Scottie Scheffler Ends Record-Breaking Season with FedEx Cup Title and $25 Million Bonus

ATLANTA — Scottie Scheffler capped his best year in nearly two decades by winning golf’s biggest prize.

On Sunday, briefly challenged in the Tour Championship, Scheffler responded with three straight birdies to make victory seem as inevitable as it had seemed all year. He closed with a 4-under 67 to clinch a four-shot victory over Collin Morikawa to claim the FedEx Cup and the $25 million prize.

As a result, his earnings for the full season, including bonuses, were just over $62.3 million.

It was the best year since Tiger Woods won eight in 2006, including six in a row and two majors, all in the wake of his father’s death. Scheffler’s eight wins included the Masters, The Players Championship, an Olympic gold medal and the Tour Championship, which eventually allowed him to capture the FedEx Cup.

His seven PGA Tour titles are the most since Woods won in 2007.

“When you look back at 2024, it’s clearly one of the best individual years a player has had in a long time,” said Rory McIlroy.

It was the third straight year Scheffler came to East Lake as the top seed, meaning he started the tournament 10-under par and with a two-shot lead. Two years ago, he lost a six-shot lead in the final round to McIlroy.

Scheffler led by at least five strokes after every round. But then came a scary moment when storm clouds began to threaten. He made two bogeys in a row, the second on a clean shank from a bunker on the reachable par-4 eighth. Morikawa birdied, and the seven-shot deficit he faced after two holes was reduced to just two with 10 to play.

And then it ended.

Scheffler hit a tee shot to 5 feet on the par-3 ninth hole for birdie. He hit a wedge to 3 feet on No. 10 for birdie and then spun in a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-3 11th hole.

That increased his lead to five strokes. And when he holed a 15-foot eagle putt on the 14th hole, it was all about getting to the finish line.

Scheffler called the FedEx Cup season race “silly” because it all came down to the final week at East Lake. There was no doubt that the FedEx Cup had the most suitable champion.

Scheffler finished outside the top 10 just three times in 19 starts, with two second-place finishes and seven PGA Tour titles.

“He’s the guy you have to beat every week,” Justin Thomas said. “I don’t think people understand how hard it is to do that when you’re expected to win, when you’re the favorite to win, when every single thing you do is judged — good and bad — on the golf course, and how hard it is to get into your own little zone and your own little world and just shut out the noise.”

Morikawa won $12.5 million for his second-place finish. Sahith Theegala finished with a 64 and finished third, earning a bonus of $7.5 million.