Scottie Scheffler wins Tour Championship, leads season

The Tour Championship is the final tournament in the three-event FedEx Cup play-off series (FedEx St. Jude Championship, BMW Championship and Tour Championship).

This is the series of tournaments that conclude the golf season on the PGA Tour (a prestigious tournament system for men, equivalent to the Masters tournaments in tennis).

Scottie Scheffler wins 2024 FedEx Cup play-off, wins $25 million in prize money (Photo: Getty).

In the final day of the Tour Championship that took place until early this morning, Scottie Scheffler (USA) achieved a total score of -30 strokes, winning the championship.

Second place was former world number 2 Collin Morikawa (USA), with a total score of -26 strokes. Third place at the Tour Championship was also an American golfer Sahith Theegala, with a total score of -24 strokes.

Meanwhile, the 2023 champion Viktor Hovland (Norway) had a total score of -15 strokes, ranked T12 (tied for 12th place). Meanwhile, the 2022 champion, world No. 2 golfer Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) had a total score of -16 strokes, ranked T9.

Scottie Scheffler is having a great time, a few weeks ago he won the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics (Photo: Getty).

Wins at the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup play-offs continued a successful year for Scottie Scheffler. Just a few weeks ago, the world number one golfer won a gold medal (HCV) at the 2024 Paris Olympics, in the men's singles event in golf.

Also with the Tour Championship title, Scottie Scheffler won a prize of up to 25 million USD (about 622 billion VND). This is one of the single tournaments with the highest annual prize money in the world professional golf system.

More importantly, Scottie Scheffler takes a major step towards competing with compatriot Xander Schauffele for the title of golfer of the year 2024, which will be announced in the early days of 2025.

Xander Schauffele won two major titles (equivalent to the Grand Slam titles in tennis) right before the 2024 Paris Olympics, both of which were the first major titles of his career.

The golfer climbed from outside the top 10 to world No. 3. Xander Schauffele was also the last Olympic gold medalist, until Scottie Scheffler won in Paris a few weeks ago.

As for Scottie Scheffler, up to this point in 2024, he has won a major title (Masters Tournament), an Olympic gold medal and the FedEx Cup play-off championship.

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