.Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 1, 2024, 08:12 PM ETCloseSenior college soccer article writer.Writer of 7 publications on college football.Graduate of the College of GeorgiaATLANTA-- For a quick moment in the final round of the Excursion Championship at East Lake Golf Club on Sunday, planet No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler seemed like among us.With the FedEx Cup as well as an enormous $25 million bonus offer on the line, Scheffler had just carded a bogey on the par-4 7th opening. He severely fastened his tee discharge to the left, as well as his ball almost headed out of bounds prior to working out in ache straw.Scheffler must stand in a plant to hit his second shot, then his 4 1/2- feet the same level putt lipped out-- his only miss out on inside 8 feets in 72 openings. Collin Morikawa made the same level, reducing Scheffler's trigger 4 shots.It would get back at much smaller on the following hole.On the driveable par-4 eighth, Scheffler's tee go came up short, landing in a main greenside bunker, regarding 80 feets coming from the hole.Somehow, the greatest golf player worldwide shanked his bunker go-- his sphere went lifeless right and ceased approximately 36 lawns below the hole. Scheffler damaged to 24 feet and needed 2 putts from there for another bogey-- his third in four holes.Morikawa created an 8-foot birdie, cutting Scheffler's trigger merely two. It had actually been actually seven after two holes." Yeah, frankly, very astonishing," Morikawa claimed of Scheffler's shank. "Look, I brought in the putt and was actually pair of back, but he is actually certainly not going to merely begin bring in bogeys afterwards. He is actually heading to do the contrary and he's visiting begin attacking golf shots. It just about brought his concentration back in for a fifty percent second, which is actually something you can't instruct. You merely either possess it or you don't." Scottie Scheffler celebrates along with the FedEx Prize after winning the FedExCup and also Tour Championship. Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesAfter some of awful chances of his occupation, Scheffler did what he has actually done so typically recent three years-- he shut the door on Morikawa and everybody else.He made birdies on each of the next 3 openings. On the par-3 ninth, he smacked a 4-iron shot to 5 shoes, 2 inches. His method on the par-4 10th ceased at 3 feets, after that he emptied a 15-footer for birdie on the par-3 11th. Just like that, Scheffler's top was actually five discharges again. He incorporated a bald eagle on the par-5 14th. Editor's Picks2 RelatedScheffler captured his very first FedEx Mug with an overall credit rating of 30 under (he began at 10 under as the season-long aspects forerunner in the staggered-scoring format), defeating Morikawa through 4 movements and Sahith Theegala through six.It was the 3rd straight year in which Scheffler started with a 2-stroke top over everybody else in the Trip Champion. Two years earlier, he ran through a six-stroke top in the ultimate round and also dropped to Rory McIlroy by one. In 2014, he was 1 under over 72 openings (not featuring starting strokes) and also tied for 6th." I make an effort certainly not to presume excessive about the past or believe excessive regarding the future, however I believe pair of years earlier was pretty challenging, having a really good lead entering the last cycle and not playing my absolute best and after that losing, and then in 2014 I only had a quite off full week so was actually fairly unsatisfying," Scheffler said. "Therefore to come belong a lead for the third opportunity and have the ability to complete it off is actually certainly fairly delightful." Scheffler participated in Leopard Forest (1999 and 2007) and also Dustin Johnson (2020) as the only golf players to succeed the Tour Championship while they were actually positioned No. 1 in the Authorities Globe Golf Ranking.With his first FedEx Mug playoffs triumph, Scheffler became just the 4th PGA Excursion golf player due to the fact that 1980 to succeed at the very least 7 times with a learn a single period. Tom Watson (1980 ), Woods (1999, 2000, 2006 as well as 2007) as well as Vijay Singh (2004) were actually the others.Scheffler received a pep talk coming from his caddie, Ted Scott, after bogeying for the 2nd consecutive opportunity on gap No. 8. Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesFollowing Scheffler's fiasco on the 8th gap, his caddie, Ted Scott, drew him apart for a pep talk before his tee shot on the ninth." Yeah, nine was actually a big turn-around," Scheffler pointed out. "Teddy provided me a wonderful trumpet call there on the back of 8 environment-friendly due to the fact that I type of took a look at him like, 'Man, I do not learn about this. This isn't appearing therefore hot today.' He sort of offered me a little bit of pep talk, and afterwards I managed to reach a really wonderful iron go in there as well as acquired things rolling." Scheffler dropped to expose what Scott informed him." I'm not visiting hand out all our tips," Scheffler claimed. "Teddy has actually always been my biggest fan. I think the end results represent themselves after he had the capacity to grab my bag as well as begin helping me. He definitely is a substantial portion of the staff. I do not understand if I would certainly be able to perform any of this without him on my bag. Our company have actually received a terrific partnership." He has a practice of claiming the appropriate trait at the correct time to kind of maintain me in the right mindset." Scheffler's 2024 period will be kept in mind being one of the most effective in golf background. Each of his victories happened against elite industries in four trademark occasions (Arnold Palmer Invitational, RBC Heritage, Remembrance Competition and Travelers Champion), Players Champion, Expert and the Tour Championship.Last month, the 28-year-old from Texas included a gold award at the Olympics in Paris. Scheffler isn't certain why the Olympics isn't being actually awaited in his triumph overall due to the PGA Excursion." I don't assume people comprehend just how tough that is actually to do, when you're expected to succeed, when you are actually the preferred to succeed, when every single thing you are actually performing is actually being checked out-- great and also negative-- on the fairway, and also exactly how challenging it is to get inside your own little bit of zone and also personal little globe and also truly only peaceful the sound," mentioned Justin Thomas, that tied for 14th at 14 under." It's one thing that is actually equally a lot of a capability as having the capacity to attack a driver in the golf course or even an iron on collection. He's plainly thought that out well." Scheffler's outstanding 2024 period included a gold award at the 2024 Paris Gamings. ( Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images) En route, Scheffler gathered around $62.2 thousand in on-course earnings as well as season-long bonuses.Even a lot better, Scheffler as well as his spouse, Meredith, accepted their very first little one, Bennett, on Might 8." I believe that I've resided just about a total lifetime in this particular one year," Scheffler claimed. "It is actually been actually nuts." Scheffler's seven victories was available in simply 19 beginnings. He was a second best twice and had top-10 coatings in every yet 3 of his begins as well as no missed cuts.Woods' 2000 season is considered among the greatest in past-- he captured three of his 15 significant champions through 24 shots mixed as well as succeeded nine times general in twenty beginnings. He was actually runner-up four opportunities. Leopard succeeded regarding $9.2 thousand that year.About the only trait that decreased Scheffler down over the past eight-plus months was the Louisville policeman who detained him following a web traffic event outside the gates of Valhalla Golf Nightclub in Kentucky just before the second round of the PGA Championship.Top stories of the week coming from Receive unique accessibility to hundreds of premium posts a year coming from top authors. u2022 CFB: Week 1 sneak peek with absolute best 25 video games "u2022 Who are actually X variables for all 32 NFL crews? "u2022 Transfer worth of this opening keeps climbing" Additional ESPN+ information ".Incredibly, Scheffler published a 5-under 66 a number of hours after he was released from prison. He appeared to run out of gas on the weekend break and also connected for eighth. Louisville prosecutors lost Scheffler's charges on May 29." I think his consistency, his attitude," said McIlroy, that tied for nine at 16 under. "I feel like he only type of brings the same manner to the program each and every single day, whatever posture on the leaderboard he's in. He's just remarkable to just view the technique he handles themself all around the fairway. Yeah, we'll reflect on 2024 and it's obviously some of the most effective specific years that a gamer has eaten a long period of time." Scheffler's triumph at East Lake should end any type of dispute concerning who's the PGA Trip player of the year. Xander Schauffele possessed an argument after succeeding his very first pair of majors at the PGA Championship and also The Open.Even Schauffele acknowledges everybody more is still chasing after Scheffler." I presume due to the interpretation of supremacy, I believe that is actually actually where he is actually sitting," Schauffele pointed out. "I don't recognize how many full weeks he is actually been No. 1 gamer around the world. Considering that I've been out, I think Dustin had an operate, Brooks [Koepka] possessed a run, Jon [Rahm] had an operate, Rory had a run. They were type of drilling back and forth in between 1, 2 and 3. Scottie has only gone to the first-class of the mountain range for, what, two complete years right now it appears." Scheffler does not seem all set to come down anytime quickly, either.