PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Scottie Scheffler has taken golf to a level not seen since Tiger Woods. The latest evidence was his four-shot win at The Open at Royal Portrush on Sunday to earn a fourth major title. Here’s what Scheffler’s rivals are saying about him:

Scheffler might as well have been wearing Sunday red and punching the air with upper-cut fist pumps like that guy who has 15 major championships.

The coincidence—if we can call it that—is almost too incredible to believe. During its broadcast of the British Open on Sunday, NBC put up a graphic over an image of Scottie Scheffler, noting that it would be 1,