.Mark Schlabach, ESPN Elderly Person WriterSep 1, 2024, 08:12 PM ETCloseSenior university football author.Author of 7 books on college soccer.Graduate of the University of GeorgiaATLANTA-- For a short instant in the last shot of the Scenic tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club on Sunday, planet No. 1 golf player Scottie Scheffler seemed like among us.With the FedEx Cup and an enormous $25 million incentive on the line, Scheffler had just carded a bogey on the par-4 seventh opening. He horribly fastened his tee discharge to the left, and also his round nearly headed out of bounds before working out in want straw.Scheffler needed to stand in a plant to reach his second bullet, at that point his 4 1/2- foot the same level putt lipped out-- his only overlook inside 8 feets in 72 openings. Collin Morikawa produced the same level, reducing Scheffler's lead to four shots.It will get even smaller on the upcoming hole.On the driveable par-4 eighth, Scheffler's tee try lost, touchdown in a front greenside bunker, concerning 80 feet coming from the hole.Somehow, the greatest golf enthusiast in the world shanked his bunker chance-- his round went dead right and quit about 36 backyards listed below solitary confinement. Scheffler chipped to 24 feet and needed to have pair of putts coming from there for an additional bogey-- his 3rd in four holes.Morikawa made an 8-foot birdie, pruning Scheffler's cause merely pair of. It had been seven after pair of openings." Yeah, truthfully, quite shocking," Morikawa pointed out of Scheffler's shank. "Appear, I created the putt and also was actually 2 back, however he is actually not going to only start bring in bogeys afterwards. He's visiting perform the opposite and also he's mosting likely to start attacking golf chances. It practically delivered his emphasis back in for a fifty percent 2nd, and that is actually something you can not teach. You only either have it or you do not." Scottie Scheffler commemorates along with the FedEx Prize after winning the FedExCup and also Trip Championship. Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesAfter among awful chances of his job, Scheffler performed what he has actually done so frequently the past three years-- he shut the door on Morikawa as well as every person else.He created birdies on each of the upcoming 3 gaps. On the par-3 9th, he punched a 4-iron go to 5 feet, 2 ins. His technique on the par-4 10th quit at 3 feets, at that point he emptied a 15-footer for birdie on the par-3 11th. Just like that, Scheffler's top was five shots once more. He incorporated a bald eagle on the par-5 14th. Editor's Picks2 RelatedScheffler recorded his very first FedEx Cup with an overall rating of 30 under (he started at 10 under as the season-long aspects leader in the staggered-scoring style), beating Morikawa by 4 movements and also Sahith Theegala by six.It was actually the third direct year in which Scheffler started along with a 2-stroke top over everybody else in the Scenic tour Champion. Two years back, he ran through a six-stroke top in the final shot as well as lost to Rory McIlroy through one. Last year, he was 1 under over 72 openings (certainly not consisting of starting movements) and matched for sixth." I attempt certainly not to think too much about the past or assume a lot of about the future, however I think 2 years ago was actually quite hard, possessing a really good lead going into the last round and not playing my best and afterwards losing, and afterwards in 2013 I simply had a fairly off full week so was rather disappointing," Scheffler stated. "So ahead belong a lead for the 3rd time and also have the ability to finish it off is actually definitely quite pleasant." Scheffler participated in Tiger Forest (1999 and also 2007) and Dustin Johnson (2020) as the only golf players to gain the Scenic tour Championship while they were placed No. 1 in the Representative Globe Golf Ranking.With his 1st FedEx Mug playoffs success, Scheffler came to be merely the fourth PGA Tour golfer considering that 1980 to win at least 7 opportunities along with a major in a solitary period. Tom Watson (1980 ), Forest (1999, 2000, 2006 as well as 2007) and Vijay Singh (2004) were the others.Scheffler got a pep talk coming from his caddie, Ted Scott, after bogeying for the 2nd consecutive opportunity on opening No. 8. Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesFollowing Scheffler's debacle on the 8th opening, his caddie, Ted Scott, pulled him aside for a trumpet call just before his tee try on the 9th." Yeah, nine was actually a substantial turn-around," Scheffler stated. "Teddy gave me a nice pep talk there certainly on the back of eight environment-friendly because I sort of examined him like, 'Guy, I don't find out about this. This isn't looking therefore very hot at the moment.' He type of gave me a little bit of trumpet call, and after that I had the ability to reach a truly great iron go in there as well as received traits spinning." Scheffler dropped to reveal what Scott informed him." I'm certainly not heading to distribute all our keys," Scheffler claimed. "Teddy has regularly been my greatest advocate. I think the results promote themselves after he had the capacity to get my bag and begin helping me. He really is a huge component of the group. I don't recognize if I 'd be able to carry out any one of this without him on my bag. Our company've got a wonderful partnership." He has a practice of mentioning the correct point at the right time to sort of maintain me in the right frame of mind." Scheffler's 2024 period are going to be kept in mind being one of the greatest in golf record. Each of his success came versus elite areas in four signature occasions (Arnold Palmer Invitational, RBC Ancestry, Remembrance Event as well as Travelers Champion), Players Championship, Professional as well as the Tour Championship.Last month, the 28-year-old from Texas incorporated a gold medal at the Olympics in Paris. Scheffler isn't certain why the Olympics isn't being awaited in his victory total due to the PGA Excursion." I do not presume folks recognize exactly how tough that is to accomplish, when you're expected to win, when you are actually the beloved to win, when every single thing you are actually carrying out is actually being actually considered-- really good and also negative-- on the golf course, and also just how tough it is actually to enter your own little zone as well as own little planet and also absolutely only silent the noise," stated Justin Thomas, who linked for 14th at 14 under." It is actually one thing that is actually equally as much of a capability as having the capacity to hit a vehicle driver in the golf course or even an iron on series. He is actually plainly thought that out effectively." Scheffler's stellar 2024 time included a gold award at the 2024 Paris Gamings. ( Image by Andrew Redington/Getty Images) En route, Scheffler accumulated approximately $62.2 thousand in on-course revenues as well as season-long bonuses.Even a lot better, Scheffler and also his wife, Meredith, welcomed their 1st little one, Bennett, on Might 8." I think that I have actually resided just about a total life-time in this particular one year," Scheffler stated. "It's been nuts." Scheffler's seven triumphes came in only 19 begins. He was actually a runner-up two times and had top-10 appearances in each yet 3 of his beginnings and no overlooked cuts.Woods' 2000 period is thought about among the greatest in record-- he caught 3 of his 15 major championships through 24 chances incorporated as well as gained nine opportunities overall in twenty starts. He was runner-up four times. Leopard succeeded regarding $9.2 million that year.About the only trait that slowed down Scheffler down over the past eight-plus months was the Louisville police who jailed him complying with a web traffic event outside the gates of Valhalla Golf Nightclub in Kentucky just before the second cycle of the PGA Championship.Top stories of the week from Get exclusive accessibility to thousands of fee write-ups a year from leading article writers. u2022 CFB: Week 1 preview along with ideal 25 video games "u2022 Who are X factors for all 32 NFL groups? "u2022 Transactions market value of this opening always keeps climbing" Additional ESPN+ information ".Amazingly, Scheffler submitted a 5-under 66 a number of hours after he was discharged from jail. He seemed to lose ground on the weekend as well as connected for eighth. Louisville district attorneys dropped Scheffler's charges on May 29." I think his congruity, his attitude," claimed McIlroy, that tied for 9th at 16 under. "I feel like he simply kind of carries the very same demeanor to the program each and every single day, regardless of what posture on the leaderboard he's in. He is actually just impressive to simply enjoy the way he handles himself about the golf links. Yeah, our team'll look back on 2024 and also it is actually certainly among the most effective individual years that a player has actually had for a number of years." Scheffler's victory at East Lake should finish any sort of controversy regarding who's the PGA Scenic tour player of the year. Xander Schauffele had an argument after succeeding his 1st 2 majors at the PGA Championship and The Open.Even Schauffele accepts everybody more is still chasing after Scheffler." I presume by the interpretation of prominence, I assume that is actually essentially where he's resting," Schauffele claimed. "I do not understand how many full weeks he is actually been actually No. 1 gamer around the world. Due to the fact that I have actually been out, I presume Dustin had a run, Brooks [Koepka] had a run, Jon [Rahm] possessed a run, Rory possessed a run. They were sort of punching backward and forward in between 1, 2 and 3. Scottie has actually just been at the great of the mountain for, what, 2 full years right now it appears." Scheffler does not appear ready ahead down anytime very soon, either.