World primary Scottie Scheffler topped his outstanding season by profitable the PGA Tour’s season-ending Tour Championship and with it the $25 million FedEx Cup title with a four-stroke win at East Lake Golf Membership in Atlanta on Sunday.
Scheffler started the ultimate spherical with a five-stroke lead over Collin Morikawa however noticed that benefit reduce to only two after back-to-back bogeys on the seventh and eighth however he recovered to safe his seventh win on the PGA Tour this season.
He’s the primary participant to win seven PGA Tour occasions in a yr since Tiger Woods in 2007 and his outstanding season has additionally included a Masters win and an Olympic gold.
For the previous two years, Scheffler had entered the Tour Championship as primary within the rankings however had failed to shut out and clinch the FedEx Cup and having led the standings for many of this yr he was delighted to get his reward.
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“I believe it was principally psychological, this was a difficult week. I performed six rounds of golf, possibly greater than that,” Scheffler mentioned.
“It’s a difficult week, I’ve been main for some time so all the time at the back of your head you realize it’s going to come back right down to this and also you’ve received to have an incredible week.
“You’ve received guys like Collin Morikawa chasing me down on the leaderboard and loads of gifted guys behind me making an attempt to catch me however fortuitously I had a pleasant week.”
In accordance with CBS Sports activities’ Kyle Porter, the newest victory introduced Scheffler’s complete PGA earnings this yr to over over $62 million ($A92m).
Scheffler started the week on 10 under-par below the staggered scoring system used for the season finale and he ended the week on 30 below after closing with a 67.
Morikawa would have overwhelmed Scheffler by two strokes in an everyday format and for a second he put his rival below actual stress.
Scheffler shanked a bunker shot on the eighth making his second straight bogey as Morikawa made a birdie to cut back the hole to 2.
However as so usually Scheffler didn’t let the setbacks flip into an actual momentum shift as he proceeded to make three straight birdies from the ninth after which his eagle on the par-5 fifteenth put Morikawa out of sight.
What makes Scheffler’s dominance all of the extra unbelievable is the actual fact he can get even higher. Not less than, that’s the opinion of former main champion Wealthy Beem.
“I nonetheless assume he’s received higher within the tank which is unusual to say, it’s loopy to say,” Beem mentioned in commentary for Sky Sports activities.
“With Tiger you have been like ‘he’s nearly as good as he’s going to be’, however he stored getting higher and higher. I believe Scottie is that sort of participant who can rule the sport of golf for a few years.
“When he received that birdie on the second gap I’m pondering ‘he’s going to take this factor out for a spin immediately and present us what he’s fabricated from.
“Hastily there have been a few mis-steps after which the shank on eight, I actually felt dangerous for him. I don’t wish to see this occur.
“Then he responds with the shot at 9, three birdies in a row and it’s sport, set and match. It was just a little nearer than anticipated nevertheless it reveals who Scottie is. He’s received a lot resilience, a lot fortitude and it wasn’t straightforward by any stretch of the creativeness.”
Elsewhere, Adam Scott capped off a resurgent season with a four-under 67 within the last spherical to finish the week in a share of fourth.
Scott solely had one top-10 end within the season to his title by the Scottish Open in mid-July, however his second-place there sparked a powerful run that has seen him burst again into the world’s top-20 gamers.
After the Scottish Open, he completed T10 on the Open, earlier than ending T18, T2 and T4 within the three FedEx Cup playoff occasions.
Scott completed at East Lake on 19-under, tied with Russell Henley and Xander Schauffele for a $4,830,000 (A$7.14m) payday.
In the meantime, Scott mentioned Scheffler’s season is “on par with these nice years” of Tiger Woods.
“I believe it’s very arduous immediately for anybody to separate themselves as a lot as Scottie has. I don’t assume we’ve seen that in a very long time. I believe it’s more durable to do it immediately,” he added.
FINAL LEADERBOARD AND PRIZE MONEY
1. Scottie Scheffler -30 ($25,000,000)
2: Xander Schauffele -26 ($12,500,000)
3: Sahith Theegala -24 ($7,500,000)
T4: Adam Scott, Xander Schauffele, Russell Henley ($4,830,000)
7: Sungjae Im ($2,750,000)
8: Wyndham Clark ($2,250,000)
T9: Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama, Shane Lowry ($1,608,000)
T12: Viktor Hovland, Sam Burns ($1,000,000)
T14: Taylor Pendrith, Justin Thomas ($905,000)
16: Ludvig Aberg ($795,000)
T17: Patrick Cantlay, Robert MacIntyre, Matthieu Pavon ($755,000)
20: Tommy Fleetwood ($715,000)
T21: Keegan Bradley, Byeong Hun An ($660,000)
T23: Billy Horschel, Aaron Rai, Tony Finau ($615,000)
26: Akshay Bhatai ($590,000)
T27: Chris Kirk, Sepp Straka ($575,000)
T29: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Tom Hoge ($555,000)