When you watched Scottie Scheffler dismantle golf courses in 2025, didn’t something feel familiar? The dominance. The consistency. The way he made difficult golf shots look routine.
If you were paying attention to the PGA Tour a decade ago, you saw that Scottie-like season by a young Jordan Spieth in 2015.
Now the question is: Which season was better?
The raw numbers tell most of the story
Scheffler played 20 events in 2025. Spieth played 25 in the 2014-15 season. Right away, you see the difference in approach. Scheffler was more selective, playing fewer tournaments but maintaining absurd consistency. He made every cut. All 20 starts resulted in top-25 finishes. Seventeen were top 10s. Twelve were top fives.
Spieth made 21 of 25 cuts. His 15 top-10 finishes fell short of Scheffler’s 17 and he played five more events to get there. His 12 top-five finishes matched Scheffler’s, once again with more opportunities. The efficiency factor favors Scheffler.
Both players won six times if you count Spieth’s Hero World Challenge, although that wasn’t an official PGA Tour event. In official events, Spieth had five wins to Scheffler’s six. Scheffler also had one runner-up finish and two thirds. Spieth had four runners-up and one third. Close, but Scheffler edges ahead in both wins and near misses.
The major championships separate them
This is where the comparison gets interesting. Scheffler won two majors in 2025: the PGA Championship and the Open Championship. He finished fourth at the Masters and T7 at the U.S. Open. Four top 10s in the majors, with two victories.
Spieth also won two majors: the Masters and the U.S. Open. He finished T4 at the Open Championship and second at the PGA Championship. Four top 10s in the majors, two victories. On paper, it’s identical.
But look closer at the margins.
Scheffler won the PGA Championship by five strokes. He won The Open by four. Spieth won the Masters by four strokes and the U.S. Open by one after Dustin Johnson three-putted the 72nd hole. Scheffler’s major victories were more commanding. Spieth’s U.S. Open win required some luck at the end.
Scheffler became the first player in the modern era to win his first four major championships by three or more strokes. That’s not just dominance. That’s a different level of control.
The statistical dominance
Scheffler led the PGA Tour in 16 statistical categories in 2025. Spieth led 16 categories in 2015. Identical, right? Not quite.
Scheffler’s dominance came in the ball-striking categories. He led in Strokes Gained: Total (2.743), Strokes Gained: Tee to Green (2.361) and Strokes Gained: Approach the Green (1.291). He ranked first in scoring average in all four rounds, becoming the first player since Tiger Woods in 2000 to lead the Tour in all four round-specific scoring categories.
Spieth’s dominance came on and around the greens. He led in putting average (1.699), one-putt percentage (44.26%) and putts per round (27.82). He also led in rough proximity and several approach statistics from specific yardages. His strength was his short game and his ability to score from anywhere.
The difference in their games shows up in their Strokes Gained numbers. Scheffler gained 0.748 strokes off the tee and 1.291 on approach. Spieth’s 2015 Strokes Gained data wasn’t fully available but his statistical profile shows he was elite around, and on, the greens, while his ball striking was very good but not dominant.
Scoring average reveals everything
Scheffler’s adjusted scoring average in 2025 was 68.131. Spieth’s in 2015 was 68.938. That’s 0.8 strokes per round in Scheffler’s favor. Over 80 rounds, that’s 64 strokes. Over a season, that’s the difference between winning by four and losing by four.
Scheffler’s lowest round was 61 at the CJ CUP Byron Nelson where he shot 253 for 72 holes, tying the third-lowest score in PGA Tour history. Spieth’s lowest round was also 61, at the John Deere Classic, where he shot 264 for the week.
Both players were elite scorers. Scheffler just did it more consistently and from a position of greater ball-striking dominance.
The money and the hardware
Scheffler earned $27,659,550 in official money in 2025. Spieth earned $12,030,465 in 2015, a PGA Tour record at the time. Adjusted for purse increases over the decade, Scheffler’s total is still significantly higher. He also won the FedEx Cup as did Spieth.
Both won the PGA Tour Player of the Year. Scheffler won it for the fourth consecutive season. Spieth won it for the first time. Both won the Byron Nelson Award for lowest scoring average.
The simple truth
Spieth’s 2015 was remarkable because of his youth, his major championship performances and his ability to win from anywhere on the course. Scheffler’s 2025 was remarkable because of his ball-striking dominance, his consistency and his ability to win majors by margins that made them look easy.
If you’re picking one season, you’re picking Scheffler’s 2025. More wins in fewer starts. Better scoring average. More dominant major victories. Greater statistical dominance in the categories that matter most. Spieth’s 2015 was incredible. Scheffler’s 2025 was better. The numbers don’t lie.
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