Scottie Scheffler Wins the FedEx Cup

Scottie Scheffler, who really is the greatest golfer in the world, had a frustrating year.  Until a few weeks ago, he was miles ahead of everyone in the FedEx Cup Standings, but he had only won a single tournament.  He finished 2d, T14, T4, and T4 in the majors, which is the epitome of close but no cigar.

He was a new man in the playoffs, however.  First, he won the First Playoff Tournament in Memphis two weeks ago.  And today, he shot a glorious 66 to chase down Viktor Hovland and win the Tour Championship in Atlanta by three shots.  That was good enough to win the FedEx Cup for the second time in three years.

Here are the last ten winners of the FedEx Cup:

2017:  Justin Thomas

2018:  Justin Rose (ENG)
2019:  Rory McIlroy (NIR)

2020:  Dustin Johnson

2021:  Patrick Cantlay

2022:  Rory McIlroy (NIR)

2023:  Viktor Hovland (NOR)
2024:  Scottie Scheffler

2025:  Tommy Fleetwood (ENG)

2026:  Scottie Scheffler

Here are the winners of the most significant tournaments in 2026:

AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am:  Collin Morikawa (7th PGA Tour victory)

Genesis Invitational:  Jacob Bridgeman (1)

Arnold Palmer Invitational:  Akshay Bhatia (3)

The Players Championship:  Cameron Young (2)

Masters Tournament:  Rory McIlroy (NIR) (30)

RBC Heritage:  Matt Fitzpatrick (ENG) (4)

Cadillac Championship:  Cameron Young (3)

Truist Championship:  Kristoffer Reitan (NOR) (1)

PGA Championship:  Aaron Rai (ENG) (2)

Memorial Tournament:  J.T. Poston (4)

U.S. Open:  Wyndham Clark (5)

Travelers Championship:  Viktor Hovland (8)

British Open:  Ryan Fox (NZL) (3)

FedEx St. Jude Championship:  Scottie Scheffler (21)

BMW Championship:  Wyndham Clark (6)

Tour Championship:  Scottie Scheffler (22)

We also had some Team Golf this summer.  The United States won the Curtis Cup, beating GB & I 13-7 at the Bel-Air C.C. in Los Angeles.

On the whole, it was a satisfying golf season, although the Majors were not very dramatic.  We still have a lot of team golf left to play.  The U.S. male amateurs will play amateurs from Great Britain and Ireland at the Walker Cup, to be contested from September 5-6 at Lahinch G.C. in Ireland.  The European and U.S. women professionals will contest the Solheim Cup at the Bernadus G.C. in the Netherlands from September 7 to 13.  The U.S. men professionals will take on the non-Europeans at the President's Cup from September 22 to 27 at the Medinah C.C. near Chicago.

Golf never ends, so here is the schedule for next year's majors.  We get Pebble Beach and St. Andrews in the same year, which will be fun:

The Masters Tournament:  Augusta National G.C., Augusta Ga. (April 8-11)

PGA Championship:  Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco, Frisco, Tex. (May 20-23)

U.S. Open:  Pebble Beach G.L., Pebble Beach, Calif. (June 17-20)

British Open:  The Old Course at St. Andrews, Fife, SCOTLAND (July 15-18)

It looks like the Ryder Cup will be the only major team competition next year.  The Americans will suffer their usual defeat at Adare Manor in County Limerick, Ireland from September 17-19.  But I will likely miss the whole thing, as I will be watching football.