From 0 wins to world #1

Scottie Scheffler just won The Open Championship.

Scheffler is 29 years old and has already built a brilliant career in 146 PGA starts. But to appreciate how brilliant, you must look closer at those 146 starts.

In his first 70 PGA starts, Scheffler won zero tournaments. He reached #15 in the world ranking, but he had never won a professional tournament.

Then something happened.

He won 3 of his next 5 starts.

After going winless in 70 starts, he has won 17 tournaments in his next 76 starts. Four Major Championships. One FedEx Cup. And he’s been world #1 for 112 straight weeks and counting.

It’s the most dominant stretch of golf since Tiger Woods.

But nothing in the first half of his career showed this was coming. Even he couldn’t have known after 70 tournaments what excellence he would display over the next 76.

It’s another example, and a reminder to us in our efforts. How something starts does not determine how it finishes. Only through continued competitive discipline do you give the excellence within you a chance to emerge and shine.

Stay in the game. Aim at excellence. Keep investing in and building your discipline. Your future is not controlled by your past.

Event + Response = Outcome. Do the work.