.Result Schlabach, ESPN Senior Citizen WriterSep 1, 2024, 08:12 PM ETCloseSenior college football writer.Writer of 7 publications on college soccer.Grad of the University of GeorgiaATLANTA-- For a short moment in the ultimate shot of the Tour Champion at East Lake Golf Club on Sunday, planet No. 1 golf enthusiast Scottie Scheffler looked like one of us.With the FedEx Mug as well as a tremendous $25 thousand bonus on the line, Scheffler had merely carded a bogey on the par-4 7th gap. He extremely hooked his tee discharge to the left, as well as his ball virtually went out of bounds before settling in want straw.Scheffler must stand in a tree to reach his 2nd bullet, at that point his 4 1/2- foot the same level putt lipped out-- his only overlook inside 8 feets in 72 gaps. Collin Morikawa made the same level, cutting Scheffler's cause 4 shots.It would certainly get even much smaller on the next hole.On the driveable par-4 eighth, Scheffler's tee go came up short, landing in a frontal greenside bunker, regarding 80 feets from the hole.Somehow, the very best golf enthusiast worldwide shanked his bunker try-- his sphere went dead right and stopped about 36 lawns listed below the hole. Scheffler cracked to 24 feets and required two putts coming from there for yet another bogey-- his third in 4 holes.Morikawa made an 8-foot birdie, pruning Scheffler's result in simply two. It had actually been actually 7 after 2 gaps." Yeah, in all honesty, really surprising," Morikawa claimed of Scheffler's shank. "Appear, I made the putt and also was 2 back, however he is actually not going to simply begin making bogeys after that. He's visiting do the contrary and he's going to begin attacking golf gos. It nearly brought his focus back in for a half second, which's one thing you can't educate. You only either have it or you don't." Scottie Scheffler commemorates with the FedEx Prize after gaining the FedExCup and also Trip Champion. Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesAfter some of the most awful tries of his career, Scheffler performed what he has accomplished this frequently the past 3 years-- he shut the door on Morikawa and also every person else.He helped make birdies on each of the upcoming 3 gaps. On the par-3 9th, he slapped a 4-iron try to 5 feet, 2 inches. His approach on the par-4 10th ceased at 3 feets, then he emptied a 15-footer for birdie on the par-3 11th. Easily, Scheffler's top was five bullets again. He incorporated a bald eagle on the par-5 14th. Editor's Picks2 RelatedScheffler caught his 1st FedEx Cup with an overall score of 30 under (he began at 10 under as the season-long points innovator in the staggered-scoring format), trumping Morikawa through 4 movements as well as Sahith Theegala through six.It was the 3rd straight year in which Scheffler started with a 2-stroke top over everyone else in the Scenic tour Champion. Two years back, he frivolled away a six-stroke lead in the last shot and lost to Rory McIlroy by one. In 2014, he was 1 under over 72 gaps (certainly not featuring beginning movements) and matched for sixth." I make an effort certainly not to assume way too much regarding the past or believe a lot of concerning the future, yet I assume 2 years earlier was rather tough, possessing an excellent lead entering into the last round as well as not playing my best and afterwards shedding, and afterwards last year I just possessed a pretty off full week thus was actually fairly unsatisfactory," Scheffler stated. "Therefore to come in with a top for the third time and also manage to complete it off is definitely quite pleasant." Scheffler joined Tiger Woods (1999 and 2007) as well as Dustin Johnson (2020) as the only golfers to succeed the Tour Championship while they were actually ranked No. 1 in the Authorities World Golf Ranking.With his initial FedEx Cup playoffs success, Scheffler came to be simply the fourth PGA Trip golf player given that 1980 to succeed at least seven opportunities along with a major in a single time. Tom Watson (1980 ), Forest (1999, 2000, 2006 as well as 2007) and Vijay Singh (2004) were the others.Scheffler got a trumpet call from his caddie, Ted Scott, after bogeying for the 2nd successive opportunity on opening No. 8. Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesFollowing Scheffler's fiasco on the eighth hole, his caddie, Ted Scott, took him apart for a trumpet call prior to his tee shot on the nine." Yeah, 9 was a substantial turn-around," Scheffler pointed out. "Teddy gave me a pleasant trumpet call certainly there astride eight green considering that I kind of checked out him like, 'Man, I don't understand about this. This isn't looking so hot immediately.' He type of gave me a little bit of pep talk, and after that I had the ability to hit a really wonderful iron shot in there and got traits rolling." Scheffler dropped to reveal what Scott told him." I am actually certainly not going to provide all our tips," Scheffler stated. "Teddy has actually regularly been my largest advocate. I think the outcomes represent themselves after he managed to pick up my bag and also begin aiding me. He definitely is a significant part of the group. I don't understand if I will have the capacity to do some of this without him on my bag. We've acquired a great relationship." He has a behavior of claiming the best factor at the right time to kind of keep me in the right mindset." Scheffler's 2024 period will be actually don't forgotten as one of the most ideal in golf past. Each of his victories happened versus best industries in four signature activities (Arnold Palmer Invitational, RBC Culture, Memorial Event as well as Travelers Champion), Athletes Champion, Expert and the Excursion Championship.Last month, the 28-year-old coming from Texas added a gold award at the Olympics in Paris. Scheffler isn't certain why the Olympics isn't being counted in his triumph total by the PGA Excursion." I do not assume folks comprehend how tough that is actually to do, when you're expected to succeed, when you are actually the preferred to gain, when every single thing you're doing is being actually checked out-- great and negative-- on the golf course, and just how challenging it is to enter your very own little bit of region as well as personal little world and truly only silent the noise," pointed out Justin Thomas, that connected for 14th at 14 under." It is actually one thing that is equally a lot of a capability as having the ability to strike a driver in the golf course or an iron on line. He is actually clearly thought that out quite possibly." Scheffler's outstanding 2024 period featured a gold award at the 2024 Paris Video games. ( Photograph through Andrew Redington/Getty Images) Along the road, Scheffler picked up around $62.2 million in on-course earnings and season-long bonuses.Even much better, Scheffler and also his wife, Meredith, welcomed their 1st child, Bennett, on May 8." I seem like I've lived nearly a total life-time within this one year," Scheffler stated. "It's been actually nuts." Scheffler's 7 triumphes can be found in merely 19 begins. He was actually a second best twice as well as possessed top-10 surfaces in each yet three of his starts and also no missed cuts.Woods' 2000 period is actually taken into consideration some of the best in background-- he captured three of his 15 major champions through 24 tries mixed and succeeded 9 times overall in twenty starts. He was runner-up four opportunities. Tiger won regarding $9.2 million that year.About the only factor that slowed down Scheffler down over the past eight-plus months was the Louisville policeman that arrested him complying with a web traffic happening outside the gates of Valhalla Golf Nightclub in Kentucky prior to the 2nd round of the PGA Championship.Top stories of the full week from Obtain exclusive access to countless premium short articles a year coming from top authors. u2022 CFB: Full week 1 preview with finest 25 video games "u2022 That are actually X factors for all 32 NFL staffs? "u2022 Transactions worth of the role maintains rising" More ESPN+ information ".Amazingly, Scheffler posted a 5-under 66 a couple of hours after he was actually launched from prison. He appeared to lose ground on the weekend break and linked for 8th. Louisville prosecutors dropped Scheffler's charges on May 29." I believe his consistency, his perspective," stated McIlroy, who linked for 9th at 16 under. "I seem like he merely kind of takes the very same attitude to the program each and every single time, no matter what position on the leaderboard he remains in. He is actually only outstanding to just watch the way he handles themself about the fairway. Yeah, our team'll review 2024 and it is actually obviously some of the best personal years that a player has had for a long time." Scheffler's triumph at East Pond should finish any sort of dispute about that is actually the PGA Excursion player of the year. Xander Schauffele had an argument after succeeding his very first 2 majors at the PGA Championship and also The Open.Even Schauffele confesses every person more is still chasing Scheffler." I believe by the interpretation of dominance, I think that's virtually where he's resting," Schauffele said. "I don't recognize the amount of full weeks he is actually been No. 1 gamer in the world. Because I've been out, I believe Dustin possessed a run, Brooks [Koepka] possessed a run, Jon [Rahm] had a run, Rory had a run. They were kind of punching back and forth between 1, 2 and 3. Scottie has actually just gone to the tip-top of the mountain range for, what, pair of full years today it appears." Scheffler does not seem ready to come down anytime quickly, either.