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Scott Van PeltScott Van Pelt

Scottie Scheffler's dominance is sustainable because he has no vices and a strong perspective on life

The genius of Scottie is he's like, 'I'm real good with whatever this is and I'm not trying to change any of it.' ... Presuming he stays healthy, I think he'll just keep just obliterating people... he just doesn't seem to have vices or things that that could get in the way of any of it.

Scheffler's continued success suggests this perspective is accurate, though it remains subjective.

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Apr 15, 2024
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Big CatBig Cat

Ludvig Åberg will win multiple major championships in his lifetime

Oberg will win. I'm calling my shot. Oh, yeah, [Åberg] is gonna win multiple major championships in his lifetime. But Scottie was just too good.

Åberg has yet to win a major, but his career is in its early stages.
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Apr 15, 2024
#3116
Big CatBig Cat

Scottie Scheffler will win the 2024 U.S. Open with his new baby

All that means is he's gonna have the kid and then he's definitely gonna win the US open 100% with a new baby. That's gonna be the picture. That's him holding his new baby on the tee or on the green of the 18th hole. The US Open wherever. Oh, it's Pinehurst, right? Yep. It is Pinehurst.

Bryson DeChambeau won the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst; Scheffler finished T41.
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Apr 15, 2024
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Big CatBig Cat

Do not bet on Scottie Scheffler to repeat as Masters champion in 2025

Remind us not to bet on Scottie Scheffler [next year], which I still will... for a returning champion at Augusta, I think it's been like only two of the last 20 have even finished in the top 10.

Big Cat's take was to 'not bet on Scottie Scheffler to repeat.' Scheffler finished 4th at the 2025 Masters, failing to repeat as champion. The advice to not bet on Scheffler as defending champion proved correct.

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Rory would NOT have held on at Augusta this year if he hadn't won last year

No, I don't think he would've. I think there's a freedom of — and he said it Saturday — like, 'I gotta remind myself that I'm still tied for the lead and I have a green jacket.' And I think if he had to, knowing it's Scotty and it's a one shot lead and he's never won here and he's trying to finish a career grand slam — no. And that's not a knock on him, that's just an acknowledgement of how heavy the weight would've been if he didn't win last year.

This is inherently a counterfactual opinion about Rory's psychology — can't be definitively verified.
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Scott Van PeltScott Van Pelt

Scottie Scheffler will end up with more career majors than Rory McIlroy

Scotty just has more runway. If he's six years younger, so that's 24 more majors. I'll take Scottie. I'm just trying to be hot take Scottie. Late night hot take Scottie.

Both players are active and in their prime in 2026.
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Scott Van PeltScott Van Pelt

Rory McIlroy's Masters win was primarily 100% relief

It was almost all relief. And the thing that Andy North described to me... you feel so much more relief than joy... it was so obvious that sure there's joy in there... but clearly it was like, just thank God I did it.

Rory himself later admitted it was a burden, supporting this view.