Finally, Scottie Scheffler has won on the PGA Tour again.
The top-ranked golfer in the world, after months of finishing short in frustrating fashion, ran away with the FedEx St. Jude Championship. He posted a 4-under 66 in the final round at TPC Southwind in Memphis and ended up taking a massive eight-shot win over the rest of the field to kick off the PGA Tour’s postseason.
The win also earned him a $3.6 million check.
Scheffler entered the week with five runner-up finishes under his belt this season, two of which were playoff losses. Though the 11 top-10 finishes he had racked up are hard to be disappointed about, Scheffler was getting close to completing a one-win season for the first time in years.
But quickly, Scheffler got back to old form and absolutely dominated the field in Memphis. By the time he reached the final stretch, after a birdie at the 13th, Scheffler’s lead was up to seven shots. The tournament was over early, and he was back to winning without any doubt whatsoever.
Scheffler has now won 21 times in his career on Tour. He’s just hte fifth golfer in the past four decades with multiple wins of eight or more strokes, too.
The top 70 golfers in the FedExCup standings qualified for the first postseason event this week, though only 68 golfers ended up finishing the week. Daniel Berger opted out, ending his season early, and Robert MacIntyre withdrew from the tournament after the first round. Now, the top 50 golfers will advance to the BMW Championship outside of St. Louis next week.
Here's a look at how much Scheffler and the rest of the field earned this week in Memphis.
FedEx St. Jude Championship Payouts1. Scottie Scheffler — $3.6 million
2. Si Woo Kim — $2.16 million
T3. Alex Noren, Sam Burns — $1.16 million
T5. Wyndham Clark, Sungjae Im — $760,000
T7. Ludvig Åberg, Xander Schauffele, Hideki Matsuyama, Tommy Fleetwood, Jake Knapp — $582,800
T12. Bud Cauley, Matt Fitzpatrick, Patrick Cantlay, Nico Echavarria, Adam Scott, Kurt Kitayama, Tom Kim — $369,571
T19. Pierceson Coody, Patrick Rodgers, Maverick McNealy, Jordan Spieth, Viktor Hovland — $243,200
24. Alex Smalley, Max Homa, Harry Hall, Ryan Gerard, Jackson Koivun, JT Poston — $162,500
T30. Russell Henley, Jacob Bridgeman, Chris Gotterup, Brian Harma — $127,500
T34. Sepp Straka, Nicolai Højgaard, Keith Mitchell, J.J. Spaun, Rickie Fowler — $103,640
T39. Justin Rose, Cameron Young, Nick Taylor — $86,500
T42. Harris English, Ben Griffin, Sam Stevens, Michael Brennan, Gary Woodland — $70,500
T47. Corey Conners, Michael Thorbjornsen, Sudarshan Yellamaraju, Matti Schmid, Justin Thomas — $53,420
T52. Shane Lowry, Collin Morikwa, Ryo Hisatsune — $47,800
T55. Min Woo lee, Michael Kim, Jordan Smith — $46,200
T58. Kristoffer Reitan, Eric Cole, Ryan Fox —$45,000
T61. Alex Fitzpatrick, Aldrich Potgieter — $44,000
T63. Matt McCarty, Ricky Castillo, Aaron Rai — $43,000
66. Rory McIlroy — $42,200
67. Sahith Theegala — $41,800
68. Akshay Bhatia — $41,400
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