Scheffler opens playoffs with dominant 8-shot win
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- Scottie Scheffler closed with a 4-under 66 to finish at 17-under 263 and win the FedEx St. Jude Championship by eight shots over runner-up Si Woo Kim, marking the largest margin at TPC Southwind in 68 years — surpassing John Cook's seven-shot win there in 1996.
- Scheffler snapped a stretch of five runner-up finishes over nearly seven months without a victory, and his 21st career PGA Tour title — all since 2022 — converted a 54-hole lead for the 11th consecutive time, fueled by a second-round 61.
- Si Woo Kim carded a 68 to finish eight shots behind his Dallas neighbor and climbed to a career-best No. 13 in the world; Kim told reporters earlier this year that Scheffler calls him 'ATM,' referring to their casual cash games at home.
- Sam Burns, playing alongside Scheffler in the final group and one of his closest friends on tour, made a double bogey on the par-5 third and shot 73 to tie for third with Alex Noren, who posted a 69.
- Scheffler earned $3.6 million from the tournament prize fund and clinched an additional $23 million bonus pool by locking up the No. 1 spot in the FedEx Cup standings, a lead so commanding that no one can catch him before next week's BMW Championship.
- Im Sung-jae shot 75 to tie for fifth but climbed from No. 53 into the top 50 cutoff, securing his spot in the BMW Championship and maintaining his streak of reaching the Tour Championship every year since his 2019 rookie season.
Why it matters: Scheffler not only ended the longest winless stretch of his career but also locked in the FedEx Cup's top bonus, $26.6 million in combined earnings this week, and positioned himself for a fifth straight PGA Tour Player of the Year — a haul that underscores how dominant the gap between him and the rest of the field has become.
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