.Result Schlabach, ESPN Elderly Person WriterSep 1, 2024, 08:12 PM ETCloseSenior college regulation football writer.Author of 7 books on university football.Graduate of the College of GeorgiaATLANTA-- For a brief moment in the last round of the Excursion Champion at East Pond Golf Club on Sunday, planet No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler seemed like one of us.With the FedEx Mug and also an enormous $25 thousand perk on the line, Scheffler had actually merely carded a bogey on the par-4 7th opening. He badly hooked his tee shot to the left, and also his sphere almost walked out of bounds just before resolving in yearn straw.Scheffler must stand in a tree to reach his second shot, at that point his 4 1/2- feet the same level putt lipped out-- his only miss inside 8 feets in 72 gaps. Collin Morikawa produced the same level, reducing Scheffler's trigger 4 shots.It will get back at smaller sized on the next hole.On the driveable par-4 eighth, Scheffler's tee shot lost, landing in a frontal greenside bunker, about 80 feets from the hole.Somehow, the greatest golfer on the planet shanked his bunker try-- his round went dead right and stopped about 36 gardens listed below solitary confinement. Scheffler nicked to 24 feets as well as needed 2 putts from there for another bogey-- his third in 4 holes.Morikawa made an 8-foot birdie, cutting Scheffler's cause merely two. It had actually been seven after pair of gaps." Yeah, in all honesty, very unexpected," Morikawa mentioned of Scheffler's shank. "Appear, I brought in the putt and also was actually two back, however he's not heading to only start making bogeys after that. He is actually mosting likely to perform the opposite and also he's mosting likely to start striking golf chances. It nearly carried his emphasis back in for a fifty percent 2nd, and that is actually one thing you can not instruct. You only either possess it or you don't." Scottie Scheffler celebrates along with the FedEx Prize after succeeding the FedExCup and also Trip Championship. Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesAfter one of awful shots of his occupation, Scheffler performed what he has done so usually recent 3 years-- he closed the door on Morikawa and also everyone else.He made birdies on each of the next three gaps. On the par-3 9th, he punched a 4-iron go to 5 shoes, 2 inches. His technique on the par-4 10th stopped at 3 feets, then he drained a 15-footer for birdie on the par-3 11th. Easily, Scheffler's top was five discharges once again. He incorporated a bald eagle on the par-5 14th. Editor's Picks2 RelatedScheffler grabbed his initial FedEx Mug along with an overall rating of 30 under (he began at 10 under as the season-long factors innovator in the staggered-scoring format), trumping Morikawa through 4 strokes as well as Sahith Theegala by six.It was the third straight year through which Scheffler began along with a 2-stroke top over everyone else in the Excursion Champion. Two years earlier, he wasted a six-stroke lead in the final round and also shed to Rory McIlroy by one. In 2013, he was 1 under over 72 gaps (not featuring starting movements) and tied for sixth." I try certainly not to think way too much regarding recent or presume a lot of about the future, yet I assume two years earlier was quite challenging, possessing a really good top going into the last round as well as not playing my finest and then dropping, and then in 2015 I merely had a quite off full week so was actually rather unsatisfying," Scheffler claimed. "Therefore ahead belong a top for the 3rd time and have the capacity to complete it off is actually certainly pretty delightful." Scheffler joined Leopard Forest (1999 as well as 2007) as well as Dustin Johnson (2020) as the only golfers to win the Scenic tour Championship while they were placed No. 1 in the Official Globe Golf Ranking.With his first FedEx Cup playoffs victory, Scheffler ended up being just the fourth PGA Excursion golf enthusiast since 1980 to win at least seven times along with a learn a single season. Tom Watson (1980 ), Woods (1999, 2000, 2006 and also 2007) and also Vijay Singh (2004) were the others.Scheffler acquired a pep talk coming from his caddie, Ted Scott, after bogeying for the 2nd consecutive time on gap No. 8. Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesFollowing Scheffler's debacle on the eighth opening, his caddie, Ted Scott, pulled him aside for a pep talk just before his tee try on the 9th." Yeah, nine was actually a significant turnaround," Scheffler mentioned. "Teddy offered me a great pep talk certainly there on the back of eight environment-friendly due to the fact that I sort of considered him like, 'Man, I don't understand about this. This isn't looking therefore hot at the moment.' He sort of gave me a little bit of pep talk, and afterwards I had the ability to attack a definitely great iron go in there and also acquired factors spinning." Scheffler dropped to disclose what Scott told him." I am actually not visiting distribute all our techniques," Scheffler mentioned. "Teddy has actually consistently been my biggest fan. I assume the end results speak for on their own after he had the capacity to pick up my bag as well as begin helping me. He truly is a massive portion of the group. I don't know if I will manage to perform some of this without him on my bag. Our experts've obtained a great partnership." He possesses a habit of claiming the correct thing at the correct time to type of keep me in the right mindset." Scheffler's 2024 period are going to be actually always remembered as being one of the very best in golf history. Each of his triumphes happened versus best industries in four signature events (Arnold Palmer Invitational, RBC Heritage, Remembrance Event and also Travelers Championship), Players Championship, Masters and also the Trip Championship.Last month, the 28-year-old coming from Texas included a gold award at the Olympics in Paris. Scheffler isn't certain why the Olympics isn't being actually counted in his success total due to the PGA Trip." I don't presume folks recognize just how difficult that is actually to perform, when you're counted on to succeed, when you're the beloved to win, when every point you are actually performing is actually being actually looked at-- great and also poor-- on the greens, as well as how hard it is actually to get in your own little zone as well as very own little globe and also genuinely simply peaceful the sound," mentioned Justin Thomas, that tied for 14th at 14 under." It is actually something that is actually just like much of an ability as having the capacity to reach a motorist in the fairway or even an iron on series. He's plainly figured that out well." Scheffler's stellar 2024 period featured a gold award at the 2024 Paris Games. ( Photograph by Andrew Redington/Getty Images) Along the road, Scheffler picked up around $62.2 thousand in on-course profits and season-long bonuses.Even better, Scheffler and his spouse, Meredith, accepted their 1st youngster, Bennett, on Might 8." I feel like I have actually lived practically a total lifetime within this one year," Scheffler said. "It is actually been actually nuts." Scheffler's seven victories came in only 19 starts. He was actually a second best two times and also possessed top-10 finishes with all but 3 of his starts and no missed cuts.Woods' 2000 time is taken into consideration some of the greatest in history-- he recorded three of his 15 primary championships by 24 tries integrated and also succeeded 9 times total in 20 beginnings. He was actually runner-up 4 times. Leopard succeeded regarding $9.2 thousand that year.About the only factor that decreased Scheffler down over recent eight-plus months was actually the Louisville law enforcement agent that imprisoned him following a traffic accident outside evictions of Valhalla Golf Nightclub in Kentucky prior to the second cycle of the PGA Championship.Top accounts of the week from Receive special accessibility to countless fee write-ups a year from best writers. u2022 CFB: Week 1 examine along with ideal 25 activities "u2022 Who are X variables for all 32 NFL teams? "u2022 Move worth of this particular role keeps increasing" More ESPN+ material ".Amazingly, Scheffler posted a 5-under 66 a couple of hours after he was actually launched coming from jail. He seemed to be to lose ground on the weekend and linked for 8th. Louisville district attorneys lost Scheffler's fees on May 29." I believe his consistency, his mindset," said McIlroy, that linked for ninth at 16 under. "I seem like he simply form of delivers the exact same temperament to the course every single time, whatever posture on the leaderboard he's in. He's merely amazing to only enjoy the technique he handles himself about the golf links. Yeah, our company'll review 2024 and it is actually obviously among the greatest specific years that a player has actually eaten a number of years." Scheffler's triumph at East Lake ought to end any sort of discussion concerning that's the PGA Excursion gamer of the year. Xander Schauffele possessed an argument after gaining his first two majors at the PGA Champion and The Open.Even Schauffele acknowledges everybody else is actually still chasing Scheffler." I assume by the meaning of prominence, I believe that's practically where he is actually resting," Schauffele pointed out. "I don't understand the number of weeks he's been actually No. 1 gamer on the planet. Because I've been out, I presume Dustin had a run, Brooks [Koepka] had a run, Jon [Rahm] possessed an operate, Rory possessed a run. They were type of drilling to and fro between 1, 2 and also 3. Scottie has actually only been at the good of the mountain range for, what, pair of complete years now it seems to be." Scheffler does not seem all set to find down anytime soon, either.