Scottie Scheffler held off playing partner Collin Morikawa to complete a dominant PGA Tour season with FedExCup victory at the Tour Championship.
The world No 1 took a two-shot lead into the season finale and never relinquished top spot at any point throughout the tournament, despite seeing a seven-shot advantage temporarily cut to just two strokes on the final day. Scheffler fired three consecutive birdies around the turn to reclaim control of the tournament and closed out a four-under 67 to end the week on 30 under, with the win seeing him become the first player since Tiger Woods to win seven times in a season on the PGA Tour.
The Masters champion had to pitch out from the trees at the seventh and missed a five-footer for par, the first putt all week he failed to convert from inside that distance, then shanked a bunker shot at the driveable par-four next to card a second successive birdie. Morikawa got up and down from the back of the green to make birdie and get within two of the lead, only for Scheffler to respond by firing his tee shot to inside five feet at the par-three next putt and holing the putt.
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