Golf

Scottie Scheffler loves what it takes to be great. He can do without fame that comes with greatness

Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press 6 minute read 9:37 AM CDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Scottie Scheffler's final act of the season was to sign his winning scorecard. After a few minutes to exhale, his wife and two sons having come into the room, he placed his cap over the fixed camera the PGA Tour now installs in previously private scoring areas. Content is king.

It wasn't quite the level of Brian Harman smirking and shooting the bird at the camera last month in Minnesota, which made Scheffler chuckle and pump his fist. Both were playful moments, and yet Sunday at East Lake shed a little light on Scheffler's incredible staying power.

Scheffler loves what it takes to be the best player in golf, even the tedious work. He just doesn't care for all the noise and notoriety that accompany greatness.

“I have a tendency to keep my head down and kind of stay in my own lane when I'm out there playing,” he said during the trophy presentation at the Tour Championship. “It's really fun when you're able to win and celebrate with the fans in moments like these, and have my family here.”

Advertise With Us

Weather

Sep. 1, 12 PM: 18°c Cloudy with wind Sep. 1, 6 PM: 22°c Cloudy with wind

Winnipeg MB

18°C, Cloudy with wind

Full Forecast

Golf

Scheffler takes FedEx Cup, Yin wins in Boston and Alker makes it 2 in a row

The Associated Press 5 minute read Preview

Scheffler takes FedEx Cup, Yin wins in Boston and Alker makes it 2 in a row

The Associated Press 5 minute read Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026

ATLANTA (AP) — Scottie Scheffler ended any conversation about who had the best season on Sunday when he made up a three-shot deficit with a 4-under 66 to win the Tour Championship, claim a second FedEx Cup title and move past Tiger Woods for most PGA Tour career earnings.

Scheffler signaled his rally with a 5-iron to 2 inches of the cup on the 211-yard second hole. He caught Viktor Hovland with a 25-foot birdie on the fourth hole, pulled ahead for the first time on the 13th and held on to win at East Lake.

Scheffler won for the third time this year — twice in the last three weeks during the PGA Tour’s postseason — to match Chris Gotterup, Matt Fitzpatrick and U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark for most titles. He won his first FedEx Cup two years ago.

Players vote on the Jack Nicklaus Award for PGA Tour player of the year. Scheffler has won the last four years — another would tie him with Woods for most consecutive awards.

Read

Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026

Golf

Alker wins Ally Challenge for 2nd straight PGA Tour Champions victory

The Associated Press 2 minute read Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026

GRAND BLANC, Mich. (AP) — Steven Alker won the Ally Challenge on Sunday for his second straight PGA Tour Champions victory and third of the season, closing with a 4-under 68 at Warwick Hills for a three-stroke margin.

Alker won the Rogers Charity Classic last week in Calgary, Alberta, beating Y.E. Yang with a birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff. The 55-year-old New Zealander also won the Cologuard Classic in March in Tucson, Arizona, topping Padraig Harrington on the first extra hole.

Alker finished at 15-under 201 for his 13th career victory on the 50-and-over tour.

Retief Goosen was second after a 64.

Golf

Scottie Scheffler moves past a Tiger Woods money standard that stood for nearly 26 years

Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press 3 minute read Preview

Scottie Scheffler moves past a Tiger Woods money standard that stood for nearly 26 years

Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press 3 minute read Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026

ATLANTA (AP) — Tiger Woods was going for his seventh straight PGA Tour victory when he tied for second at Torrey Pines. He earned $264,000 that day to move to No. 1 in career tour earnings.

That was Feb. 13, 2000, and Woods stayed there ever since — until Sunday.

Scottie Scheffler won the Tour Championship to capture his second FedEx Cup title and the $10 million prize — now considered official money — to raise his career total to $130,390,661.

Woods had been at $120,999,166 since he made his last cut on the PGA Tour at the 2024 Masters.

