Scottie Scheffler caps dominant year with FedEx Cup title

At East Lake Golf Club Scottie Scheffler won the Tour Championship and clinched the 2024 FedEx Cup, the first season-long championship of his PGA Tour career.

Scheffler finished a whopping 30 under par and defeated Collin Morikawa by four strokes after an eventful round of 4-under 67. The World No. 1 added a FedEx Cup to his growing resume and took home the corresponding (AED 91 million) $25 million bonus.

Scheffler made up for back-to-back bogeys by ripping off a three-birdie run at Nos. 9-11. A 15 1/2-foot eagle putt at the par-5 14th was the final highlight of Scheffler's commanding 2024 campaign that reasserted his status as the best golfer in the world.

Morikawa applied pressure early and went on to shoot 66 -- not enough to get in Scheffler's way.

The stoic Scheffler cracked a smile at caddie Ted Scott after tapping in for par at No. 18.

"It's a pretty special feeling to be finally holding the trophy," Scheffler said.

For the third consecutive year, Scheffler entered the Tour Championship at 10 under with a two-shot head start thanks to the FedEx Cup starting strokes format. He finished the job after failing to convert in 2022 and 2023.

"I've been the Player of the Year for the tour the last two years and I haven't left with this trophy," Scheffler said. "It definitely I think leaves a bad taste in my mouth at the end of the year, especially when I start with the lead."

Scheffler became the first player since Tiger Woods (2007) to win seven times on tour in one season. His other wins came at the Masters, the Players Championship and four signature events.

"We'll look back on 2024 and it's obviously one of the best individual years that a player has had for a long time," Northern Ireland star Rory McIlroy said as Scheffler finished his round.

Scheffler's ascendancy comes at a particularly lucrative moment in PGA Tour history. With purses increasing in recent years, Scheffler managed to break the tour record for most official money in a season for the third year running. He won AED 106 million ($29,228,357) in official money this season, not counting Sunday's AED 91 million ($25 million) FedEx Cup bonus.