Scottie Scheffler held off taking part in accomplice Collin Morikawa to finish a dominant PGA Tour season with FedExCup victory on the Tour Championship.
The world No 1 took a two-shot lead into the season finale and by no means relinquished prime spot at any level all through the event, regardless of seeing a seven-shot benefit briefly reduce to only two strokes on the ultimate day.
Scheffler fired three consecutive birdies across the flip to reclaim management of the event and closed out a four-under 67 to finish the week on 30 below, with the win seeing him turn into the primary participant since Tiger Woods to win seven occasions in a season on the PGA Tour.
He blended an eagle and 5 birdies with three bogeys throughout the remaining day to complete 4 forward of Morikawa, whereas a final-round 64 jumped Sahith Theegala into third spot forward of Russell Henley, Adam Scott and Xander Schauffele.
How Scheffler secured FedExCup glory
Morikawa bogeyed the primary and rapidly discovered himself seven behind Scheffler, who holed from eight ft to avoid wasting par and added a 15-foot birdie on the par-three subsequent, solely to start his fightback with a well timed birdie on the par-four fourth.
Scheffler didn’t rise up and down from the sand to avoid wasting par on the fifth however splashed out of the greenside bunker to tap-in vary on the par-five subsequent, matching Morikawa’s birdie, earlier than seeing his lead drastically shrink over the following two holes.
The Masters champion needed to pitch out from the bushes on the seventh and missed a five-footer for par, the primary putt all week he didn’t convert from inside that distance, then shanked a bunker shot on the driveable par-four subsequent to card a second successive birdie.
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Scottie Scheffler noticed his lead decreased throughout the remaining spherical of the Tour Championship after shockingly shanking the ball from the bunker!
Morikawa received up and down from the again of the inexperienced to make birdie and get inside two of the lead, just for Scheffler to reply by firing his tee shot to inside 5 ft on the par-three subsequent putt and holing the putt.
Scheffler fired a wedge in shut on the tenth and transformed from 15 ft on the eleventh for a 3rd consecutive birdie, taking him 5 clear, however Morikawa closed the hole once more when he rolled in from 9 ft on the thirteenth.
Scottie Scheffler went into the week as FedExCup chief for the third successive season
Morikawa fell additional behind regardless of including one other birdie on the par-five 14th, as Scheffler slotted in from 15 ft for eagle to get to 30 below and depart him getting ready to victory.
4 pars alongside the closing stretch was sufficient for Scheffler to shut out a thirteenth PGA Tour title and cap off his 2024 marketing campaign in model, the place he grew to become the primary participant to win The Gamers, The Masters and the Tour Championship in the identical season.
Scottie Scheffler celebrated victory together with his spouse Meredith after closing out the four-shot win
Morikawa decreased the profitable margin after a penultimate-hole birdie, ending the week on 26 below after a five-under 66, whereas Theegala was the one different participant to get inside 10 strokes of Scheffler.
Former US Open champion Wyndham Clark completed in eighth spot on 17 below, whereas Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry each ended the week an additional stroke again after rounds of 66 and 68 respectively.
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