years, and that competitive heat was there in the AmEx 2026 when he faced the 18-year-old. And the young golfer took nothing but inspiration from him.

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Even Brown felt and learnt from Scottie Scheffler’s spirit

Blades Brown left PGA West on Sunday knowing exactly what he had seen. In the last round of The American Express, Scheffler and the other player both started at 21-under, one shot behind the leader. Brown had already played competitive golf for eight days in a row, from the Korn Ferry Tour in the Bahamas to Southern California on a sponsor’s invitation. This was only his tenth time playing on the PGA Tour.

He came in 18th place, eight strokes behind Scheffler. But the scorecard didn’t tell the whole story.

“Getting to play with Scottie Scheffler in the final group at 18 years old is—I had to pinch myself a couple of times just to make sure this was real,” Brown said. What stunned him most wasn’t the power or the precision. It was something television doesn’t capture.

“One of the coolest things that I learned today was how underrated Scottie Scheffler’s short game is,” Brown revealed. “To see it in person and just to look at the trajectory and the spin and the control that he has with his wedges and short game. Obviously, his putting is insane too.”

Brown saw Scheffler’s clinical breakdown unfold before him. After making a bogey on the second hole, Scheffler played perfectly, shooting a 32 on the 4-under and then flipping lob wedges to close range on holes 12 and 14. At that point, he was five ahead.

Most players chase glory. Scheffler chases competition itself. That difference has made him World No.1 and one of golf’s most unstoppable forces.