Once again, a fashionable finish for Scottie Scheffler after a weekend on the course at Caves Valley Golf Club. He has been on fire this season, racking up five wins, including two majors: the PGA Championship and The Open Championship. This marks his second consecutive season with five or more victories—a feat no one has accomplished since prime Tiger Woods in the early 2000s. It’s yet another reason why Scheffler is increasingly argued to be the greatest golfer in modern golf.
He started Sunday four strokes back from the leader, Robert MacIntyre. The leaderboard was tight, and the stakes were high, with a first-place purse of $3.6 million and crucial momentum heading into the final weekend of the FedEx Cup Playoffs. The pressure was immense, but Scottie found a way to deliver when it mattered most. He chased down MacIntyre and sealed the win in style, chipping in from 81 feet on hole 17 to take a two-stroke lead and solidify his victory.
Now, he’s back on the course this weekend with the other top thirty golfers from the tour, striving for the final leg of the FedEx Cup. Following Friday’s round, he sits alone in sixth at eight under, only five strokes back from the leaders, Tommy Fleetwood and Russell Henley. He has his work cut out for him and is heading into a competitive weekend with a lot on the line. However, knowing Scottie, no lead is ever big enough with two rounds left—and come Sunday, his name will almost certainly be near the top of the leaderboard.
If he pulls off another win, it won’t just be the exclamation point on a historic season, but he would break yet another record, being the only person to ever win it back-to-back. It could be the moment that officially ushers in a new era of dominance in professional golf.