Read

Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026

Golf

Scottie Scheffler captures another FedEx Cup and moves past Tiger Woods in PGA Tour career earnings

Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press 6 minute read Preview

Scottie Scheffler captures another FedEx Cup and moves past Tiger Woods in PGA Tour career earnings

Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press 6 minute read Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026

ATLANTA (AP) — Scottie Scheffler's second FedEx Cup title, and his 22nd victory on the PGA Tour during this astonishing five-year run, was different from all the others, even if it looked all too familiar.

Scheffler celebrated with a beer.

He had just closed with a 4-under 66 in the Tour Championship on Sunday — no one else from the leading six players broke par — and Scheffler had to wait for the last two groups to finish to make it official.

“There was an open bar inside and I'm like, ‘All right, I’m grabbing a beer.' It tasted great,” Scheffler said. “I don't really drink often. My wife and manager were like, ‘Wow, I haven’t seen you have a beer in a long time.' Well, season's over now. I'm going to have a beer. Well-earned beer.”

Read

Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026

Golf

Chinese star Ruoning Yin wins FM Championship at TPC Boston

The Associated Press 3 minute read Preview

Chinese star Ruoning Yin wins FM Championship at TPC Boston

The Associated Press 3 minute read Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026

NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Ruoning Yin won the FM Championship on Sunday at the TPC Boston for her sixth career LPGA Tour victory, outlasting Hyo Joo Kim.

Yin ran in a 25-foot birdie putt on the par-5 12th for a share of the lead with playing partner Kim. The 23-year-old Chinese player parred the next five in breezy conditions and birdied the par-5 18th for a 2-under 70 and a two-stroke victory.

“I was really emotional when I was on the 18 green and just felt like all the hard work paid off,” Yin said. “Just really happy how I grinded out there today.”

Kim shot 71. She dropped back with a three-putt bogey on the par-3 16th, missing a 9-foot par try. The South Korean player — a two-time winner this season — missed a 7-foot birdie attempt on the par-3 17th.

Read

Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026

Golf

Signed, sealed, delivered: Former grocery driver Joe Dean wins British Masters with wife as caddie

The Associated Press 3 minute read Preview

Signed, sealed, delivered: Former grocery driver Joe Dean wins British Masters with wife as caddie

The Associated Press 3 minute read Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Joe Dean, a former grocery delivery driver ranked No. 292, captured his first European tour title by shooting 9-under 63 to win the British Masters with his wife on the bag on Sunday.

The 32-year-old Englishman started the final round seven strokes off the lead at The Belfry but made nine birdies — including four on his last six holes — to finish the week on 14-under par and move into the lead with the late starters still having holes to play.

No one could catch him, with four players — Nacho Elvira (69), third-round leader Daniel Hillier (73), Niklas Norgaard (71) and Jakob Skov Olesen (71) — tying for second place, three shots back.

This was the first tournament in Team Europe’s qualifying process for next year’s Ryder Cup, so that’s suddenly an unlikely target for Dean — quite the turn of events for someone who spent time delivering groceries during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and kept doing it for nearly four years to help fund his career when he didn’t have a card.

Read

Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026

Learn more about Advertising solutions

Golf

Scottie Scheffler not crazy about an East Lake course that creates congestion on leaderboard

Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press 4 minute read Preview

Scottie Scheffler not crazy about an East Lake course that creates congestion on leaderboard

Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press 4 minute read Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026

ATLANTA (AP) — Scottie Scheffler was signing for another bogey-free round when he was curious enough about the par-3 ninth hole at 270 yards. The numbers surprised him and validated his thinking about how hard it was to separate at East Lake for the Tour Championship.

The 87 players on that hole in three rounds had made two birdies and six bogeys. Do the math — he does have a degree from the McCombs School of Business at Texas — and that's 79 pars.

“That seems very high,” Scheffler said. “It’s almost like let’s just skip it at this point. If we’re all going to make par, what’s the point in playing the hole, to be fair?”

Viktor Hovland and Ryan Gerard got a little separation at the end — Hovland with six putts of 7 feet or longer on the last six holes for a 65 and a one-shot lead over Gerard, who was bogey-free in his round of 66 — but the talk all week has been how bunched the scoring has been.

