.Result Schlabach, ESPN Senior Citizen WriterSep 1, 2024, 08:12 PM ETCloseSenior university regulation football article writer.Author of 7 books on college soccer.Grad of the College of GeorgiaATLANTA-- For a short moment in the last shot of the Trip Championship at East Pond Golf Club on Sunday, globe No. 1 golf player Scottie Scheffler seemed like among us.With the FedEx Mug as well as a whopping $25 million incentive vulnerable, Scheffler had only carded a bogey on the par-4 7th gap. He horribly fastened his tee discharge to the left, and also his round nearly walked out of bounds before settling in yearn straw.Scheffler needed to fill in a tree to reach his second shot, at that point his 4 1/2- foot par putt lipped out-- his only miss inside 8 feets in 72 holes. Collin Morikawa made the same level, reducing Scheffler's lead to 4 shots.It would even the score smaller sized on the upcoming hole.On the driveable par-4 eighth, Scheffler's tee try lost, touchdown in a main greenside bunker, about 80 feets from the hole.Somehow, the most effective golf player on the planet shanked his bunker shot-- his round went dead right as well as ceased about 36 gardens below solitary confinement. Scheffler broke to 24 feet and needed 2 putts from there for another bogey-- his third in 4 holes.Morikawa made an 8-foot birdie, pruning Scheffler's lead to merely two. It had been actually 7 after 2 holes." Yeah, in all honesty, very unexpected," Morikawa stated of Scheffler's shank. "Appear, I created the putt as well as was 2 back, yet he is actually certainly not heading to merely start bring in bogeys afterwards. He's mosting likely to perform the opposite and also he's going to start striking golf gos. It just about carried his concentration back in for a fifty percent 2nd, which's something you can't educate. You merely either have it or you do not." Scottie Scheffler commemorates with the FedEx Trophy after succeeding the FedExCup and Scenic Tour Championship. Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesAfter among the worst chances of his career, Scheffler did what he has accomplished this commonly recent three years-- he finalized the door on Morikawa and everybody else.He created birdies on each of the following three gaps. On the par-3 9th, he smacked a 4-iron chance to 5 shoes, 2 ins. His strategy on the par-4 10th ceased at 3 feets, after that he drained pipes a 15-footer for birdie on the par-3 11th. Just like that, Scheffler's lead was actually 5 discharges again. He added an eagle on the par-5 14th. Editor's Picks2 RelatedScheffler caught his very first FedEx Mug along with a total rating of 30 under (he started at 10 under as the season-long factors innovator in the staggered-scoring layout), defeating Morikawa by 4 movements and also Sahith Theegala by six.It was actually the third straight year in which Scheffler began with a 2-stroke top over everyone else in the Excursion Championship. Two years earlier, he frivolled away a six-stroke top in the last round and also lost to Rory McIlroy through one. In 2015, he was actually 1 under over 72 holes (certainly not including starting strokes) and matched for 6th." I make an effort certainly not to believe excessive regarding recent or even assume way too much concerning the future, yet I think two years back was fairly challenging, having a good top going into the last cycle as well as not playing my absolute best and then dropping, and after that in 2013 I merely possessed a rather off week thus was rather frustrating," Scheffler pointed out. "Thus ahead in with a top for the 3rd opportunity and also have the ability to finish it off is definitely pretty wonderful." Scheffler participated in Leopard Woods (1999 and 2007) and also Dustin Johnson (2020) as the only golf players to succeed the Trip Championship while they were actually positioned No. 1 in the Authorities World Golf Ranking.With his initial FedEx Cup playoffs success, Scheffler ended up being merely the fourth PGA Trip golfer due to the fact that 1980 to win at the very least seven opportunities with a major in a single period. Tom Watson (1980 ), Woods (1999, 2000, 2006 and 2007) as well as Vijay Singh (2004) were actually the others.Scheffler acquired a trumpet call coming from his caddie, Ted Scott, after bogeying for the second consecutive opportunity on opening No. 8. Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesFollowing Scheffler's debacle on the eighth gap, his caddie, Ted Scott, took him aside for a pep talk just before his tee shot on the 9th." Yeah, nine was a massive turnaround," Scheffler pointed out. "Teddy provided me a great pep talk certainly there on the back of 8 green given that I sort of examined him like, 'Guy, I do not know about this. This isn't looking therefore scorching at this moment.' He type of gave me a little bit of trumpet call, and after that I was able to strike a definitely nice iron chance in there and also obtained factors spinning." Scheffler declined to show what Scott informed him." I'm certainly not heading to distribute all our techniques," Scheffler claimed. "Teddy has actually always been my biggest follower. I believe the results represent themselves after he had the ability to get my bag and begin assisting me. He truly is actually a massive part of the staff. I don't recognize if I 'd be able to do some of this without him on my bag. Our company've obtained a great relationship." He has a routine of saying the best point at the correct time to type of keep me in the right frame of mind." Scheffler's 2024 time will certainly be actually always remembered as one of the most ideal in golf history. Each of his triumphes came against elite fields in four trademark celebrations (Arnold Palmer Invitational, RBC Culture, Memorial Competition as well as Travelers Champion), Players Championship, Expert as well as the Scenic tour Championship.Last month, the 28-year-old coming from Texas included a gold award at the Olympics in Paris. Scheffler isn't sure why the Olympics isn't being actually counted in his victory overall due to the PGA Trip." I do not assume folks know how tough that is actually to perform, when you are actually anticipated to gain, when you are actually the preferred to succeed, when every thing you are actually performing is actually being actually checked out-- excellent and also negative-- on the golf course, and also just how tough it is to get inside your personal little bit of area and own little bit of planet as well as definitely just peaceful the noise," stated Justin Thomas, that linked for 14th at 14 under." It is actually one thing that is actually equally a lot of an ability as having the ability to hit a vehicle driver in the golf course or even an iron on collection. He is actually plainly figured that out extremely well." Scheffler's excellent 2024 time featured a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Video games. ( Image through Andrew Redington/Getty Images) In the process, Scheffler collected approximately $62.2 million in on-course profits as well as season-long bonuses.Even a lot better, Scheffler and also his wife, Meredith, accepted their initial little one, Bennett, on Might 8." I think that I have actually resided almost a full lifetime within this one year," Scheffler stated. "It's been almonds." Scheffler's 7 success was available in only 19 starts. He was a runner-up two times and also possessed top-10 appearances in all but three of his beginnings and no skipped cuts.Woods' 2000 period is thought about some of the greatest in history-- he grabbed 3 of his 15 major championships by 24 chances mixed as well as won 9 times overall in 20 beginnings. He was runner-up four opportunities. Tiger gained concerning $9.2 thousand that year.About the only trait that slowed down Scheffler down over recent eight-plus months was actually the Louisville police that detained him adhering to a website traffic occurrence outside the gates of Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky before the second cycle of the PGA Championship.Top accounts of the full week coming from Get special accessibility to 1000s of premium write-ups a year coming from top writers. u2022 CFB: Week 1 examine along with greatest 25 games "u2022 Who are actually X variables for all 32 NFL groups? "u2022 Move value of the job keeps increasing" More ESPN+ information ".Incredibly, Scheffler uploaded a 5-under 66 a number of hours after he was released coming from jail. He seemed to lose ground on the weekend break and also linked for 8th. Louisville district attorneys went down Scheffler's charges on May 29." I think his uniformity, his perspective," claimed McIlroy, that connected for ninth at 16 under. "I feel like he just type of takes the very same behavior to the course each and every day, whatever setting on the leaderboard he resides in. He's merely fantastic to merely enjoy the method he handles himself all around the greens. Yeah, we'll review 2024 and it's definitely some of the best individual years that a player has eaten a very long time." Scheffler's triumph at East Pond should end any argument regarding that is actually the PGA Excursion player of the year. Xander Schauffele possessed a debate after winning his very first 2 majors at the PGA Champion and also The Open.Even Schauffele acknowledges everyone else is actually still going after Scheffler." I assume due to the definition of supremacy, I think that is actually virtually where he's resting," Schauffele mentioned. "I don't understand the number of weeks he is actually been actually No. 1 player worldwide. Due to the fact that I've been out, I assume Dustin had a run, Brooks [Koepka] had a run, Jon [Rahm] had an operate, Rory possessed a run. They were sort of drilling to and fro between 1, 2 and also 3. Scottie has actually merely gone to the good of the hill for, what, pair of total years today it seems." Scheffler does not appear ready to follow down anytime very soon, either.