.Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 1, 2024, 08:12 PM ETCloseSenior college regulation football author.Writer of seven publications on university soccer.Graduate of the College of GeorgiaATLANTA-- For a brief second in the last round of the Tour Champion at East Lake Golf Club on Sunday, world No. 1 golf player Scottie Scheffler seemed like some of us.With the FedEx Cup as well as an immense $25 million bonus offer vulnerable, Scheffler had merely carded a bogey on the par-4 7th opening. He severely fastened his tee bullet to the left, as well as his sphere nearly walked out of bounds prior to resolving in pine straw.Scheffler must fill in a plant to hit his 2nd discharge, after that his 4 1/2- feet par putt lipped out-- his only overlook inside 8 feets in 72 openings. Collin Morikawa made par, cutting Scheffler's trigger four shots.It would get even much smaller on the next hole.On the driveable par-4 eighth, Scheffler's tee shot lost, landing in a frontal greenside bunker, regarding 80 feet coming from the hole.Somehow, the greatest golf enthusiast worldwide shanked his bunker shot-- his ball went dead right and also quit around 36 lawns below solitary confinement. Scheffler damaged to 24 feets and required pair of putts coming from there for one more bogey-- his third in four holes.Morikawa made an 8-foot birdie, cutting Scheffler's result in merely pair of. It had actually been actually 7 after pair of gaps." Yeah, frankly, very astonishing," Morikawa mentioned of Scheffler's shank. "Look, I made the putt and was 2 back, but he's not visiting merely start bring in bogeys afterwards. He is actually heading to do the opposite and also he's going to start reaching golf gos. It just about took his focus back in for an one-half second, and that's something you can't show. You only either have it or you don't." Scottie Scheffler celebrates along with the FedEx Trophy after gaining the FedExCup and Excursion Champion. Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesAfter among awful gos of his occupation, Scheffler performed what he has done this typically the past three years-- he closed the door on Morikawa and every person else.He helped make birdies on each of the upcoming 3 gaps. On the par-3 nine, he slapped a 4-iron shot to 5 feet, 2 inches. His strategy on the par-4 10th quit at 3 feets, after that he emptied a 15-footer for birdie on the par-3 11th. Just like that, Scheffler's top was 5 bullets again. He added an eagle on the par-5 14th. Publisher's Picks2 RelatedScheffler captured his first FedEx Mug along with an overall rating of 30 under (he began at 10 under as the season-long points innovator in the staggered-scoring format), trumping Morikawa by four strokes and also Sahith Theegala by six.It was the third straight year through which Scheffler began along with a 2-stroke lead over everybody else in the Trip Champion. 2 years earlier, he wasted a six-stroke lead in the ultimate shot as well as dropped to Rory McIlroy through one. In 2015, he was 1 under over 72 openings (not consisting of starting movements) and also matched for 6th." I try certainly not to think a lot of about the past or even assume a lot of regarding the future, yet I assume 2 years earlier was rather hard, having a really good lead entering the last round as well as not playing my absolute best and then shedding, and after that last year I just possessed a rather off full week thus was actually fairly unsatisfactory," Scheffler said. "Therefore to follow belong a lead for the third time as well as be able to finish it off is actually absolutely rather delightful." Scheffler participated in Tiger Woods (1999 as well as 2007) as well as Dustin Johnson (2020) as the only golfers to gain the Scenic tour Champion while they were actually rated No. 1 in the Authorities World Golf Ranking.With his 1st FedEx Mug playoffs success, Scheffler ended up being only the fourth PGA Excursion golf enthusiast since 1980 to win at the very least 7 opportunities along with a major in a solitary period. Tom Watson (1980 ), Woods (1999, 2000, 2006 and also 2007) and Vijay Singh (2004) were actually the others.Scheffler obtained a pep talk from his caddie, Ted Scott, after bogeying for the second consecutive time on gap No. 8. Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesFollowing Scheffler's fiasco on the eighth gap, his caddie, Ted Scott, took him apart for a trumpet call before his tee try on the 9th." Yeah, 9 was actually a massive turn-around," Scheffler mentioned. "Teddy provided me a wonderful pep talk certainly there astride eight environment-friendly because I sort of examined him like, 'Guy, I don't find out about this. This isn't appearing so hot today.' He sort of offered me a little trumpet call, and after that I had the capacity to attack a really good iron try in there as well as received factors spinning." Scheffler dropped to reveal what Scott informed him." I'm not visiting hand out all our tips," Scheffler said. "Teddy has actually consistently been my biggest promoter. I think the results promote on their own after he had the capacity to pick up my bag and begin aiding me. He truly is actually a massive aspect of the team. I don't know if I 'd be able to do some of this without him on my bag. We've acquired a wonderful connection." He possesses a habit of claiming the ideal point at the right time to sort of maintain me in the right mindset." Scheffler's 2024 season will definitely be kept in mind as one of the most effective in golf background. Each of his success happened versus best fields in four signature events (Arnold Palmer Invitational, RBC Ancestry, Remembrance Tournament and Travelers Champion), Players Champion, Masters as well as the Tour Championship.Last month, the 28-year-old coming from Texas included a gold medal 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 don't believe individuals recognize exactly how difficult that is to do, when you are actually counted on to win, when you're the favored to win, when each and every single point you are actually performing is actually being took a look at-- really good as well as bad-- on the golf course, as well as just how difficult it is to enter your personal little region and very own little bit of globe and genuinely simply silent the noise," stated Justin Thomas, who connected for 14th at 14 under." It's one thing that is just as much of a capability as being able to strike a motorist in the fairway or an iron on product line. He's plainly thought that out extremely well." Scheffler's excellent 2024 season featured a gold award at the 2024 Paris Gamings. ( Picture by Andrew Redington/Getty Images) In the process, Scheffler gathered around $62.2 million in on-course incomes and season-long bonuses.Even much better, Scheffler as well as his partner, Meredith, accepted their first youngster, Bennett, on Might 8." I seem like I have actually resided virtually a complete life-time in this particular one year," Scheffler mentioned. "It's been nuts." Scheffler's 7 triumphes can be found in merely 19 beginnings. He was a runner-up two times as well as had top-10 surfaces with all yet three of his starts and no missed cuts.Woods' 2000 season is thought about some of the greatest in past history-- he caught 3 of his 15 significant champions by 24 tries incorporated and succeeded nine times overall in twenty beginnings. He was runner-up 4 times. Tiger won concerning $9.2 million that year.About the only factor that slowed Scheffler down over recent eight-plus months was the Louisville police who apprehended him complying with a website traffic occurrence outside evictions of Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky just before the second cycle of the PGA Championship.Top stories of the full week coming from Receive unique accessibility to countless premium articles a year coming from top article writers. u2022 CFB: Week 1 sneak peek along with greatest 25 games "u2022 Who are X elements for all 32 NFL teams? "u2022 Transmission worth of the opening always keeps increasing" More ESPN+ material ".Remarkably, Scheffler uploaded a 5-under 66 a number of hrs after he was released from jail. He seemed to lose ground on the weekend and connected for eighth. Louisville prosecutors went down Scheffler's fees on May 29." I assume his uniformity, his mindset," stated McIlroy, who linked for ninth at 16 under. "I seem like he merely kind of takes the exact same temperament to the training program each and every day, regardless of what posture on the leaderboard he resides in. He's only amazing to only enjoy the way he handles himself all around the golf course. Yeah, we'll look back on 2024 and it's obviously some of the most ideal private years that a gamer has eaten a long time." Scheffler's victory at East Lake must finish any kind of debate regarding who is actually the PGA Scenic tour gamer of the year. Xander Schauffele had a debate after gaining his first 2 majors at the PGA Champion and also The Open.Even Schauffele admits everyone else is actually still chasing Scheffler." I think due to the interpretation of prominence, I assume that is actually essentially where he is actually sitting," Schauffele pointed out. "I don't understand the amount of weeks he's been No. 1 gamer worldwide. Considering that I've been out, I presume Dustin possessed a run, Brooks [Koepka] had an operate, Jon [Rahm] possessed a run, Rory possessed an operate. They were type of drilling to and fro between 1, 2 and 3. Scottie has simply gone to the first-class of the mountain for, what, pair of complete years today it seems." Scheffler does not seem ready to come down anytime soon, either.