"I don’t think I’ve ever seen a golfer play as many bogey-free rounds as Scottie," McIlroy said. "He just doesn’t make mistakes."

Like the rest of the golfing world, Rory McIlroy has followed Scottie Scheffler rather closely. It’s hard not to, especially after his historic 2024 season, in which Scheffler won nine times overall.

It’s been going on three years now that Scottie Scheffler has made golf look really easy, even when it can be really hard. The latest example came Friday and involved one of the game’s most picturesque holes,