Read

Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026

Golf

Yin chips in for birdie on 18 to grab 3rd-round lead at TPC Boston

The Associated Press 2 minute read Preview

Yin chips in for birdie on 18 to grab 3rd-round lead at TPC Boston

The Associated Press 2 minute read Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026

NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Ruoning Yin chipped in for birdie from just off the 18th green to take the third-round lead Saturday at TPC Boston in the FM Championship.

Yin also holed a 20-foot putt for birdie on the par-3 16th in a 4-under 68. At 12-under 204, the Chinese star had a one-stroke lead over South Korean players Sei Young Kim and Hyo Joo Kim.

Yin has five LPGA Tour victories, winning twice in 2023 and three times in 2024.

Sei Young Kim, the first-round leader after a 64, rebounded from a second-round 74 with a 67. Hyo Joo Kim had a 70. She has two victories this season, the Founders Cup and Ford Championship.

Read

Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026

Golf

Hovland surges to a one-shot lead at Tour Championship

Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press 5 minute read Preview

Hovland surges to a one-shot lead at Tour Championship

Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press 5 minute read Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026

ATLANTA (AP) — Viktor Hovland finally got a little separation Saturday at the Tour Championship, and all he had to do was finish with six consecutive putts of seven feet or longer for a 5-under 65. All that got him was a one-shot lead in a season finale very much up for grabs.

Four of those putts were for birdie, two of them for par, all of them important going into a final round at East Lake where every shot can seem so important.

Scoring has felt low. With some of the pins, it hasn't felt easy. Rory McIlroy and Ludvig Aberg each referenced similarities to Aronimink for the PGA Championship, where 28 players were separated by two shots midway through the third round.

Only 29 players are at East Lake and everyone is under par.

Read

Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026

Golf

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks before presenting the winner's trophy to the U.S. Team after the final round of the Presidents Cup at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, N.J., Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh,File)

Trump says he’ll be at the Presidents Cup at Medinah as the honorary chairman

Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press 3 minute read Preview

Trump says he’ll be at the Presidents Cup at Medinah as the honorary chairman

Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press 3 minute read Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026

President Donald Trump said Saturday he will be at the Presidents Cup next month outside Chicago in the traditional role as honorary chairman of the matches, the second year in a row Trump will be at a premier team golf competition.

The Presidents Cup began in 1994 to include international players from non-European countries who were not eligible for the more famed Ryder Cup. The name of the tournament comes from including the head of state of the host country to be honorary chairman.

Then-Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was part of the trophy presentation at the last Presidents Cup in 2024 at Royal Montreal.

Trump showed up at the Ryder Cup matches last September at Bethpage Black on Long Island during the opening round.

Read

Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026

Golf

Ryan Gerard and Viktor Hovland share the 36-hole lead at the Tour Championship

Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press 5 minute read Preview

Ryan Gerard and Viktor Hovland share the 36-hole lead at the Tour Championship

Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press 5 minute read Friday, Aug. 28, 2026

ATLANTA (AP) — Ryan Gerard hit it well enough for five relatively easy birdies Friday and dropped a surprise from just inside 80 feet for another, giving him a 5-under 65 and a share of the 36-hole lead with Viktor Hovland at the season-ending Tour Championship.

Hovland had one of five birdies on the peninsula-green 15th hole, a par 3 at only 155 yards but tucked to the left near a sharp slope that feeds off the putting surface. He had a 66 to join Gerard at 10-under 130 going into the weekend.

Right behind? Just about everybody.

That includes Scottie Scheffler, the world's No. 1 player who had a 67 and was two back. And it included Cameron Young, in last place after the first round and atop the leaderboard for much of the day after a 62. He also wound up two behind.

Read

Friday, Aug. 28, 2026

Golf

Yamashita grabs share of TPC Boston lead days after runaway victory in Canada

The Associated Press 3 minute read Preview

Yamashita grabs share of TPC Boston lead days after runaway victory in Canada

The Associated Press 3 minute read Friday, Aug. 28, 2026

NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Miyu Yamashita was back on top of an LPGA Tour leaderboard days after tying the tour’s 72-hole scoring record in a nine-stroke victory in Canada.

