Scheffler’s surprising NFL take revealed.
Scottie Scheffler Makes Bold Cowboys Prediction Before NFL Season originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler has spent much of the year stacking up wins, but on Monday, his attention turned to another team that'll be chasing wins in September.
In a clip from "Dan On Golf" with Dan Rapaport, Scheffler was asked how many games he thought the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys would win this season.
"I saw their ceiling on ESPN was 11-6, so I mean I’m going to hope for the ceiling and go with 11," Scheffler replied, referencing an early preseason projection.
The comment came less than 24 hours after Scheffler’s latest PGA Tour victory, a comeback win at the BMW Championship.
Ran out of questions for Scottie after all these wins so I asked him some totally random ones. pic.twitter.com/9T7k6AKqOY
— Dan Rapaport (@Daniel_Rapaport) August 18, 2025
Scheffler’s 2025 Season: A Historic Run
Scheffler’s BMW Championship triumph on Sunday was his fifth PGA Tour win of the year and the 18th of his career.
The victory, secured with a decisive 82-foot chip-in birdie on the 17th hole, also marked the second leg of the FedExCup Playoffs and kept him atop the season-long standings heading into the Tour Championship.
SCOTTIE. SCHEFFLER. ARE YOU KIDDING?!?!
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 17, 2025
A chip-in birdie to take a two-shot lead on the 71st hole @BMWchamps! pic.twitter.com/nw6YitU0FA
This season alone, Scheffler has:
- Five PGA Tour wins, including the PGA Championship and The Open Championship.
- First player since Tiger Woods (2006–07) to win five or more events in consecutive seasons.
- Over $23.9 million in official earnings this year, with a chance to set a new single-season record at the Tour Championship.
Scheffler has now won 12 PGA Tour events in the last two years, a stretch unmatched in the current era.
A Lifelong Cowboys Fan
Born in New Jersey but raised in Dallas from age six, Scheffler has been open about his deep connection to the Cowboys.
In July, he told the "Pardon My Take" podcast he would "trade one [major] for sure for a Super Bowl" and joked he’d give up "like 10" regular PGA Tour wins for the same outcome.
He has described himself as the type of fan who enters every season convinced the team will win it all, despite decades without a conference championship appearance.
Dallas’ last Super Bowl victory came in January 1996, five months before Scheffler was born.
Looking ahead, Scheffler tees it up at East Lake Golf Club on August 21 for the season-ending Tour Championship, where he will start with the FedExCup lead. The Cowboys, meanwhile, will open their season on the road against the Philadelphia Eagles on September 4.
For reference, ESPN BET has the Cowboys' over/under win total set at 7.5 and the team has the fifth-hardest strength of schedule in the NFL, according to ESPN.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Aug 18, 2025, where it first appeared.
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