.Mark Schlabach, ESPN Elder WriterSep 1, 2024, 08:12 PM ETCloseSenior college soccer writer.Author of seven books on college soccer.Grad of the Educational Institution of GeorgiaATLANTA-- For a brief second in the last round of the Trip Champion at East Lake Golf Club on Sunday, globe No. 1 golf enthusiast Scottie Scheffler looked like among us.With the FedEx Mug as well as an enormous $25 million benefit on the line, Scheffler had actually only carded a bogey on the par-4 seventh hole. He terribly hooked his tee shot to the left, as well as his ball virtually went out of bounds just before working out in want straw.Scheffler must fill in a plant to hit his second shot, then his 4 1/2- feet the same level putt lipped out-- his only overlook inside 8 feets in 72 holes. Collin Morikawa made par, cutting Scheffler's result in four shots.It would certainly get even smaller sized on the following hole.On the driveable par-4 eighth, Scheffler's tee try came up short, touchdown in a front greenside bunker, about 80 feets coming from the hole.Somehow, the very best golfer around the world shanked his bunker shot-- his ball went dead right and ceased around 36 lawns listed below the hole. Scheffler damaged to 24 feets and needed pair of putts coming from there for yet another bogey-- his third in 4 holes.Morikawa created an 8-foot birdie, cutting Scheffler's result in just two. It had actually been seven after pair of gaps." Yeah, frankly, very surprising," Morikawa said of Scheffler's shank. "Look, I brought in the putt as well as was actually 2 back, yet he's certainly not mosting likely to simply begin bring in bogeys after that. He's going to perform the contrary and also he's visiting start attacking golf gos. It nearly delivered his focus back in for a half second, which's one thing you can not teach. You simply either possess it or even you don't." Scottie Scheffler celebrates along with the FedEx Trophy after winning the FedExCup and also Scenic Tour Champion. Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesAfter one of the worst chances of his profession, Scheffler performed what he has actually done this typically recent three years-- he shut the door on Morikawa and every person else.He helped make birdies on each of the following three openings. On the par-3 nine, he slapped a 4-iron try to 5 feet, 2 ins. His method on the par-4 10th quit at 3 feet, at that point he drained a 15-footer for birdie on the par-3 11th. Just like that, Scheffler's top was actually five discharges once again. He added a bald eagle on the par-5 14th. Editor's Picks2 RelatedScheffler caught his very first FedEx Cup along with an overall score of 30 under (he began at 10 under as the season-long factors forerunner in the staggered-scoring format), trumping Morikawa through four strokes as well as Sahith Theegala by six.It was actually the 3rd straight year through which Scheffler began along with a 2-stroke lead over every person else in the Tour Champion. 2 years earlier, he frivolled away a six-stroke top in the last round as well as lost to Rory McIlroy through one. In 2013, he was actually 1 under over 72 gaps (certainly not featuring starting strokes) as well as matched for 6th." I try certainly not to presume a lot of regarding the past or assume way too much about the future, however I presume pair of years ago was quite difficult, possessing an excellent top entering into the last cycle as well as not playing my ideal and afterwards dropping, and then in 2014 I only possessed a pretty off full week thus was actually relatively unsatisfying," Scheffler said. "So to follow in with a top for the 3rd opportunity and also be able to finish it off is actually certainly quite pleasant." Scheffler signed up with Leopard Forest (1999 as well as 2007) as well as Dustin Johnson (2020) as the only golfers to win the Scenic tour Championship while they were placed No. 1 in the Representative Planet Golf Ranking.With his initial FedEx Mug playoffs triumph, Scheffler became just the 4th PGA Trip golfer because 1980 to win at the very least seven times with a major in a singular season. Tom Watson (1980 ), Forest (1999, 2000, 2006 as well as 2007) and Vijay Singh (2004) were the others.Scheffler obtained a trumpet call coming from his caddie, Ted Scott, after bogeying for the 2nd successive opportunity on opening No. 8. Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesFollowing Scheffler's fiasco on the 8th opening, his caddie, Ted Scott, took him aside for a pep talk before his tee go on the ninth." Yeah, 9 was a big turn-around," Scheffler said. "Teddy gave me a good pep talk there on the back of 8 environment-friendly considering that I type of looked at him like, 'Guy, I don't understand about this. This isn't appearing so scorching immediately.' He kind of provided me a little bit of pep talk, and after that I had the ability to attack an actually great iron go in there and acquired things rolling." Scheffler dropped to reveal what Scott informed him." I'm not mosting likely to distribute all our keys," Scheffler pointed out. "Teddy has regularly been my largest advocate. I think the end results promote themselves after he was able to grab my bag and also begin assisting me. He actually is actually a substantial aspect of the team. I don't know if I would certainly be able to carry out any of this without him on my bag. Our experts've got an excellent partnership." He possesses a practice of saying the best point at the right time to sort of keep me in the right mindset." Scheffler's 2024 season will certainly be actually born in mind as being one of the very best in golf past. Each of his victories came against best industries in 4 trademark celebrations (Arnold Palmer Invitational, RBC Culture, Memorial Event and also Travelers Championship), 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 sure why the Olympics isn't being actually counted in his triumph total amount by the PGA Excursion." I do not think individuals comprehend how hard that is to carry out, when you are actually counted on to succeed, when you are actually the favorite to succeed, when every single factor you are actually carrying out is actually being checked out-- really good and bad-- on the golf course, as well as how tough it is actually to get inside your very own little bit of region and own little bit of globe and really only silent the noise," mentioned Justin Thomas, who linked for 14th at 14 under." It's one thing that is actually just like much of a skill as managing to reach a driver in the golf course or even an iron on product line. He's precisely figured that out quite possibly." Scheffler's outstanding 2024 period consisted of a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Video games. ( Image through Andrew Redington/Getty Images) In the process, Scheffler gathered approximately $62.2 million in on-course earnings as well as season-long bonuses.Even better, Scheffler and also his better half, Meredith, accepted their first kid, Bennett, on May 8." I feel like I have actually resided practically a complete life time within this one year," Scheffler pointed out. "It's been actually nuts." Scheffler's seven success can be found in only 19 begins. He was actually a second best two times as well as possessed top-10 appearances in all yet three of his starts and no overlooked cuts.Woods' 2000 time is thought about some of the greatest in past-- he caught 3 of his 15 primary champions by 24 shots blended and also succeeded nine opportunities total in 20 begins. He was actually runner-up 4 opportunities. Leopard won regarding $9.2 million that year.About the only thing that decreased Scheffler down over the past eight-plus months was actually the Louisville policeman who detained him observing a website traffic event outside evictions of Valhalla Golf Nightclub in Kentucky prior to the second round of the PGA Championship.Top tales of the full week from Obtain unique accessibility to lots of superior write-ups a year from leading authors. u2022 CFB: Full week 1 sneak peek with best 25 video games "u2022 Who are X factors for all 32 NFL groups? "u2022 Move market value of the job always keeps increasing" Additional ESPN+ web content ".Incredibly, Scheffler submitted a 5-under 66 a number of hrs after he was released coming from jail. He appeared to lose ground on the weekend break and also linked for eighth. Louisville prosecutors went down Scheffler's fees on May 29." I believe his consistency, his attitude," pointed out McIlroy, who connected for 9th at 16 under. "I feel like he merely kind of carries the exact same attitude to the training course every single time, whatever position on the leaderboard he's in. He's simply fantastic to just check out the method he handles himself around the greens. Yeah, we'll reflect on 2024 as well as it is actually clearly one of the very best private years that a player has had for a number of years." Scheffler's success at East Lake ought to end any sort of dispute concerning that is actually the PGA Scenic tour gamer of the year. Xander Schauffele possessed a debate after succeeding his initial 2 majors at the PGA Champion as well as The Open.Even Schauffele acknowledges every person else is actually still chasing Scheffler." I assume due to the definition of authority, I think that's literally where he's resting," Schauffele mentioned. "I don't understand how many full weeks he's been No. 1 player in the world. Because I have actually been out, I believe Dustin had an operate, Brooks [Koepka] had a run, Jon [Rahm] had a run, Rory possessed a run. They were actually type of punching to and fro between 1, 2 as well as 3. Scottie has simply been at the first-class of the hill for, what, 2 total years now it appears." Scheffler doesn't seem all set to find down anytime very soon, either.