Scheffler was a near-unanimous selection for Player of the Year among a tally of his peers, receiving 91 percent of the vote over two-time major winner Xander Schauffele and Rory McIlroy.
Judging off their back and forth in a conference call overnight, DeChambeau and Koepka have come a long, long way since SpikesGate at Kiawah Island in 2021.
After putting together the best season since peak Tiger Woods, World No.1 Scottie Scheffler showed up to his first round at the Hero World Challenge with a new putting grip.
World No.1 Scottie Scheffler put the bow on a magical season when he lifted the PGA Tour’s ultimate prize, the FedEx Cup for the first time at the Playoffs finale, the Tour Championship. His four-stroke triumph made it a grand total of seven victories in 2024 where he was also the gold medal winner at the Paris Olympic Games. This is his blog from East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta.Â
Winner of 13 tour titles in the past three years and ranking first in 40 statistical categories in 2024, Scheffler, 28, is by every measure the game’s finest talent and well on his way to taking a place among the best of all-time, if he can maintain his current level of excellence. There is no evidence to believe he can’t.
The previous two years Scheffler arrived as the top seed and exited as just another guy with deep pockets – and his hands were stuffed frustratingly to the bottom of them in dejection. This time, his hands cradled the huge FedEx Cup trophy.
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