The diminutive Japanese star shot a 2-under 70 on Friday at TPC Boston for a share of the lead in the FM Championship with Hyo Joo Kim and U.S. Solheim Cup qualifier Allisen Corpuz.

Kim and Corpuz each shot 67 to join the 4-foot-11 Yamashita at 9-under 135.

Yamashita has four LPGA Tour titles, also winning the Meijer LPGA Classic in June in Michigan after taking the Women’s British Open in Wales and Maybank Championship in Malaysia last season as the rookie of the year. She has 13 Japan LPGA victories.

Read

Friday, Aug. 28, 2026

Golf

Sei Young Kim shoots 64 at TPC Boston for 1st-round lead in the FM Championship

The Associated Press 2 minute read Preview

Sei Young Kim shoots 64 at TPC Boston for 1st-round lead in the FM Championship

The Associated Press 2 minute read Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026

NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Sei Young Kim capped a second-nine spree with an chip-in eagle and shot an 8-under 64 on Thursday at the TPC Boston to take the first-round lead in the FM Championship.

Kim played a six-hole stretch in 6 under with four birdies and the eagle on the par-5 seventh. The South Korean player had only 24 putts as she tries to build on a third-place finish last week in the CPKC Women’s Open.

“I feel like this course is a little softer, greens are a little softer than last year,” Kim said. “That’s why I was able to get a lot of birdie chance, even front nine.”

Miyu Yamashita, the runaway winner Sunday in Edmonton, Alberta, was a stroke back along with Emily Kristine Pedersen.

Read

Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026

Golf

Min Woo Lee makes Tour Championship debut by matching his career best with 62

Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press 4 minute read Preview

Min Woo Lee makes Tour Championship debut by matching his career best with 62

Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press 4 minute read Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026

ATLANTA (AP) — Min Woo Lee made his first trip to the Tour Championship a memorable one, playing bogey-free on a rain-softened East Lake for an 8-under 62 that matched his career low on the PGA Tour and gave him a two-shot lead Thursday.

A pair of runner-up finishes this year, at Pebble Beach and the Scottish Open, made Lee a lock to be among the top 30 players who get a shot at the FedEx Cup, the $10 million prize and a five-year exemption on the PGA Tour. He just hasn't felt like a top-30 player in recent weeks.

“Very average two weeks the last two weeks. It was probably the saddest I’ve been on the golf course, which is not good,” Lee said. “We’re really lucky to be out here and play some good golf to get into the playoffs. It just felt so hard.”

There was no such feeling in the opening round of the final event of the FedEx Cup season. He rarely was under stress to make par, made four of his eight birdies from outside 10 feet and wound up with a lead over Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa and Chris Gotterup.

Read

Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026

Golf

Good Good to no longer be title sponsor of PGA Tour event and loses Callaway sponsorship

Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press 5 minute read Preview

Good Good to no longer be title sponsor of PGA Tour event and loses Callaway sponsorship

Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press 5 minute read Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026

ATLANTA (AP) — Good Good Golf lost its partnership with Callaway on Thursday and no longer will be title sponsor of a PGA Tour event in November as the fallout continued over a video for a new Callaway driver that showed a man shoving a woman to the ground who was trying to touch the golf club.

Good Good, among the most popular in the YouTube Golf space, has said the video was meant to be a spinoff from the movie, “Obsession.” But the criticism was immediate and relentless, and the pressure began mounting by the day.

The video was deleted the same day it was posted on Aug. 20, but it continued to make the rounds on social media and apologies from Good Good and Callaway had little effect.

“We were disappointed with what we saw,” PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp said Tuesday of the response from Good Good. He said its role as a title sponsor was a “fluid situation.”

Read

Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026

September 1, 2026

Notification Settings

Breaking News

Recommended Reads

Related