Scheffler earned 2,000 points for winning at the Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md., sparked by a startling chip-in from 82 feet at the par-3 17th hole. Robert MacIntyre had a four-shot lead through 54 holes but didn't make a birdie until the 16th hole. He still trailed Scheffler by only one shot before Scheffler's chip-in.

The PGA Tour wraps up its season at the Tour Championship for the top 30 players in the FedEx Cup. Everyone starts at even this year like a normal tournament instead of starting strokes depending on the seeding.

Shane Lowry exacted his revenge on the East Lake Golf Club’s 14 th hole on Friday. He drained a birdie putt from 97 feet 5 inches one day after a three-putt at the same green at the Tour Championship. “That one will be good for the stats,” Lowry said.

Scheffler's victory in the BMW Championship on Aug. 17, in which he rallied from four shots behind Robert MacIntyre to start the day, was his 13th top-10 finish in a row since tying for 20th at The Players Championship. Nine of them have been top-fives.

McIlroy won two majors and a World Golf Championship in 2014 and didn’t win it. The three times he did win the FedEx Cup, McIlroy was never at the top of the points list throughout the entire postseason until he delivered the goods at East Lake.

Professional golfer Rickie Fowler put one internet troll on blast after missing the FedEx Cup Playoffs.