.Result Schlabach, ESPN Elder WriterSep 1, 2024, 08:12 PM ETCloseSenior university regulation football writer.Writer of 7 books on university regulation football.Graduate of the Educational Institution of GeorgiaATLANTA-- For a short second in the final shot of the Tour Champion at East Pond Golf Club on Sunday, globe No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler appeared like among us.With the FedEx Mug and a monstrous $25 thousand incentive vulnerable, Scheffler had merely carded a bogey on the par-4 7th opening. He extremely hooked his tee discharge to the left, as well as his round nearly went out of bounds before settling in ache straw.Scheffler had to stand in a plant to hit his 2nd discharge, then his 4 1/2- foot par putt lipped out-- his only miss inside 8 feets in 72 holes. Collin Morikawa produced par, reducing Scheffler's bring about 4 shots.It will get even much smaller on the next hole.On the driveable par-4 eighth, Scheffler's tee chance lost, landing in a main greenside bunker, regarding 80 feet from the hole.Somehow, the most effective golfer around the world shanked his bunker shot-- his round went dead right and stopped about 36 yards below the hole. Scheffler nicked to 24 feets and required 2 putts from there for another bogey-- his 3rd in four holes.Morikawa made an 8-foot birdie, trimming Scheffler's trigger merely two. It had been seven after pair of openings." Yeah, in all honesty, very shocking," Morikawa claimed of Scheffler's shank. "Appear, I made the putt as well as was two back, however he is actually not mosting likely to simply begin creating bogeys after that. He is actually going to carry out the contrary and also he is actually heading to start attacking golf chances. It just about delivered his concentration back in for a fifty percent 2nd, and also's one thing you can not teach. You just either have it or even you do not." Scottie Scheffler commemorates along with the FedEx Trophy after winning the FedExCup as well as Trip Championship. Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesAfter some of the worst gos of his career, Scheffler performed what he has actually done this commonly recent three years-- he finalized the door on Morikawa and also everybody else.He created birdies on each of the following three openings. On the par-3 nine, he smacked a 4-iron go to 5 feet, 2 ins. His method on the par-4 10th ceased at 3 feets, at that point he emptied a 15-footer for birdie on the par-3 11th. Easily, Scheffler's lead was five discharges once more. He incorporated a bald eagle on the par-5 14th. Editor's Picks2 RelatedScheffler grabbed his first FedEx Cup along with a complete score of 30 under (he started at 10 under as the season-long factors forerunner in the staggered-scoring layout), beating Morikawa by four strokes and Sahith Theegala by six.It was the third direct year through which Scheffler began along with a 2-stroke lead over every person else in the Scenic tour Championship. Two years ago, he ran through a six-stroke lead in the last round and dropped to Rory McIlroy through one. Last year, he was 1 under over 72 holes (certainly not including starting movements) as well as tied for sixth." I attempt not to assume too much concerning recent or presume a lot of regarding the future, yet I assume two years back was quite challenging, having an excellent top entering into the final round and certainly not playing my absolute best and afterwards losing, and after that in 2015 I merely possessed a rather off week so was relatively unsatisfying," Scheffler claimed. "Thus to follow in with a top for the third opportunity and manage to finish it off is certainly fairly delightful." Scheffler participated in Tiger Forest (1999 as well as 2007) as well as Dustin Johnson (2020) as the only golfers to succeed the Scenic tour Champion while they were actually placed No. 1 in the Official Globe Golf Ranking.With his 1st FedEx Mug playoffs triumph, Scheffler became simply the 4th PGA Excursion golf player because 1980 to succeed at least 7 opportunities with a major in a single season. Tom Watson (1980 ), Woods (1999, 2000, 2006 and also 2007) and Vijay Singh (2004) were the others.Scheffler acquired a pep talk from his caddie, Ted Scott, after bogeying for the second consecutive time on gap No. 8. Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesFollowing Scheffler's ordeal on the 8th gap, his caddie, Ted Scott, drew him aside for a trumpet call prior to his tee shot on the ninth." Yeah, 9 was actually a substantial turn-around," Scheffler said. "Teddy gave me a good pep talk certainly there astride 8 eco-friendly due to the fact that I type of took a look at him like, 'Man, I do not understand about this. This isn't appearing so very hot at the moment.' He kind of gave me a little bit of trumpet call, and after that I had the capacity to strike a definitely wonderful iron chance in there and also obtained traits spinning." Scheffler declined to show what Scott told him." I'm certainly not visiting hand out all our secrets," Scheffler said. "Teddy has actually regularly been my largest supporter. I think the results promote themselves after he managed to get my bag and begin aiding me. He definitely is actually a substantial part of the staff. I don't recognize if I will manage to carry out any of this without him on my bag. Our team have actually acquired a terrific relationship." He possesses a routine of pointing out the correct trait at the correct time to sort of keep me in the right frame of mind." Scheffler's 2024 season will definitely be actually don't forgotten as being one of the most ideal in golf past history. Each of his success came versus best industries in four trademark celebrations (Arnold Palmer Invitational, RBC Heritage, Remembrance Tournament and also Travelers Championship), Athletes Championship, Masters and also the Scenic tour Championship.Last month, the 28-year-old coming from Texas included a gold medal at the Olympics in Paris. Scheffler isn't certain why the Olympics isn't being actually counted in his triumph total amount due to the PGA Tour." I do not assume people comprehend just how difficult that is actually to do, when you are actually expected to win, when you're the favored to succeed, when each and every single factor you're carrying out is actually being actually considered-- good and also poor-- on the greens, and exactly how difficult it is to enter your very own little bit of zone and own little globe as well as absolutely merely peaceful the sound," stated Justin Thomas, who connected for 14th at 14 under." It's something that is just like a lot of a capability as having the capacity to attack a vehicle driver in the fairway or an iron on collection. He's clearly figured that out quite possibly." Scheffler's stellar 2024 period featured a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Games. ( Image by Andrew Redington/Getty Images) In the process, Scheffler collected approximately $62.2 million in on-course revenues and season-long bonuses.Even a lot better, Scheffler and also his partner, Meredith, welcomed their initial kid, Bennett, on May 8." I feel like I've resided virtually a complete life-time in this one year," Scheffler mentioned. "It is actually been actually almonds." Scheffler's seven triumphes was available in only 19 beginnings. He was a runner-up twice as well as had top-10 surfaces in each however 3 of his beginnings and no overlooked cuts.Woods' 2000 period is looked at among the best in past-- he caught 3 of his 15 primary champions through 24 shots combined and gained nine opportunities total in twenty starts. He was runner-up 4 opportunities. Leopard won regarding $9.2 thousand that year.About the only point that reduced Scheffler down over recent eight-plus months was the Louisville policeman who arrested him following a visitor traffic occurrence outside the gates of Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky just before the 2nd round of the PGA Championship.Top tales of the week from Receive exclusive accessibility to hundreds of superior posts a year coming from best article writers. u2022 CFB: Week 1 sneak peek with best 25 games "u2022 That are actually X aspects for all 32 NFL crews? "u2022 Transfer value of this job always keeps climbing" More ESPN+ web content ".Incredibly, Scheffler uploaded a 5-under 66 a number of hours after he was actually discharged from prison. He seemed to run out of gas on the weekend break as well as connected for 8th. Louisville prosecutors dropped Scheffler's fees on May 29." I presume his uniformity, his attitude," said McIlroy, that tied for nine at 16 under. "I think that he just sort of takes the very same disposition to the course each and every single time, whatever posture on the leaderboard he resides in. He is actually just impressive to simply check out the technique he handles himself about the greens. Yeah, we'll review 2024 as well as it is actually clearly among the best specific years that a player has had for a long period of time." Scheffler's victory at East Lake ought to finish any kind of discussion concerning who's the PGA Trip gamer of the year. Xander Schauffele had an argument after succeeding his initial pair of majors at the PGA Championship and also The Open.Even Schauffele acknowledges every person else is actually still going after Scheffler." I presume by the interpretation of supremacy, I think that's literally where he's resting," Schauffele mentioned. "I do not recognize how many full weeks he is actually been actually No. 1 gamer on earth. Since I've been actually out, I think Dustin possessed a run, Brooks [Koepka] had an operate, Jon [Rahm] had a run, Rory had an operate. They were actually type of drilling backward and forward between 1, 2 and 3. Scottie has actually just gone to the first-class of the mountain for, what, pair of total years now it seems to be." Scheffler does not seem all set to come down anytime quickly, either.