Scottie Scheffler has been the world’s best yet again this year but the next two weeks will showcase why he’ll never come close to Rory McIlroy’s legend.We’re at a stage in the season where the PGA Tour has finished and the DP World Tour can enjoy the limelight.Scheffler is the best but McIlroy is box officeGettyThe FedExCup playoffs are done, Scheffler was the champion and the lifeless Fall Schedule has not yet started.It means the DP World Tour’s back-ended calendar can offer plenty of top class action to plenty of superstar names.We’re into their ‘Back 9’ swing, a run of elite tournaments which includes the Irish Open and BMW PGA Championship before culminating in the Tour Championship in Dubai in mid-November.Due to the ever-increasing money on offer on the PGA Tour, it’s understandable why the game’s best ply their trade in the American-centric circuit.But the next few weeks offer a thrilling, varied run of golf that is beloved by many players and fans.McIlroy’s stripped back PGA Tour schedule has been well-documented in recent years but he is set to play a whole host of events on the DP World Tour this autumn.As well as at the Irish Open and at Wentworth, McIlroy will play the two Rolex Series events to end the year and could well also tee it up at the Alfred Dunhill Links, in India and in Australia.For a man eager to play less, that’s a lot of golf.It underlines McIlroy’s worldwide appeal and his living-legend status that he has carefully crafted over the years.McIlroy is a true global golfer, arguably the most successful worldwide player ever, even more so than Tiger Woods or Jack Nicklaus.McIlroy has enjoyed career success all around the worldGettyDuring his career, McIlroy has wins in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sydney, Dubai, Canada, Scotland, Ireland, Liverpool and London to add to his 30-something victories in the USA.It’s a remarkable CV, one of the most rounded and complete in the game’s history while also, of course, including the Career Grand Slam.Compare it to Scheffler’s.While he boasts an Olympic gold medal from Paris 2024, Scheffler has only one victory outside of the USA, the 2025 Open.He clearly has the game to add all the titles of his resume that McIlroy has down the years but that will never happen.Scheffler prioritises family time and recovery over building his global brand.Scheffler does not travel the globe much to the disappointment of the fansGettyOf course, he doesn’t need to hop the globe in search of the money or world ranking points like many other players do.And his status and standing in the game is already well cemented following another stellar year in 2026.But his lack of international appearances will mean he’ll never break through as a true worldwide superstar like McIlroy.The Irish Open at Trump Doonbeg and BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth have almost major-calibre quality fields over the next two weeks.McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Tommy Fleetwood, JJ Span, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tyrrell Hatton, Robert MacIntyre, Justin Rose, Ludvig Aberg, Viktor Hovland, Shane Lowry, Adam Scott, Patrick Reed, Joaquin Niemann, Ryan Fox, Aaron Rai – the names go on and on.Imagine throwing Scheffler in too and the elevation he would bring to those events.McIlroy and Scheffler are golfing greats but only one is a legendGettyScheffler is preparing for the upcoming Presidents Cup so his absence from the back-to-back Ireland and England events is understandable this year.But moving forward, the trend will continue of the 30-year-old almost exclusively being an America-based player.McIlroy, on the other hand, will seemingly play even less in the States next year and continue looking for success all around the globe.Almost as if he’s taking revenge on the PGA Tour for ignoring his world tour ideas and leaving him high and dry amid the LIV Golf fiasco, McIlroy just seems to get more pleasure from playing internationally these days.And that is where his legend will continue to grow and entrench himself further into golfing folklore that Scheffler will never be able to replicate.The undisputed world number one status and Player of the Year award may well be Scottie Scheffler’s to keep for another year. But, as the next fortnight will prove, the undisputed box office name remains Rory Daniel McIlroy.