Scheffler is compared to Tiger Woods after a win that rarely seemed in doubt | Sean Ingle

A four-shot margin of victory at the Open led Xander Schauffele to say the world No 1 is taking the throne of dominance' that American legend once had

No sooner had the Claret Jug been lifted high above Scottie Scheffler's head than the scramble for superlatives began. With every word and exaltation there was also a sense that golf's Overton window had shifted, with his peers daring to voice opinions previously beyond the pale.

It was Xander Schauffele who perhaps said it best, as Scheffler was slowwalking up the 18th, as if trying to savour every second of a first Open Championship victory.