.Sign Schlabach, ESPN Senior Citizen WriterSep 1, 2024, 08:12 PM ETCloseSenior university soccer writer.Writer of seven books on university football.Graduate of the University of GeorgiaATLANTA-- For a brief instant in the ultimate round of the Tour Championship at East Pond Golf Nightclub on Sunday, world No. 1 golf player Scottie Scheffler resembled among us.With the FedEx Mug and a monstrous $25 million bonus on the line, Scheffler had actually only carded a bogey on the par-4 7th hole. He terribly fastened his tee bullet to the left, and also his round almost walked out of bounds prior to clearing up in want straw.Scheffler had to stand in a tree to reach his second bullet, then his 4 1/2- foot par putt lipped out-- his only skip inside 8 feets in 72 gaps. Collin Morikawa created par, reducing Scheffler's bring about 4 shots.It will even the score smaller on the next hole.On the driveable par-4 eighth, Scheffler's tee go came up short, touchdown in a main greenside bunker, about 80 feet coming from the hole.Somehow, the greatest golf enthusiast around the world shanked his bunker chance-- his sphere went lifeless right and also ceased approximately 36 lawns below solitary confinement. Scheffler damaged to 24 feet and needed to have two putts from there for yet another bogey-- his third in four holes.Morikawa created an 8-foot birdie, cutting Scheffler's bring about just two. It had actually been seven after 2 holes." Yeah, in all honesty, extremely astonishing," Morikawa pointed out of Scheffler's shank. "Look, I brought in the putt and was two back, yet he's certainly not going to just start making bogeys afterwards. He is actually heading to do the contrary and he is actually visiting begin striking golf tries. It virtually brought his emphasis back in for a fifty percent 2nd, and that is actually something you can't show. You just either possess it or even you do not." Scottie Scheffler commemorates with the FedEx Trophy after gaining the FedExCup and also Tour Championship. Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesAfter some of awful gos of his career, Scheffler performed what he has done so typically the past three years-- he finalized the door on Morikawa as well as every person else.He made birdies on each of the upcoming three holes. On the par-3 9th, he slapped a 4-iron go to 5 feet, 2 ins. His method on the par-4 10th stopped at 3 feets, at that point he drained a 15-footer for birdie on the par-3 11th. Easily, Scheffler's top was 5 discharges once more. He incorporated a bald eagle on the par-5 14th. Editor's Picks2 RelatedScheffler caught his 1st FedEx Cup along with an overall rating of 30 under (he began at 10 under as the season-long points forerunner in the staggered-scoring layout), defeating Morikawa by 4 movements and also Sahith Theegala through six.It was the 3rd direct year through which Scheffler started with a 2-stroke lead over every person else in the Excursion Champion. 2 years earlier, he frivolled away a six-stroke lead in the last shot and shed to Rory McIlroy through one. Last year, he was actually 1 under over 72 holes (not consisting of starting movements) and matched for 6th." I make an effort certainly not to assume too much concerning recent or even think way too much regarding the future, however I believe 2 years earlier was rather challenging, having a great lead entering into the final round and also not playing my ideal and afterwards shedding, and afterwards last year I just had a pretty off full week therefore was actually reasonably frustrating," Scheffler mentioned. "So to find in with a lead for the 3rd opportunity and be able to finish it off is absolutely quite wonderful." Scheffler joined Tiger Woods (1999 and also 2007) as well as Dustin Johnson (2020) as the only golf players to gain the Tour Champion while they were actually positioned No. 1 in the Authorities World Golf Ranking.With his first FedEx Cup playoffs success, Scheffler became just the 4th PGA Tour golfer since 1980 to gain at the very least seven times along with a learn a single period. Tom Watson (1980 ), Woods (1999, 2000, 2006 and also 2007) as well as Vijay Singh (2004) were actually the others.Scheffler obtained a pep talk from his caddie, Ted Scott, after bogeying for the second successive opportunity on gap No. 8. Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesFollowing Scheffler's ordeal on the eighth hole, his caddie, Ted Scott, pulled him apart for a pep talk before his tee go on the 9th." Yeah, 9 was actually a significant turnaround," Scheffler pointed out. "Teddy gave me a wonderful pep talk certainly there on the back of 8 green considering that I kind of considered him like, 'Male, I do not know about this. This isn't looking so hot at the moment.' He type of provided me a little trumpet call, and after that I was able to hit a truly wonderful iron shot in there and also obtained factors rolling." Scheffler declined to reveal what Scott informed him." I'm certainly not visiting distribute all our tricks," Scheffler pointed out. "Teddy has constantly been my largest advocate. I think the outcomes represent on their own after he had the ability to grab my bag as well as begin aiding me. He actually is a huge component of the staff. I do not know if I would certainly have the ability to carry out any of this without him on my bag. We've obtained a terrific partnership." He has a practice of mentioning the correct point at the correct time to sort of keep me in the right state of mind." Scheffler's 2024 time will definitely be actually remembered as one of the very best in golf past history. Each of his victories happened against elite industries in four trademark activities (Arnold Palmer Invitational, RBC Culture, Memorial Competition and Travelers Championship), Athletes Championship, Professional and the Excursion Championship.Last month, the 28-year-old coming from Texas added a gold award at the Olympics in Paris. Scheffler isn't certain why the Olympics isn't being awaited in his triumph overall by the PGA Excursion." I do not think folks know exactly how hard that is actually to perform, when you're counted on to gain, when you're the preferred to succeed, when each and every single trait you are actually performing is actually being looked at-- excellent as well as poor-- on the golf course, and also just how hard it is actually to get in your own little area and also very own little world as well as genuinely only silent the sound," claimed Justin Thomas, that connected for 14th at 14 under." It's one thing that is equally a lot of a capability as being able to strike a motorist in the fairway or even an iron on product line. He's accurately figured that out very well." Scheffler's outstanding 2024 period consisted of a gold award at the 2024 Paris Games. ( Picture by Andrew Redington/Getty Images) Along the way, Scheffler collected around $62.2 million in on-course incomes as well as season-long bonuses.Even much better, Scheffler and also his wife, Meredith, welcomed their very first youngster, Bennett, on Might 8." I feel like I've lived nearly a complete life time within this one year," Scheffler stated. "It's been almonds." Scheffler's 7 triumphes was available in only 19 starts. He was actually a second best twice as well as had top-10 appearances in each but three of his starts as well as no overlooked cuts.Woods' 2000 season is actually considered among the best in background-- he recorded three of his 15 primary champions through 24 tries blended as well as gained nine opportunities overall in 20 beginnings. He was actually runner-up 4 times. Tiger won concerning $9.2 million that year.About the only trait that slowed down Scheffler down over recent eight-plus months was actually the Louisville police who apprehended him following a website traffic incident outside evictions of Valhalla Golf Nightclub in Kentucky before the 2nd cycle of the PGA Championship.Top accounts of the full week coming from Obtain special accessibility to thousands of fee short articles a year coming from leading authors. u2022 CFB: Full week 1 preview with greatest 25 games "u2022 That are actually X elements for all 32 NFL teams? "u2022 Move worth of this particular role keeps rising" Additional ESPN+ information ".Extremely, Scheffler posted a 5-under 66 a number of hrs after he was actually launched from jail. He appeared to run out of gas on the weekend as well as connected for eighth. Louisville prosecutors dropped Scheffler's fees on May 29." I think his uniformity, his attitude," stated McIlroy, who linked for ninth at 16 under. "I believe that he simply form of delivers the same behavior to the course every single day, regardless of what setting on the leaderboard he's in. He's simply outstanding to merely see the method he handles himself about the fairway. Yeah, our team'll look back on 2024 and it's definitely some of the most effective private years that a player has had for a long period of time." Scheffler's triumph at East Lake ought to end any kind of discussion concerning that's the PGA Scenic tour gamer of the year. Xander Schauffele possessed a disagreement after succeeding his first 2 majors at the PGA Championship as well as The Open.Even Schauffele confesses everybody else is actually still going after Scheffler." I believe by the meaning of dominance, I think that is actually actually where he is actually sitting," Schauffele pointed out. "I do not know the number of weeks he's been No. 1 gamer in the world. Considering that I have actually been out, I believe Dustin had a run, Brooks [Koepka] possessed a run, Jon [Rahm] possessed a run, Rory possessed a run. They were sort of drilling back and forth in between 1, 2 and also 3. Scottie has actually simply gone to the first-class of the mountain range for, what, pair of full years right now it seems to be." Scheffler doesn't appear ready to follow down anytime soon, either.