After Scottie Scheffler successfully defended his Memorial title, tournament host Jack Nicklaus showered him with praise and made a bold claim.

Woods is a five-time winner at Memorial who won three straight from 1999 through 2001. No one had repeated at Muirfield Village since then until Scheffler. His performances lately look a lot more like Nicklaus the way he wears down the field by rarely getting out of position.

Scottie Scheffler is closing out 54-hole leads like Tiger used to do. He converted his 9th straight 54-hole lead at the Memorial on Sunday.