It was only a matter of time before Scottie Scheffler pulled it off again.
After a season full of near-misses and second-place finishes, the top-ranked golfer in the world absolutely ran away with the FedEx St. Jude Championship on Sunday. Scheffler posted a final-round 66 at TPC Southwind in Memphis, which ended up giving him a massive eight-shot victory to open the PGA Tour's playoffs.
The win not only earned Scheffler a $3.6 million check, but it also solidified his spot atop the FedExCup standings with just two tournaments left on the schedule.
Scheffler has been firmly at No. 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings and the FedExCup standings throughout the year, but he's struggled to actually win on Tour since his season-opening victory back in January. Since then, Scheffler has finished in second five times, including in his last start at the 3M Open. A pair of those runner-up outings came in the form of a playoff loss, too.
While 11 top-10 finishes and a win is hard for anyone to complain about, it felt like a weird step back for the man who had dominated golf in vintage Tiger Woods-like fashion over the past several seasons.
#World #finishes
After a season full of near-misses and second-place finishes, the top-ranked golfer in the world absolutely ran away with the FedEx St. Jude Championship on Sunday. Scheffler posted a final-round 66 at TPC Southwind in Memphis, which ended up giving him a massive eight-shot victory to open the PGA Tour's playoffs.
The win not only earned Scheffler a $3.6 million check, but it also solidified his spot atop the FedExCup standings with just two tournaments left on the schedule.
Scheffler has been firmly at No. 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings and the FedExCup standings throughout the year, but he's struggled to actually win on Tour since his season-opening victory back in January. Since then, Scheffler has finished in second five times, including in his last start at the 3M Open. A pair of those runner-up outings came in the form of a playoff loss, too.
While 11 top-10 finishes and a win is hard for anyone to complain about, it felt like a weird step back for the man who had dominated golf in vintage Tiger Woods-like fashion over the past several seasons.
#World #finishes
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