Two-time major championship winner and LIV Golfer Bubba Watson has made a stunning claim about Tiger Woods’ peak compared to the recent rise of one golfer.

Back in 2000, Woods had arguably the best season on the PGA Tour that any individual player ever could muster.

He won the US Open at Pebble Beach, the Open Championship at St. Andrews, and the PGA Championship at Valhalla two win major titles three through five in his career.

Not only that, but he won six other events on that year’s tour calendar: the Mercedes Championships (now known as the Sentry), the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the Bay Hill Invitational (now known as the Arnold Palmer Invitational), the Memorial, the WGC-NEC Invitational, and the Canadian Open.

But in spite of all those wins – including those three major titles – Watson believes that there’s another golfer who makes a claim for the best season in the history of golf. 

‘I know Tiger did some stuff in 2000,’ Watson told Golf.com. ‘But Scottie [Scheffler]’s year [in 2024] was the best we’ve ever seen with all the talent around the world now playing. That was it.’ 

Bubba Watson believes Scottie Scheffler had a better year in 2024 than Tiger Woods in 2000

Woods’ 2000 season is widely considered one of, if not the most, dominant season in golf

Watson’s claim is bold. Let’s contextualize it, shall we?

For one, Scheffler didn’t win as many events as Woods – taking home seven total wins in 2024.

Scheffler began his 2024 with a win at the Arnold Palmer, then the Players Championship before donning his second green jacket at the Masters.

He followed that up with wins at the RBC Heritage, the Memorial, the Travelers Championship, and finally, the Tour Championship – claiming the FedEx Cup along with it.

Outside the tour, Scheffler also won a Gold medal at the Paris Olympic games, something Woods was never able to compete for.

Head-to-head, both Woods and Scheffler had 20 starts on the tour in their respective year’s of greatness. Both golfers made every cut for their events.

In addition to the six wins, Scheffler finished in the top-25 in 18 of his 20 events, finished top-10 17 times, and runner-up twice at the Houston Open and the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial.

In majors, Scheffler won the Masters by four strokes over Ludwig Aberg, finished T-8 at the PGA Championship (also at Valhalla), a rough T-41 at the US Open at Pinehurst, and then T-7 at the Open at Royal Troon.

Scheffler’s 2024 season was dominant from start to end – winning seven events

But that’s fewer events, fewer majors, and fewer top-25 finishes than Woods in 2000

Now for Woods. In 20 starts, he finished top-25 all 20 times. He also finished within the top-10 17 times like Scheffler, but was runner-up four times.

Then, there’s his dominance in the majors. After finishing solo fifth at Augusta in 2000, Woods won at Pebble Beach by an astounding 15 strokes. He followed that up at the Old Course with an eight-stroke win. Then, at the PGA, he beat Bob May in a playoff to win his third major in one calendar year.

In the face of all this success, Watson is trying to argue that the field Woods competed against was weaker.

But consider that Woods, born in late December 1975, accomplished all those things in 2000 at the age of just 24. Scheffler, by comparison, turned 28 last June. 

Naturally, a majority of fans on social media believed Watson’s claim to be outrageous – flaming him in the comments.

‘Tiger did some stuff? Sounds like Bubba smoked some stuff,’ wrote one user on  X, formerly Twitter.

‘Just a horrendously bad take,’ said another user. ‘Tiger once held all 4 majors. What on earth are we talking about here.’

Another user said, ‘I can’t comprehend this level of lunacy.’ One joked that Watson may be the ‘First golfer to suffer from CTE.’ 

Woods beat the field at Pebble Beach in 2000 by an improbable 15 strokes to win the title

He won a second major at St. Andrews before winning a third later that year – at the age of 24

One reply was a poll – where of the 77 users that responded, 90.9 percent believed Woods’ 2000 season to be better than Scheffler’s 2024. 

Things in Woods’ life have been turbulent as of late – with a serious injury coming amidst a new whirlwind romance.

Woods recently suffered a major setback in his plan to return to golf when he revealed he had ruptured his Achilles tendon.

The 15-time major winner was preparing for his latest comeback at home in Florida when he felt a ‘sharp pain’ in his left heel.

He underwent surgery on March 11 and is expected to make a full recovery, but has been ruled out of the Masters next month.

In a statement, Woods said: ‘As I began to ramp up my own training and practice at home, I felt a sharp pain in my left Achilles, which was deemed to be ruptured.

‘This morning, Dr. Charlton Stucken of Hospital for Special Surgery in West Palm Beach, Florida performed a minimally-invasive Achilles tendon repair for a ruptured tendon.

‘I am back home now and plan to focus on my recovery and rehab, thank you for all the support.’

Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump have gone public with their relationship with two pictures

DailyMail.com exclusively revealed that the golf icon was dating Donald Trump Jr.’s ex-wife

Among those supporting him at home is Vanessa Trump, the ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr. and the mother of President Donald Trump’s nephew Kai.

The couple announced their relationship in a social media post last week that came after DailyMail.com exclusively broke the news that the golf icon was dating the socialite.

Alongside two pictures of the loved-up couple, Woods wrote on Sunday night: ‘Love is in the air and life is better with you by my side! We look forward to our journey through life together. 

‘At this time we would appreciate privacy for all those close to our hearts.’