When you looked Scottie Scheffler dismantle golf courses in 2025, didn’t that sound familiar? Dominance. Consistency. The way he made difficult golf shots looked routine.
If you were paying attention to the PGA Tour a decade ago, you saw that season as Scottie from a young age Jordan Spieth in 2015.
Now the question is: Which season was the best?
The raw numbers tell most of the story
Scheffler played 20 matches in 2025. Spieth played 25 in 2014-15. Immediately, 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 the top-25. Seventeen were top 10s. Twelve were in the top five.
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, again by more. The efficiency factor favors Scheffler.
Both players won six times if you count Spieth’s Hero World Challenge, although that was not 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 runner-up finishes and a third. Close, but Scheffler pulls ahead in both wins and losses.
They share the big championship
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 US Open. Four top 10s in major championships, with two wins.
Spieth also won two majors: the Masters and the US Open. He finished T4 in the Open Championship and second in the PGA Championship. Four top 10s in majors, two wins. On paper, it’s identical.
But look more closely at the borders.
Scheffler won the PGA Championship by five strokes. He won The Open by four. Spieth won the Masters by four shots and the US Open by one after Dustin Johnson birdied the 72nd. Scheffler’s major victories were more commanding. Spieth’s US Open victory required a bit of luck in the end.
Scheffler became the first player in the modern era to win his first four major championships by three or more hits. This is not just dominance. This is another level of control.
Statistical dominance
Scheffler led the PGA Tour in 16 statistical categories in 2025. Spieth led 16 categories in 2015. Same, right? Not enough.
Scheffler’s dominance came in the batting 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 across 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 green. He led in fielding average (1.699), one-shot percentage (44.26%) and shots per round (27.82). He also led in passing yards and some yardage-specific yardage stats. His strength was his short game and ability to score from anywhere.
The difference in their games shows in their Strokes Gained numbers. Scheffler earned a .748 tee shot and a .291 approach. Spieth Strokes Gained data for 2015 was not fully available, but his statistical profile shows that he was elite all around, and on the greens, while his ball-striking was very good, but not dominant.
The grade point average tells everything
Scheffler-adjusted scoring average in 2025 it was 68,131. Spieth in 2015 was 68,938. That’s 0.8 shots per round in Scheffler’s favor. Over 80 rounds, that’s 64 shots. Over the course of a season, that’s the difference between winning by four and losing by four.
Scheffler’s lowest round was a 61 at the CJ CUP Byron Nelson where he shot 253 for 72 holes, tied for the third lowest score in PGA Tour history. Spieth’s lowest round was also a 61, at the John Deere Classic, where he shot 264 for the week.
Both players were elite scorers. Scheffler did it more consistently and from a position of greater batting dominance.
Money and equipment
Scheffler earned $27,659,550 in tournament money in 2025. Spieth earned $12,030,465 in 2015, a PGA Tour record at the time. Adjusted for wallet growth over the decade, Scheffler’s total is still significantly higher. He also won the FedEx Cup just like Spieth.
Both won the PGA Tour Player of the Year award. Scheffler won it for the fourth straight 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 big championship appearances and his ability to win from anywhere on the course. Scheffler’s 2025 was outstanding because of his ball dominance, consistency and his ability to win championships by margins that made them look easy.
If I’m picking one season, I’m picking Scheffler’s 2025. More wins in fewer starts. Best score average. More big dominating wins. 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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