Scottie Scheffler Player Profile And What's In The Bag
By: Derek Clements | Mon 13 Feb 2023
Article Updated September 2024
Scottie Scheffler continued his fantasy golf year by winning The Tour Championship, the FedEX Cup and the small matter of a $25m bonus.
It was his seventh PGA Tour victory of 2024 to add to his Olympic gold medal in Paris. He won The Masters for a second time and also became the first man to successfully defend the Players Championship. He is the first player since Tiger Woods in 2007 to win seven events in a PGA Tour season.
Scheffler, who started the final round with a five-shot lead over Collin Morikawa, shot a four-under 67 to win on 30 under. He was four clear of Morikawa, who hit a 66, with another American, Sahith Theegala, in third on 24 under after a 64.
For a third successive year, Scheffler began the week on 10 under par as the leader of the FedEx Cup standings, two clear of Xander Schauffele in second, with Morikawa among a group on four under in the staggered start.
And he stayed ahead through the first three rounds to set up what looked like a straightforward final round.
His five-shot lead was six after Morikawa bogeyed the first hole. However, Scheffler made uncharacteristic errors as he recorded successive bogeys on the seventh and eighth holes that allowed Morikawa, who birdied the fourth, sixth and eighth holes, to close to within two.
A wayward drive left Scheffler hacking out from underneath a conifer tree down the left of the seventh, while he mis-hit a greenside bunker shot on the eighth that squirted out right and ended up further away from the hole.
"I was a bit frustrated because it was quite a basic shot, but I've shanked it from a similar lie before," he said. "Ted [Scott, Scheffler's caddie] did a good job of helping me reset. He gave me a nice pep talk there on the back of the eighth green because I looked at him like, 'man, I don't know about this, this isn't looking so hot right now’.
"He gave me a little pep talk and then I was able to hit a really nice iron shot in there [on nine] and got things rolling. He really is a huge part of the team. I don't know if I'd be able to do any of this without him on my bag.
And then I did some really nice stuff to finish this tournament off.”
It started on the ninth hole with a birdie, and two more followed on the 10th and 11th as Scheffler surged four clear. Morikawa responded with a birdie on the 13th, but Scheffler drained a 15-foot eagle putt on the next to re-establish his five-shot lead, and he parred his way home to secure his first FedEx Cup title.
"Nothing fazes him," said Morikawa, who collected $12.5m for finishing runner-up. "Whether I was gaining some ground or he was gaining ground, it didn't change how he walked or how he played or how he went through every shot. That's something to learn. His mental game is a lot stronger than a lot of people know.”
The win takes Scheffler's official earnings for the season to around $54m and he has broken the PGA Tour record in that respect for a third season in a row.
Player Profile
Scottie Scheffler was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey on June 21, 1996 and is married to Meredith. He started playing at the age of three when his parents gave him a set of plastic clubs and ball.
Scheffler had prolific success at the youth level, and won 75 times on the PGA junior circuit. He was barely 5ft tall when he started high school but experienced a growth spurt and is now 6ft 3in.
In 2013 he won the US Junior Amateur and went on to attend the University of Texas from 2014 until 2018. He was a member of the US Walker Cup team in 2017 and qualified for the US Open in 2016, when he missed the cut by a stroke. He qualified again in 2017 and this time played all 72 holes, finishing as low amateur.
He turned professional and joined the Web.com Tour, winning the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship, gaining his PGA Tour card and being named Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year.
In August 2020, Scheffler finished tied for fourth at the US PGA Championsip. In August 2020 he shot a 12-under-par 59 at the Northern Trust. It was the 12th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history. He was named rookie of the year in 2019-20 and qualified to play for the US Ryder Cup team after a series of top-five finishes.
His first win came at the 2022 Phoenix Open. Three weeks later he added the Arnold Palmer Invitational and then claimed the WGC Dell Technologies Match Play.
His crowning achievement came when he won The Masters and climbed to the top of the world rankings. He was named 2022 PGA Tour Player of the Year and qualified for the US Presidents Cup team and last year made the US Ryder Cup team.
He won the 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational and followed it up with back to back to back wins at the Players Championship - the first golfer ever to achieve the feat. He then finished runner-up at the Houston Open before winning The Masters for a second time and the RBC Heritage the next week.
He then added the Travelers Championship for his 12th win on the PGA Tour, his sixth of the season and extended his lead at the top of the world rankings and strengthened his place at the top of the FedEx Cup standings. He also won gold at the Paris Olympics and this win is his eighth of what has been a quite incredible year.
He has made 130 PGA Tour starts and made 111 cuts. Apart from his wins, he has nine runner-up finishes and 10 third places, along with 42 top fives and an incredible 57 top 10s. He now has career earnings of more than $96m. His earnings in 2024 alone stand at a staggering $53m.
What's In Scottie Scheffler's Bag
Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (8 Degrees)
3-Wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 Degrees)
Irons: Srixon ZU85 (3, 4), TaylorMade P7TW (5-PW)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM8 (50-12F, 56-14F), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks Proto (60.5-T)
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Last 15 Events
Tour Championship - 1st
BMW Championship - T33
FedEx St Jude Championship - 4th
Men's Olympic Golf - 1st
The Open Championship - T7
Travelers Championship - 1st
The US Open - T41st
The Memorial Tournament - 1st
Charles Schwab Challenge - T2nd
The PGA Championship - T8th
RBC Heritage - 1st
The Masters Tournament 2024 - 1st
Texas Children's Houston Open - T2nd
The Players Championship - 1st
Arnold Palmer Invitational - 1st
Key Stats
Driving Distance - 301.9 Yards
Driving Accuracy - 73.54%
Greens in Regulation - 74.55%
Sand Saves - 41.46%
Putts Per Round - 28.18
Scoring Average - 67.60
PGA Tour Stats 2024
Scottie Scheffler led the PGA TOUR in 40+ major statistical categories in 2024, includes:
- 1st in Scoring Average
- 1st in SG: Total
- 1st in SG: Approach
- 1st in GIR Percentage
- 1st in SG: Tee-to-Green
- 1st in Birdie Average
- 1st in Putting Average
- 1st in Birdie or Better Percentage
- 1st in Par 4 Scoring Average
- 1st in Par 5 Scoring Average
End of Year World Ranking Position
- 2019: 66
- 2020: 31
- 2021: 12
- 2022: 2
- 2023: 1
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