Its Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler atop the golf world and a field in awe behind them

The two players do it so differently, and yet they have gotten to — and stayed at — the same place.The top.The ingredients creating their stark contrast make watching Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy fascinating and draw you to them.Today’s “Big Two’’ in golf — Scheffler, ranked No.1 in the world, and No.

2 McIlroy — own the sport right now.Between the two of them, they’ve accounted for five of the past 10 major championships, including four of the last six entering this week’s U.S.

Open at Shinnecock.In golf, there has been a good share of eras with two or three players dominating the sport at different times.Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer were the most famous duo.

More recently, it was Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.Now, the separation is clear-cut: It’s Scottie and Rory — and then the rest.“Those guys are at the top of the game at the moment, at the pinnacle, and it’s up to the rest of us to look at and pull ourselves forward,” Tommy Fleetwood told The Post recently.“It’s an amazing time and opportunity to be at this point in the game — whether you’re world No.

3 or No.50 or No.

100.’’Ben Griffin, who’s emerged as one of the best players in the game the past two years, said Scheffler “seems to have a massive gap and Rory’s getting his gap even bigger’’ in relation to the rest of the field.“Scottie right now is doing exactly what Tiger did in his career,’’ Griffin told The Post.“Scottie has a longer career ahead of him.

I’m sure he’s going to be right there with the same kind of numbers as Tiger.“With Scottie, his competitive drive is what impresses me most, and what impresses me most about Rory is how physically talented he is.They’re different.

Scottie doesn’t necessarily have the golf swing that everyone admires and wants to replicate.Rory kind of does.

Rory is able to use that when he’s playing really well to just overpower golf courses, be super aggressive, reach all the par 5s...