Scottie Scheffler has just clinched his seventh title of the year and his first FedExCup title after winning the Tour Championship.
Scheffler and Xander Schauffele were on the range together ahead of the final round of the Tour Championship, which was held in Atlanta.
East Lake certainly challenged many of the top 30 PGA Tour players, but Scheffler kept his cool to come out on top.
He finished on 30 under after his four rounds, having started on 10 under, with Schauffele finishing T4 on 19 under.
The world number one has now finished his latest PGA Tour season with seven titles, along with an Olympic gold medal.
Xander Schauffele makes Scottie Scheffler claim after his Tour Championship win
One major was clinched along the way, with the world number one winning his second Masters title in April.
Schauffele meanwhile won the PGA Championship and The Open, with the world number two now sharing his thoughts on his close friend’s recent success.
Asked in his final Tour Championship press conference if Scheffler has been the most dominant player he’s seen since turning pro, Schauffele said: “Yeah. I mean, I’d say so. I think by the definition of dominance, I think that’s literally where he’s sitting.
“I don’t know how many weeks he’s been the No. 1 player in the world. Since I’ve been out, I think Dustin [Johnson] had a run, Brooks [Koepka] had a run, Jon [Rahm] had a run, Rory [McIlroy] had a run.
“But they were kind of punching back and forth between one, two and three. Scottie has just been at the tip-top of the mountain for, what, two full years now it seems.”
Rory McIlroy feels a ‘distant third’ to Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele
It will undoubtedly take a brave player to even attempt knocking Scheffler off his perch in the months to come.
Among those with the potential to do exactly that is McIlroy, who has also enjoyed a very lengthy spell at the top of the pile.
The Northern Irishman boasts 26 PGA Tour wins from his glittering career, with four majors having gone his way over the years.
It is only the Masters that eludes McIlroy, who claimed his highest finish of T2 in the event in 2022, which was incidentally won by Scheffler.
The current world number three is, however, on a lengthy majors drought, with his last success coming at the PGA Championship a decade ago, while he finished T9 at the Tour Championship.
McIlroy feels a ‘distant third’ to Scheffler and Schauffele, with the American duo having completely blown away the competition this year.
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