The Power 18 golf rankings: Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy well clear of pack entering major season

There's the top two and then everyone else after three months of the 2024-25 PGA Tour season

The first three months of the PGA Tour and LIV Golf seasons were filled with stars returning from injuries, emerging from the pack and establishing some semblance of dominance. While trophies were raised and losses were digested, none of that matters much with the first major championship of the season right around the corner.

The 2025 Masters will mark the first time this year that players from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf travel to the same confines as Augusta National Golf Club once again serves as the backdrop for a meeting of players from leagues still negotiating to potentially merge operations.

It will also serve -- for the 11th straight year -- as the place where Rory McIlroy will chase golf immortality. The four-time major champion finds himself with among his best opportunities to complete the career grand slam. While no one has accomplished the feat this late into his career, McIlroy has made the most of his early season schedule picking up two wins along the way and closing the gap between himself and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.