“Tiger Woods” and “LIV Golf” have been confirmed as the most Googled golfer and golf-related term of the year, according to data provided by the search engine to Australian Golf Digest.
Scheffler was a near-unanimous selection for Player of the Year among a tally of his peers, receiving 91 percent of the vote over two-time major winner Xander Schauffele and Rory McIlroy.
What happened at the Hero World Challenge was what happened throughout 2024: like continental drift or the day turning to night, Scottie Scheffler is inevitable.
What his prospects are for playing in PGA Tour events or major championship in 2025 remain unclear, but Woods knows that his recovery from micro-decompression surgery of the lumbar spine on September 13, his sixth back operation since 2004, hasn’t progressed enough to compete in this week’s Hero World Challenge in Nassau, Bahamas.
Tiger Woods expressed frustration about the protracted nature of discussions between the PGA Tour and the Public Investment Fund, although he remains confident that ultimately a deal will get done in an effort to solve the uncertainty regarding the future landscape of men’s professional golf.
Finau was removed from Tiger Woods’ exhibition event in the Bahamas on Sunday night, local time. As of this morning, Australian time, no reason was given from Finau or the PGA Tour for his withdrawal.
Winner of 13 tour titles in the past three years and ranking first in 40 statistical categories in 2024, Scheffler, 28, is by every measure the game’s finest talent and well on his way to taking a place among the best of all-time, if he can maintain his current level of excellence. There is no evidence to believe he can’t.
When Tiger Woods turns 50 at the end of 2025, he’ll be surrounded by friends, family, loved ones… and perhaps Rocco Mediate and Padraig Harrington with a tee-time all set up.
Australian Golf Digest
