Scottie Scheffler’s Historic Season Capped Off with Win at the TOUR Championship
Scottie Scheffler finished his 2024 season in wire-to-wire fashion with a four-stroke victory (30-under) at the TOUR Championship. The win marks Scheffler’s seventh on the PGA TOUR in 2024 (eighth worldwide), including: the Arnold Palmer Invitational, THE PLAYERS, The Masters Tournament, RBC Heritage, The Memorial, The Travelers, the TOUR Championship and a gold medal. It is also his 13th career PGA TOUR victory.
As he has all season, Scheffler bounced back from back-to-back bogeys on seven and eight by carding three birdies and an eagle in a six-hole stretch to lead by five after the 14th hole. Entering this week Scheffler was second on the PGA TOUR in Bounce Back Percentage.
For the tournament, Scheffler led the field in SG: Off-the-Tee (3.426), Driving Distance (338.6-yards) and GIR (75%). His five longest drives of the week were: 374, 363, 361, 358 and 354-yards.
All eight of Scheffler's worldwide wins in 2024 have come with Qi10 8.0° driver, Qi10 15.0° fairway, P·7TW irons (5-PW) and Spider Tour X putter (L-Neck).
HISTORY IN PERSPECTIVE
We probably could have dedicated an entire article to this section as there is an abundance of statistics that validate Scottie’s historic season. These are the most eye-catching of the bunch:
- Lowest scoring average in PGA TOUR history (68.0)
- First player to win THE PLAYERS, a major championship and the FedEx Cup in the same season
- Fourth player (seventh instance) to win 7+ times in a season including a major
- Second player in history win the Masters Tournament and the FedEx Cup in the same season (first since 2015)
- Second player in history to win THE PLAYERS and the TOUR Championship in the same season (first since 2019)
- First player in history to lead the TOUR in Greens in Regulation (73%) and Putting Average (1.69)
- Led the FedEx Cup standings for the final 25 weeks of the season, which is the longest streak to end the season in FedEx Cup history by 21 weeks
- 50th career week at No. 1 in the FedEx Cup standings (second all-time)
- 103rd consecutive week as World No. 1 (fifth-most all-time)
- 68th consecutive week as World No. 1 (fifth-longest all-time)
Scottie Scheffler led the PGA TOUR in 40+ major statistical categories in 2024, most notably:
- 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
The full list of stats he led in are at the bottom of this article.
- HEAD: Qi10 8.0° driver
- FINISHED LOFT: 8.25°
- FCT SLEEVE: Standard Upright (1.5° Sleeve)
- SHAFT: Ventus Black 7X
- CUT LENGTH: 45’’
- TIPPING: 1''
- GRIP: Golf Pride Tour Velvet 58 Rib
- TAPES: 6
- SWINGWEIGHT: D4
“Scottie’s feedback when testing all of the Qi10 heads was that he felt the Qi10 standard head was more predictable and more forgiving for him. When you look at the way the head is set up, he’s correct because of where he has weight in the head which produces higher inertia and more forgiveness.” – Adrian Rietveld, Senior Tour Manager
"I asked Adrian if we could just go back to the neutral upright setting because now I could see the loft and what I needed to see and we moved it back to the neutral setting and it clicked instantly. I was able to hit all the shots I wanted to hit.” – Scottie Scheffler
HOW SCOTTIE BENEFITS FROM TRUE PATH ALIGNMENT
Scottie switched to his Spider Tour X with True Path Alignment and a full sight line before the Arnold Palmer Invitational, his first win of 2024. Since then, the putter has produced seven PGA TOUR wins including a green jacket. Scottie shared how he benefits from True Path:
- Hosel: L-Neck
- Length: 35.5’’
- Sight Line: True Path with Full Line
- Loft: 3°
- Lie: 72°
- Insert: Surlyn Pure Roll
- Grip: Golf Pride Pistol
- Head: Qi10 15.0°
- Measured Loft: 14.75°
- Lie: 58.25°
- Shaft: Ventus Black 8X
- Length: 42 5/16 CUT
- Tipping: 1.5’’
- Swingweight: D3
WHY SCOTTIE PLAYS P·7TW IRONS
As the story goes, Scottie Scheffler was playing P·730 irons during the final round of the 2020 Masters when he was paired with Tiger Woods. Scottie watched Tiger hit his irons around Augusta National and left wanting to test the irons designed by The Goat himself.
After a testing session back home in Dallas proved next level playability without sacrificing distance, Scheffler put the TW’s in the bag. Since the switch, he has won 11 PGA TOUR events, two green jackets and has set records that have only been done by Tiger himself.
THE 40+ STATISTICAL CATEGORIES SCOTTIE LEADS IN
- Wins
- Top-3s
- Top-5s
- Top-10s
- Scoring Average
- Rounds in the 60s
- Birdie Average
- SG: Total
- SG: Approach
- GIR Percentage
- SG: Tee-to-Green
- Distance from Edge of Fairway
- Greens or Fringe in Regulation
- Approaches (proximity) from 150-175 yards
- Birdie or Better Percentage – Fairway
- Approach 150-175 (RTP Score)
- Approach < 125-yards (RTP Score)
- Approach 75-100-yards (RTP Score)
- Fairway Approach (RTP Score)
- Scrambling Average Distance to Hole
- Putting Average
- 3-Putt Avoidance Round 1
- Putts Made Per Event Over 10-feet
- Scoring Average (Adjusted)
- Scoring Average (Actual)
- Scoring Average Before Cut
- Stroke Differential Field Average
- Birdie Average
- Par Breakers
- Birdie to Bogey Ratio
- Par 4 Birdie or Better Leaders
- Birdie or Better Percentage
- Birdie or Better Percentage (fairway)
- Round 1 Scoring Average
- Round 2 Scoring Average
- Front 9 Round 2 Scoring Average
- Par 4 Performance
- Par 4 Scoring Average
- Par 4 Birdie or Better Leaders
- Par 5 Scoring Average
- Front 9 Scoring Average
- Front 9 Round 2 Scoring Average
- Back 9 Scoring Average
- Late Scoring Average
- Late Round 2 Scoring Average
- First Tee Late Scoring Average
- 10th Tee Late Scoring Average
- First Tee late Scoring Average
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