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Scottie Scheffler caps off record season with FedEx Cup title and

$25 million bonus

By DOUG FERGUSON ond, and that's something
AP Golf Writer you can't teach."
ATLANTA (AP) — Scottie Just like that, his lead was
Scheffler capped off the back to five shots. And
biggest year in golf in near- when he holed a 15-foot
ly two decades by winning eagle putt on the 14th hole,
the sport's biggest prize. it was a matter of getting to
Challenged briefly Sunday the finish line.
in the Tour Championship, Scheffler referred to the Fe-
Scheffler responded with dEx Cup as a season-long
three straight birdies to race being "silly" because
make winning look as inevi- everything came down to
table as it has seemed all the final week at East Lake.
year. He closed with a 4-un- There was no doubting the
der 67 for a four-shot vic- FedEx Cup got a most ap-
tory over Collin Morikawa propriate champion.
to capture the FedEx Cup Scheffler only finished out
and its $25 million prize, the of the top 10 three times in
richest in golf. his 19 starts. He had a pair
That pushed his season of runner-up finishes to go
earnings, including bonus- along with seven PGA Tour
es, to just under $62.3 mil- titles.
lion. "He's the guy to beat every
It was the greatest year Scottie Scheffler lines up a putt on the third green during the final round of the Tour Championship single week," Justin Thomas
since Tiger Woods won golf tournament, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, in Atlanta. said. "I don't think people
eight times in 2006, includ- Associated Press understand how hard that
ing six in a row and two of his wins this year were by ceremony. "I'm exhausted hole. Morikawa made bird- is to do, when you're ex-
majors, all while dealing three shots or more — and right now." ie, and the seven-shot defi- pected to win, when you're
with the death of his fa- finally let out a "WOOO!!" This was the third straight cit he faced after two holes the favorite to win, when
ther. Scheffler's eight wins as he stepped inside to sign year Scheffler came to was down to a mere two every single thing you're
included the Masters, The his card. He hoisted two big East Lake as the top seed, shots with 10 holes to play. doing is being looked at —
Players Championship, an trophies, the silver FedEx meaning he started the And then it was over. good and bad — on the
Olympic gold medal and Cup and his 4-month-old tournament at 10-under Scheffler hit 4-iron to 5 feet golf course, and how hard
the Tour Championship son, Bennett. par with a two-shot lead. on the par-3 ninth for birdie. it is to get in your own little
that enabled him to finally The birth of his first child, Two years ago, he lost a six- He hit wedge to 3 feet on zone and own little world
claim the FedEx Cup. his bizarre arrest in Lou- shot lead in the final round No. 10 for birdie, and then and truly just quiet the
His seven PGA Tour titles isville, Kentucky, before to McIlroy. swirled in a 15-foot birdie noise."
are the most since Woods the second round of the Scheffler led by at least putt on the par-3 11th. Morikawa, the No. 7 seed
in 2007. PGA Championship, an- five shots after each round. "He's not going to just start- who started the tourna-
"We'll look back on 2024 other Masters green jacket, But there was a harrowing ing making bogeys after ment six shots behind,
and it's obviously one of the Olympic gold. This was one moment as storm clouds that," Morikawa said of the closed with a 66 and had
best individual years that a season not soon to be for- began to threaten. He Scheffler shank. "He's going the lowest score of the Tour
player has had for a long gotten by Scheffler or any made two straight bogeys, to do the opposite and he's Championship at 22-under
time," Rory McIlroy said. other golf fan. the second one on a pure going to start hitting golf 262. He won $12.5 million
Scheffler took the drama "This is a challenging week," shank from a bunker on shots. It almost brought his for finishing second in the
out of the final hour — four Scheffler said at the trophy the reachable par-4 eighth focus back in for a half sec- FedEx Cup.q

Angel Reese becomes WNBA’s single-season

rebounding leader in Sky’s 79-74 loss to Lynx

points and 19 rebounds for in scoring for the Lynx. Sky with a career-high 22
her 24th double-double, a Kayla McBride added 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting
league rookie record. She points and Napheesa Col- and had nine rebounds. Mi-
has 418 rebounds for an lier scored 15 for Minnesota chaela Onyenwere scored
average of 13.1 per game, (24-9). 15 points.
with her total surpassing The Lynx, who had their six- Collier and Williams each
Sylvia Fowles' record of 404 game win streak snapped scored four points in a 14-4
in 2018. The 6-foot-3 Reese Friday with a 94-76 loss opening run and Minneso-
also broke the record for of- to Dallas, are a league- ta never trailed.
fensive rebounds with 165, best 8-1 since the Olympic The Sky went on an 11-2 run
Chicago Sky's Angel Reese looks to pass during the team's passing Yolanda Griffiths break. to open the fourth quarter
WNBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Sparks on (162 in 2001). Chicago (11-21) lost its sixth and tied it at 62-all when
Thursday, May 30, 2024, in Chicago. Reese and A'ja Wilson of straight. The Sky's lead over Diamond DeShields made
Associated Press
the Las Vegas Aces are the Atlanta for the final playoff a driving layup with 7:41
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Angel cago Sky's 79-74 loss to the only players in the league spot fell to one-half game to play. Williams answered
Reese became the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx, who got 22 with at least four games of with the Dream set to play with back-to-back pull-up
single-season rebounding points from Courtney Wil- 15-plus points and 15-plus at the Los Angeles Sparks jumpers 24 seconds apart
leader with eight games liams. rebounds this season. Sunday night. to put the Lynx in front for
left on Sunday in the Chi- Reese finished with 17 Williams tied a season high Kamilla Cardoso led the good.q